Emiliano Tria Tirona
Emiliano Tria Tirona (* 1882 in Kawit , Cavite ; † after 1953 ) was a Filipino politician of the Nacionalista Party and the Liberal Party , who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1916 to 1919 and again between 1931 and 1934 and between 1922 and 1928 and again was a member of the Senate from 1942 to 1953 . Between 1943 and 1945 he was Minister of Health, Labor and Public Education in the government of President José P. Laurel, which was collaborating with the Japanese occupation forces .
Life
Lawyer and MP
After attending the Ateneo Municipal de Manila and the Instituto Burgos in Malolos, Tirona began an undergraduate degree at the Escuela de Derecho de Manila , which he completed in 1902 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He completed a subsequent study of law at the Escuela de Derecho de Manila in 1905 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and, after being admitted to the bar, took up a position as a lawyer . He completed another postgraduate study of law with a Master of Laws (LL.M.). In 1906 he was first secretary of the Instituto Filipino , whose vice director and director he later became. In 1910 he was elected a member of the executive committee of the Nacionalista Party founded on April 29, 1907 .
In the election of January 19, 1909 Tirona was for the province of Cavite member of the Philippine Assembly , elected after the previous Constituency owner Rafael Palma as a member of the Philippine Commission already on 1 July 1908 (Philippine Commission) was appointed. He was a member of the Philippine Congregation until October 16, 1912, when he lost his seat to Florentino Joya . After the entry into force of the Philippine Autonomy Act and the associated introduction of the Philippine legislature on August 29, 1916, Tirona was elected for the Nacionalista Party in the elections of October 10, 1916 as a member of the first House of Representatives and represented in it until the elections on August 3 , 1916 June 1919, the only constituency in the province of Cavite.
Elected Senator, Japanese Occupation and Minister
In the elections on June 6, Tirona was elected for the first time as a member of the Senate for the Partido Nacionalista Consolidato and, after his re-election on June 2, 1925, represented the fourth Senate electoral district (Fourth District) , Manila and the provinces for six years until 1928 Bataan , Laguna and Rizal included. In the elections of June 2, 1931, he was again elected a member of the House of Representatives and again represented the only constituency of the Cavite Province until the elections of June 5, 1934. Between 1931 and 1932 he was also a member of the OsRox mission named after Sergio Osmeña and Manuel Roxas , which led negotiations with the US government on the independence of the Philippines. In the first presidential election in the Commonwealth of the Philippines on September 16, 1935, he supported the candidacy of Emilio Aguinaldo , who lost with 179,349 votes, however, heavily against Manuel Quezon , who received 695,332 votes.
Tirona was re-elected a member of the Senate for the Nacionalista Party in the elections of November 11, 1941. However, he and the other 24 elected senators could not take their oath of office on December 30, 1941, because the Philippines was occupied by Japan on December 8, 1941 and the Senate no longer met after the Battle of the Philippines . Instead, he was a member of the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic from September 25, 1943 to February 2, 1944 and represented in this for the Kapisanan ng Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas (KALIBAPI) the Cavite Province. In October 1943, he was President Jose P. Laurel of the appointed Minister of Health, Labor and public education in the government, with the Japanese occupying power collaborated . He held the post of minister until the end of Laurel's tenure in August 1945.
Post-war period and re-election as senator
The first Senate meeting took place after the liberation of the Philippines on July 5, 1945. Only 15 of the 24 Senate members took part in this first session, as the remaining members had either died ( Daniel Maramba and José Ozámiz ) or had been charged with collaborating with the Japanese occupying forces ( Vicente Madrigal , Quintín B. Paredes , Claro M. Recto , Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr. , Prospero E. Sebastian , Emiliano Tria Tirona and José Yulo ).
An election period of two, four and six years for the first senators after the end of World War II, originally planned for September 1945 , was abandoned. Rather, the election period of the eight senators Alauya Alonto , Pedro C. Hernaez , Domingo Imperial , Vicente Madrigal , Vicente Rama , Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr. , Prospero E. Sebastian and Emiliano Tria Tirona was extended by drawing lots until November 1947, while the remaining 16 senators were elected in the elections of April 23, 1946 for six and three years respectively. In the elections of November 11, 1947, he again applied for a seat in the Senate for the Liberal Party and, with 1,552,545 votes, won fourth place of the eight seats available in the Senate. He then belonged to the Senate again from December 30, 1947 to December 30, 1953.
Web links
- Entry on the Senate homepage
- List of Previous Senators on the Senate homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ Participants in the first Senate session on July 5, 1945 were: Alauya Alonto , Antonio de las Alas , Melecio Arranz , Nicolas Buendia , Mariano Jesús Cuenco , Ramon J. Fernandez , Carlos P. Garcia , Pedro C. Hernaez , Domingo Imperial , Rafael C. Martinez , Elpidio Quirino , Vicente Rama , Esteban de la Rama , Manuel Roxas and Ramon Torres
- ^ Diary of Antonio de las Alas (September 1, 1945)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tirona, Emiliano Tria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Filipino politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kawit , Cavite |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1953 |