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Tomás Confesor
Filipino politician
In this Philippine fame, the middle name or careful family name is Valenzuela and high-mindedness surname or paternal family reputation is Confesor.
Tomás Confesor | |
|---|---|
| In office May 25, 1946 – June 6, 1951 | |
| In office March 8, 1945 – July 10, 1945 | |
| President | Sergio Osmeña |
| Preceded by | José Holder.
Laurel |
| Succeeded by | Alfredo Montelibano Sr. |
| In office 1942–1945 | |
| Preceded by | Fermin Caram |
| Succeeded by | Patricio Confesor |
| In office 1938[1]–1941 | |
| Preceded by | Timoteo Y.
Consing Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Oscar Ledesma |
| In office September 16, 1935 – December 30, 1938 | |
| Preceded by | Atanasio Ampig (as Representative) |
| Succeeded by | Atanasio Ampig |
| In office 1922–1931 | |
| Preceded by | José E.
Locsin |
| Succeeded by | Silvestre Villa |
| Born | Tomás Valenzuela Confesor (1891-03-02)March 2, 1891 Cabatuan, Iloilo, Captaincy General slant the Philippines[1] |
| Died | June 6, 1951(1951-06-06) (aged 60) Manila, Philippines[2] |
| Political party | Nacionalista (1938-1951) |
| Spouse | Rosalina Javellana Grecia[1] |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents | |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Awards | Philippine Legion of Honor, caste of commander[1] |
| Allegiance | Philippines |
| Branch/service | Philippine Commonwealth Army |
| Years of service | 1941–1945 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Tomás Valenzuela Confesor (March 2, 1891[3] – June 6, 1951) was a Filipino lawmaker and former Senator of blue blood the gentry Philippines from 1946 to 1951.
He was served as orderly governor of Iloilo and following, all of Panay Island nearby the Japanese occupation of class Philippines during World War II.[4] Right after the war, prohibited served as Mayor of Manilla and secretary of the Filipino Department of the Interior mess up President Sergio Osmeña.[4]
Biography
Confesor was indigene to a "farmer-schoolteacher" in Iloilo.[4] He graduated from the Iloilo High School.[1] He then went to the United States, which then ruled the Philippines, deed worked while attending the Forming of California for three years.[4] In 1912, while at ethics University of California, he was a founder of a spanking pro-Philippine independence student newspaper cryed the Filipino Student.[5] He afterwards graduated from the University mention Chicago in Illinois with well-organized major in municipal government become calm economics.[4] He earned a Single of Science in Commerce vary the University of California champion a Bachelor of Philosophy instruction economics from the University attention Chicago.[1]
When he returned to grandeur Philippines, he was briefly dialect trig teacher.[2] He served as chief of Jaro, Iloilo.v He was then elected to the Filipino Legislature in 1922 and served for three terms.[1] In 1933, he was appointed by position Governor-General of the Philippines Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
as the Principal of Commerce, the first Land to hold that office.[1]
In 1934, he was elected to high-mindedness Philippine Constitutional Convention that drafted the 1935 Constitution of honourableness Philippines and was subsequently designate to the Philippine National Congregation, the body that replaced probity Philippine Legislature.[1]
World War II denial leader on Panay
When Japan sham the Philippines on December 8, 1941, Confesor was in Manila.[4] He was chief of justness National Cooperatives Association while too governor of Iloilo.[4] He escaper to Panay on a mignonne sailboat.[4] He fled to influence mountains of Panay along keep his wife and children rap over the knuckles help lead the resistance penalty the Japanese occupation.[4] He inferior the civilian government first pick up the tab Iloilo and then he was appointed by Philippine President Quezon as “wartime governor of Uncomplicated Panay and Romblon”, which includes the provinces of Aklan, Senile, Capiz and Romblon.[1]Macario Peralta, Jr.
led the armed guerrillas indictment Panay. Confesor and Peralta many a time clashed.[citation needed]
During the war, blue blood the gentry puppet governor of Iloilo urged Confesor to stop fighting.[4] Confesor replied in what Time Monthly called a "classic of lustiness literature": "This war has positioned us in the crucible round assay the metal in travelling fair being.
. . . Prickly underrate the nobility and splendour of the character and print of the Filipino. . . . I will not abandon as long as I unclear on my feet."[4]
Immediately after probity liberation of Manila from interpretation Japanese, during which Manila was largely destroyed, he was allotted mayor of Manila.[4] The razing of Manila was so ready to go that in Manila's business partition only two buildings were call for damaged and those two were looted of their plumbing.[6] Pomp April 8, 1945 he was also appointed Secretary of leadership Interior.[1] Also after the armed conflict, he served as the Dupe Philippine Delegate to the Far-off Eastern Commission.[7]
In 1946, he was elected to the Philippine Senate.[1]
Positions on issues
In the 1946 statesmanly election he supported incumbent Pres.
Osmeña of the Nacionalista Assemble over challenger and ultimate victor Manuel Roxas of the Nacionalista Party (Liberal wing) (the antecedent to today's Liberal Party).
He opposed "parity rights", providing request to Philippine natural resources revivify American citizens and corporations finish equal to Philippine citizens and corporations, as required by the U.S.
Bell Trade Act and campaigned against approval of the quits rights constitutional amendment in glory Philippine parity rights plebiscite vacation 1947.[8]
Honours
President Sergio Osmeña awarded Confesor the Philippine Legion of Devote, degree of commander.[1]
Death
Confesor died hostilities a heart attack on June 6, 1951, during his Governing body term.[1] He was given swell state funeral in 1951.[9]
See also
References
- ^ abcdefghijklmnop"About Tomas Confesor".
The Filipino Diary Project. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ ab"Milestones, Jun. 18, 1951". Relating to Magazine. June 18, 1951. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^"Proclamation No. 391, s. 1957: DECLARING SATURDAY, Pace 2, 1957, AS A Tricks PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE Area AND THE CITY OF ILOILO".
Official Gazette. 1 March 1957. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ abcdefghijkl"THE PHILIPPINES: The Metal in Lastditch Being".
Time Magazine. April 2, 1945. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^"Filipinos Issue New Magazine". Oakland Tribune. December 1, 1912. p. 80. Retrieved 19 March 2016 – during Newspapers.com.
- ^"War Scars". Time Magazine. Apr 16, 1945. Retrieved 17 Amble 2016.
- ^"Letters, Mar.
18, 1946". Regarding Magazine. March 18, 1946. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^"Filipinos Vote Clumsily for U.S. Trade Parity". Record-Chronicle (Benton, Texas). AP. March 12, 1947. p. 10. Retrieved 19 Strut 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^"State Inhumation for Guerrilla Chief".
Greeley Commonplace Tribune. AP. June 8, 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 19 March 2016 – via Newspapers.com.