Rene Saguisag

Rene Saguisag

Rene A. V. Saguisag (born August 14, 1939 in Mauban, Quezon, Philippines) is a Filippino politician. cite news |first=|last=|title= Saguisag wife killed in road mishap
url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view_article.php?article_id=99542|work= Philippine Daily Inquirer |publisher= |date=2007-11-08 |accessdate=2007-11-25] He served as a Filipino Senator from 1987 until 1992.

Early life

Rene Saguisag was born on August 14, 1939 in Mauban, Quezon, Philippines. Saguisag attended elementary school at Makati Elementary School in 1951. cite news |first=|last=|title= Rene Saguisag
url=http://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/former_senators/rene_saguisag.htm|work= Senate of the Philippines |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2007-11-27] He graduated from Rizal High School in 1955.

Saguisag went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959 from San Beda College. He also later graduated cum laude from San Beda College with a bachelor of laws degree in 1963. Saguisag also obtained a masters level law degree from Harvard University in 1968.

Career

Rene Saguisag practiced law as a prominent human rights lawyer in the Philippines from 1972 to 1986. He also became a spokesman for then president elect Corazon Aquino beginning on January 22, 1986.

Saguisag was first elected to the Senate of the Philippines in 1987. He remained in the Senate until 1992. As a Senator, Saguisag served as chairman of the committee on ethics and privileges. He also served on the "ad hoc" committee on the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.

Rene Saguisag was one of only two Filipino Senators who attended all 415 session days from July 1987 to June 1990.

Following his departure from the Senate, Saguisag became one of the leading defense lawyers in the corruption trial of former President Joseph Estrada.

Car accident

Rene Saguisag was seriously injured in a car accident on November 8, 2007, in Makati City. In the accident, a speeding dump truck struck Saguisag's van, and killed his wife, a former Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Dulce Saguisag.

Saguisag was left in critical condition following the accident. His injuries included seven broken ribs and small blood clots in his brain. cite news |first=DJ Yap|last=Jerome Aning|title= Rene Saguisag recovering
url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=100030 |work= Philippine Daily Inquirer |publisher= |date=2007-11-10 |accessdate=2007-11-27] However, his doctors stated that he had a "very good chance" of a full recovery.

After a month, or on December 8, 2007, Senator Rene Saguisag was released from the hospital. He was out of the ICU on November 28, or 20 days from the accident. [ [http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=105676 Inquirer.net, Ex-senator Saguisag leaves hospital] ]

Family

Rene and Dulce's youngest daughter, Kaissa Saguisag is a gymnast, but a knee injury ended her quest for gold at the 24th Southeast Asian Games . [ [http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view_article.php?article_id=106603 Inquirer.net, Knee injury ends gymnast Saguisag’s quest for SEAG gold] ]

External links

* [http://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/former_senators/rene_saguisag.htm Senate of the Philippines: Profile of Rene Saguisag]

References


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