Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina,also known by his initials MLQ,was a Filipino lawyer,statesman,soldier,and politician who was president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until his death in 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the entire Philippines and is considered the second president of the Philippines after Emilio Aguinaldo (1899–1901),whom Quezon defeated in the 1935 presidential election.
La Union,officially the Province of La Union,is a province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in the island of Luzon. Its capital is the City of San Fernando,which also serves as the regional center of the Ilocos Region.
San Fernando,officially the City of San Fernando,is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of La Union,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 125,642 people.
Mariano Marcos y Rubio was a lawyer,educator,and politician from Batac,Ilocos Norte,Philippines. A Congressman from 1925 to 1931,he is best known for being the father of Ferdinand Marcos,who was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986,and the grandfather of current senator Imee Marcos and the current 17th Philippine president Bongbong Marcos.
Hermilando Ingco Mandanas,also known as Dodo Mandanas and colloquially as Dodo,is a Filipino politician who served as Governor of Batangas since 2016;previously served this position from 1995 until 2004. He served as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines,representing the 2nd District of Batangas from 2004 until 2013.
Political families,labeled as "political dynasties" in the Philippines,usually have a strong,consolidated support base concentrated around the province in which they are dominant. Members of such dynasties usually do not limit their involvement to political activities,and may participate in business or cultural activities.
Datu Mamintal "Bombit" Alonto Adiong Jr. is a Filipino politician who currently serve as the governor of the province of Lanao del Sur from 2007 to 2016,and from 2019 up to present.
1935 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 1935
David Catarina Suarez is a Filipino politician. He is the incumbent Representative of the 2nd District of Quezon in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. He previously served as governor of Quezon from 2010 to 2019,vice governor of Quezon from 2004 to 2007,and councilor of Unisan from 2001 to 2004.
Eufranio "Franny" Chan Eriguel,M.D. was a Filipino medical doctor and politician from La Union,who was assassinated in an ambush on May 12,2018.
JoséS. Leyson y Floreta was a Filipino Visayan lawyer and politician from Cebu,Philippines. He was appointed by the Japanese forces to serve as governor of the province of Cebu during World War II. He died before World War II ended,and the whereabouts of his remains are unknown.
Ryan Luis Verzosa Singson is a Filipino politician currently serving as the Vice Governor of Ilocos Sur since 2022. He served as Governor from 2013 to 2022 and representative of the 1st district of Ilocos Sur from 2011 to 2013.
Amado Ignacio Espino III is a Filipino politician from Pangasinan,Philippines. He is a former Governor of Pangasinan. Espino was first elected Governor in 2016 and was re-elected in 2019.
Marilou Horlina Cayco is a Filipina politician from Batanes island in the Philippines,and currently the Governor of Batanes. She has been elected two terms as Governor of Batanes. She first won election to Governor in 2016 and was re-elected in 2019.
Carlos Mapili Padilla was a Filipino politician who served as the Governor of Nueva Vizcaya from 2016 until his death in 2023. Padilla was elected to his first term as Governor in 2016 and was re-elected in 2019 and 2022.
Aurelio Matias Umali is a Filipino politician from the third district of Nueva Ecija,Philippines. Umali is the youngest elected governor in the province since his first government office position. He currently serves as a Governor of Nueva Ecija. He was a governor for three terms from 2007 to 2016 and was re-elected in 2019.
Dennis "Delta" Garcia Pineda is a Filipino politician from the province of Pampanga in the Philippines. He currently serves as the Governor of Pampanga. He was a former Vice Governor of the province in the past years,and he was elected in 2019 as the 14th Governor of the province. Previously,he served as the mayor of Lubao from 2001 until 2010.
Damian Gaviola Mercado is a Filipino politician from the province of Southern Leyte in the Philippines. He currently serves as the Governor of Southern Leyte. He was first elected as Governor of the province in 2016 and was re-elected in 2019.
Matthew Joseph Manotoc is a Filipino politician and athlete from Ilocos Norte,Philippines. He currently serves his second year of his second term as the governor of Ilocos Norte and was a senior provincial board member from the second legislative district of Ilocos Norte from 2016 to 2019.
Pablo Gabriel Tonelli is an Argentine lawyer and politician,currently serving as National Deputy elected in the Federal Capital. A member of Republican Proposal,Tonelli was first elected in 2011,and has been re-elected in 2015 and 2019. Tonelli has also been one of the Chamber's representatives in the Council of Magistracy since 2016.
