Sergio Osmeña Sr. was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fourth President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon. Upon Quezon's sudden death in 1944,Osmeña succeeded him at age 65,becoming the oldest person to assume the Philippine presidency until Rodrigo Duterte took office in 2016 at age 71. A founder of the Nacionalista Party,Osmeña was also the first Visayan to become president.
The 1st Congress of the Philippines,composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives,met from May 25,1946,until December 13,1949,during the 22-month presidency of Manuel Roxas and the first two years of Elpidio Quirino's presidency. The body was originally convened as the 2nd Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. On August 5,1946,Republic Act No. 6 was approved,renaming the body as the 1st Congress of the Philippines.
The National Assembly of the Philippines refers to the legislature of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1941,and of the Second Philippine Republic during the Japanese occupation. The National Assembly of the Commonwealth was created under the 1935 Constitution,which served as the Philippines' fundamental law to prepare it for its independence from the United States of America.
JoséYulo Sr. was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines during the Japanese Occupation and was Speaker of the National Assembly of the Philippines from 1939 until World War II started in 1941. Yulo served in all of the branches of government:the legislative as House Speaker,congressman,and senator;the executive as Secretary of Justice and member of the Cabinet;and the judiciary as the Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He and his family also owned the Canlubang Sugar Estate that they bought in 1948.
The 1st Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines,also known as the Postwar Congress,and the Liberation Congress,refers to the meeting of the bicameral legislature composed of the Senate and House of Representatives,from 1945 to 1946. The meeting only convened after the reestablishment of the Commonwealth of the Philippines in 1945 when President Sergio Osmeña called it to hold five special sessions. Osmeña had replaced Manuel L. Quezon as president after the former died in exile in the United States in 1944.
Molo is a district in Iloilo City,Philippines,located in the province of Iloilo,on the island of Panay in the Western Visayas region. It is the most densely populated district in the city. According to the 2020 census,Molo has a population of 76,393 people,making it the second-most populous district,after Jaro.
The 1st National Assembly of the Philippines was the meeting of the legislature of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from November 25,1935 until August 15,1938,during the first three years of Manuel L. Quezon's presidency.
The 2nd National Assembly of the Philippines was the meeting of the legislature of the Commonwealth of the Philippines,from January 24,1939,until December 16,1941,during the fourth,fifth,and sixth years of Manuel L. Quezon's presidency.
The 10th Philippine Legislature was the meeting of the legislature of the Philippines under the sovereign control of the United States from 1934 to 1935.
Alejo Razulo Mabanag was a Filipino lawyer and politician.
Gil Miranda Montilla was a Filipino politician and businessman who served as speaker of the National Assembly from 1935 to 1938,and a member of the Philippine Senate from 1931 to 1935.
Jose Casten Zulueta was a Filipino lawyer and politician. He served as Senate President for a brief period in 1953.
The 1946 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on April 23,1946,according to Commonwealth Act No. 725. Incumbent president Sergio Osmeña ran for a full term but was defeated by Senator Manuel Roxas. Meanwhile,senator Elpidio Quirino defeated fellow senator Eulogio Rodriguez to become vice president.
Elections for the president,vice-president,members of the Senate,members of the House of Representatives and local positions were held on April 23,1946,pursuant to Commonwealth Act No. 725
Pedro Hernáez y Conlu was a Filipino lawyer,politician,diplomat and Senator.
Oscar Benito Rufasta Ledesma was a Filipino politician,lawyer,cabinet secretary and diplomat.
Mariano Regalado Yulo was a Filipino doctor and politician. Yulo served as a member of the Senate of the Philippines from 1925 to 1929.
Esteban Raymundo Abada was a Filipino politician who served as senator from 1949 until his death in 1954. He also held the position of President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines briefly in 1952. Prior to becoming a senator,Abada held various posts in the Department of Education.
Manuel Villanueva Lopez was a Filipino lawyer and politician. He served as Governor of Negros Occidental from May 9,1906 to September 25,1907. He later represented the eighth district at the Senate of the Philippines from October 16,1916 to June 3,1919.
Ramon Araneta Torres was a Filipino politician who served in both houses of the Congress of the Philippines as well as the Cabinet of the Philippines.
