Jose Roy
Jose de Jesus Roy (born July 19, 1904 in Moncada , Tarlac , † 1985 ) was a Filipino politician .
biography
After attending elementary school and high school in Tarlac, he studied law at the University of the Philippines and graduated in 1930 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). After receiving his license to practice as a lawyer, he first went to the public service as a special prosecutor at the Commission for the Public Service, before he began working as a lawyer in 1931 .
He began his political career in 1946 when he was elected a member of the House of Representatives , in which he represented Tarlac's interests until 1961. During this time he advocated the passing of numerous laws that were intended to bring benefits to farmers in particular , such as the division of the Hacienda Luisita. He was also heavily involved in important laws on financial and socio-economic issues such as the Central Bank Act , Industrialization Act (RA901), Agricultural Tenancy Act , Land Tenure Act , Original Anti-Graft Law , Development Bank of the Philippines Act and the Tariff and Customs Code of 1957 . His 1950 speech In defense of the Philippine peso was published in a book.
In addition, he was in 1950 and 1952 representative of the Philippines at the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York City and 1954 and 1956 head of delegations in Washington, DC
After leaving the Congress in 1962 he was a member of the Filipino delegation to the Conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Congress in Brazil .
In January 1962 he was a member of the Senate and was one of this until its dissolution after the imposition of martial law by President Ferdinand Marcos of the 1,972th During this time he was first from 1966 to 1969 as Majority Floor Leader leader of the majority faction and at the same time a member of the influential Committee on Appointments . He was then President of the Senate Pro tempore from 1970 to 1972 and thus represented the President of the Senate in the event of his absence or illness.
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Francisco Villanueva | Francisco Enage | José P. Laurel | Benigno Aquino senior | Claro M. Recto | Melecio Arranz | Vicente Francisco | Tomas Cabili | Cipriano P. Primicias senior | Jose Roy | Arturo Tolentino | Orlando Mercado | Teofisto Guingona | Alberto Romulo | Francisco Tatad | Franklin Drilon | Francisco Tatad | Loren Legarda | Francis Pangilinan | Juan Miguel Zubiri | Vicente Sotto III | Alan Peter Cayetano
Esperidion Guanco | Sergio Osmeña | José Clarin | Elpidio Quirino | Melecio Arranz | Quintín B. Paredes | Manuel Briones | Fernando López | Lorenzo Sumulong | Jose Roy | Teofisto Guingona | Sotero Laurel | Leticia Ramos Shahani | Blas Ople | John Henry Osmeña | Blas Ople | Manuel Villar junior | Juan Flavier | Jose Pimentel Ejercito junior | Ralph Recto
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roy, Jose |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roy, Jose de Jesus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Filipino politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moncada , Tarlac |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1985 |