Crispín Oben y Ballesteros (January 7,1876 –August 29,1947) was a Filipino lawyer and politician born in Lumban,Laguna,Philippines.
Born during Spanish colonial rule,he belonged to the prominent Oben family who were of the Illsutrado class. A learned man who was born into a bilingual Spanish-Tagalog household,he also learned the English language from an ex-American soldier. [1] Crispín Oben finished his Bachelor of Arts Degree at Colegio de San Juan de Letran in 1895. He then proceeded to study at the University of Santo Tomas from 1895–1898. He studied law at the Escuela de Derecho from 1900–1902.
He was a member of the First Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1909 representing the second district of La Laguna.
He was married to Victoria Capistrano with whom he had twelve children,four of whom became nuns. His son,Ramón Tomás Oben,went on to become the Commissioner for the Bureau of Internal Revenue under the administration of President Diosdado Macapagal [2] and the Dean of Law at the University of Santo Tomas.
Jose Paciano Laurel y García was a Filipino politician,lawyer,and judge,who served as the President of the Japanese-occupied Second Philippine Republic,a puppet state during World War II,from 1943 to 1945. Since the administration of President Diosdado Macapagal (1961–1965),Laurel has been officially recognized by later administrations as a former president of the Philippines.
Jaime Carlos de Veyra y Díaz was a Resident Commissioner to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Philippine Islands from 1917 to 1923 and the 1st Governor of Leyte from 1906 to 1907.
Félix Resurrección Hidalgo y Padilla was a Filipino artist. He is acknowledged as one of the greatest Filipino painters of the late 19th century,and is significant in Philippine history for having been an acquaintance and inspiration for members of the Philippine reform movement which included JoséRizal,Marcelo del Pilar,Mariano Ponce,and Graciano López Jaena,although he neither involved himself directly in that movement,nor later associated himself with the First Philippine Republic under Emilio Aguinaldo.
Benigno Simeón Aquino y Quiambao was a Filipino politician who served as speaker of the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored puppet state in the Philippines from 1943 to 1944. He was the Director-General of KALIBAPI,a political party established during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero was a Spanish soldier-politician and Prime Minister of Spain following the restoration of the Spanish monarchy. He served as Prime Minister in 1897,1900–1901,and 1904–1905. Azcárraga was the only Spanish Prime Minister of part Insulares,specifically Spanish Filipino,descent.
Manuel Artigas y Cuerva was a Spanish-Filipino journalist and historian who prolifically wrote in the Spanish language.
Don Gregorio Soriano Araneta was a Filipino lawyer,businessman,and nationalist,during the Spanish and American colonial periods.
Rafael Palma y Velásquez was a Filipino politician,Rizalian,writer,educator and a famous Freemason. He was a senator from 1916 to 1921 and was the fourth president of the University of the Philippines.
Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitán,commonly known as Marcelo H. del Pilar and also known by his nom de plumePláridel,was a Filipino writer,lawyer,journalist,and freemason. Del Pilar,along with JoséRizal and Graciano López Jaena,became known as the leaders of the Reform Movement in Spain.
During the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines (1521–1898),the different cultures of the archipelago experienced a gradual unification from a variety of native Asian and Islamic customs and traditions,including animist religious practices,to what is known today as Filipino culture,a unique hybrid of Southeast Asian and Western culture,namely Spanish,including the Spanish language and the Catholic faith.
Francisco Tongio Liongson was a Filipino medical doctor and politician. He belonged to a generation of Philippine colonial subjects who struggled to evolve a national identity for their homeland in the fringes of the Spanish Empire. Late in the 18th century,the concept of being a Filipino was still nebulous and infantile. The name did not even originally apply to all the inhabitants of the Philippine archipelago,but to a small group of Spaniards born there. Motivated by the injustices prevalent in the Philippines,small colonies of native expatriate students in Europe involved themselves in the Propaganda Movement with the purpose of exposing these abuses and in the process began to assume a consciousness articulating reforms of a national interest that was consequently distinct from Spain. Liongson was one of these Filipino students in Madrid. He walked among peers who would one day become Philippine National Heroes.
Rafael Corpus was a Philippine economist,politician,and statesman who served as both chairman and president of the Philippine National Bank. Corpus was born in San Antonio,Zambales,Philippines,and finished his Bachelor of Arts degree at the Ateneo de Manila University in 1897. He then studied at the University of Santo Tomas and later studied law at Escuela de Derecho in 1903. He then went to the United States to take up a post graduate course at George Washington University in 1905.
Arsenio Cruz Herrera was considered the first Filipino Mayor of Manila from 1901 to 1905. He was also the leader of the Progresista Party from 1907 to 1914.
Pedro Tongio Liongson was a member of the Malolos Congress which wrote the constitution of the First Philippine Republic in 1899 and served as First Director of Military Justice in the Republic's army during the Philippine–American War of 1899–1901. A trained lawyer and judge,Col. Liongson figured in and left his mark on a number of historic events in the Philippines.
BartoloméRevilla y San José was a Filipino lawyer,judge,law professor and politician.
Pablo Ocampo de León was a Filipino lawyer,nationalist,a member of the Malolos Congress,inaugural holder of the office of Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands to the United States Congress alongside Benito Legarda and a member of the 2nd Philippine Legislature. He gave his service to his country and helped to bring about the peaceful transition of the Philippines from being a colony of Spain for more than 300 years to what would later become the American Commonwealth of the Philippines.
Marcial Calleja y Casitas was a Filipino lawyer who was elected as one of the representatives of Albay to the Malolos Congress. He was also elected assemblyman for the first district of Albay in the Second Philippine Assembly.
Ignacio Villamor y Borbón was a Filipino lawyer,Associate Justice of Supreme Court from Abra,Philippines and the first Filipino president of the University of the Philippines. Justice Villamor is also the father of the World War II Filipino aviation hero,and 6th Pursuit Squadron Commander,Capt. Jesús A. Villamor of the Philippine Army Air Corps.
Macario Adriatico y Gonzales was a Filipino lawyer,journalist and politician. He was credited for the creation of the city charter of Manila.
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