- Alejo R. Mabanag
Alejo R. Mabanag (born
July 4 ,1886 ) was a Filipino politician born in San Fernando, La Union, to Liberato Mabanag ofCalamanugan ,Cagayan and Manuela Razulo ofBangar ,La Union .Education
Mabanag supported himself while getting his higher education. He was clerk in the defunct Executive Bureau from 1903 to 1912 and finished his Bachelor of Arts at the
University of Santo Tomas in 1908. He was senior clerk when he obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from La Jurisprudencia in 1912 and passed the bar examinations the same year. He opened his law firm inLingayen ,Pangasinan and attracted big clients in the province.Political career
His popularity and his ability became his qualifications for a three year service as
Lingayen municipal councilor from 1916 to 1919. He ran for Senator and won overwhelmingly to represent the second senatorial district ofLa Union in 1922 and re-elected in 1931.Upon the establishment of the Commonwealth government on November 15, 1935, President
Manuel L. Quezon appointed him Judge of the Court of First Instance ofIloilo up to 1938 and later named as city fiscal ofManila until 1945.He ran anew for the Senatorial election and won in 1946 but he lost in the 1949 election. As a distinguished Senator he became the chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee from August 1952 to August 1953 and in the 1953 elections he ran and won again as Senator under Nacionalista Pary ticket.
He was also member of the following committees; Corporations and Franchises, Codes and Constitutional amendments, Government Reorganization, Investigation, Justice, Labor and Immigration, National Defense and Security, National Enterprises, provincial and Municipal Governments and Cities, Transportation and Public Service.
External links
* [http://www.senate.gov.ph Official Website of the Senate of the Philippines]
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