Leoncio Imperial | |
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Senator of the Philippines from the 6th district | |
In office 5 March 1917 –6 June 1922 Servingwith Mario Guariña | |
Preceded by | Jose Fuentebella (as Senator-elect) [1] |
Succeeded by | Juan B. Alegre |
Governor of Albay | |
In office 16 October 1922 –16 October 1925 | |
Preceded by | JoséO. Vera |
Succeeded by | Mariano Locsin |
In office 16 October 1912 –1916 | |
Preceded by | Domingo Samson |
Succeeded by | Rufino Tuanqui |
Leoncio Duran Imperial was a Filipino politician. He was governor of Albay from 1912 to 1916 and from 1922 to 1924. In the intervening period,Imperial served as a member of the Senate of the Philippines.
Leoncio Imperial was born in the province of Albay. He was one of six children of Paciano Imperial [2] and Josefa Duran. His father was Provincial Secretary of the Revolutionary Government during the Philippine Revolution. Imperial's grandfather,was Sinforozo Imperial,a mayor of Daraga and Legazpi in the mid-19th century. [3] Leoncio Imperial was admitted to the Philippine bar in 1902.
Imperial served as governor of Albay from 1913 to 1916. [4] In 1917,he was elected to the newly created Senate of the Philippines from the 6th district following a scandal that led to the nullification of the previous results due to fraud and a rerun of the election. [2] Because he received more votes than the other elected candidate Mario Guariña,his term in the Senate lasted six years. [5] At the end of his term in 1922,Imperial was again elected governor of Albay,serving until 1925. [4] In 1949,he was appointed as technical assistant to President Elpidio Quirino. [6]
Imperial belonged to a family that dominated politics in Albay for many years. His brother Carlos Imperial was Albay's representative to the 1st Philippine Legislature and a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. His cousin Domingo Imperial was also a senator from 1934 to 1935 and from 1945 to 1946. Another cousin,Jose Imperial was also governor of Albay. His second cousin,Carlos R. Imperial,was a congressman for the 2nd district of Albay and an MP in the Interim Batasang Pambansa. [2] [7] [8]
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