Roque Desquitado

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The Honourable
Roque V. Desquitado
Member of the House of the Representatives for Cebu's 7th District
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January 24, 1939 –December 16, 1941

Roque V. Desquitado (August 3, 1897) was a Filipino Visayan lawyer, judge, and legislator from Cebu, Philippines. He served as Member of the House of Representatives for 7th congressional district of Cebu from 1939 to 1941.

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Early life and education

Roque Desquitado was born in Bantayan, Cebu on August 13, 1897. [1] He took up law at the University of the Philippines and became a lawyer on November 5, 1923. He was the third Cebuano to achieve the highest marks in the bar exams (after Paulino Gullas and Cesar Kintanar), and the first from outside of Cebu City. [2]

Career

He practiced law as a profession and was the counsel of Development Bank of the Philippines on its complaint involving a loan transaction against Dionisio Mirang. [3] For a short length of time, he was the law partner of Vicente Sotto. [2]

On June 2, 1925, he ran under Partido Democrata as representative of Cebu's old 7th legislative district but lost to Paulino Ybañez. In 1928, he campaigned for the same congressional seat but withdrew his candidacy before the election. Switching political party to Nacionalista Party, [2] he won the elections and served as representative of the same district for the 2nd National Assembly [4] [5] from January 24, 1939, to December 16, 1941. [2]

He worked as Judge of the Court of First Instance in the province of Bohol, which was the Eight Judicial District. On September 24, 1943, the Department of Justice granted him the authority to hold court in Cebu City and in the province of Cebu. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ The Commercial & Industrial Manual of the Philippines . Publishers incorporated. 1938.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Oaminal, Clarence Paul (September 8, 2014). "Roque V. Desquitado, first topnotcher outside of Cebu City". The Freeman through Pressreader. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  3. ↑ "G.R. No. L-29130". www.lawphil.net. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  4. ↑ "Roster of legislators". www.congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives; Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  5. ↑ The history of Cebu, Philippines. Cebu (Philippines : Province),, University of San Carlos. Cebu City. 2014. ISBN   9789719972235. OCLC   953176470.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ↑ Philippines (1943). Official Gazette.
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