Gaudencio Antonino

Gaudencio E. Antonino (born February 9, 1909 in Jaen , Nueva Ecija ; † November 13, 1967 ) was a Filipino entrepreneur , business manager and politician .

Life

After attending school, Antonino completed a degree in civil engineering at the University of the Philippines and graduated seventh in his class. He then began his professional career from 1933 to 1936 as an assistant engineer in the public works authority. During the Second World War he did his military service as a second lieutenant in the 101st Engineering Battalion at the side of the United States Army Forces, Far East (USAFFE) and was last lieutenant in a unit with the United States Armed Forces in the Philippines (USAFIP) in 1945. worked together.

After the end of the war, Antonino took on functions in the private sector and was, among other things, President of the Western Mindanao Lumber Company, Incorporated , a company in the timber industry on the Zamboanga Peninsula , as well as the family business GE Antonino, Incorporated, which he founded . He also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Industrial Mutual Fund Inc. , Munoz Motors, Inc. , Apayao Mining and Oil Co., Inc., and United Finance Corporation . He was also a board member of Bataan Pulp and Paper Mill Company , the reinsurance company of the Orient Music Corporation of the Philippines , the Philippine Engineers Syndicate and the Rico Finance Corporation . In 1954, the Business Writers' Association of the Philippines voted him Wood Industry Manager of the Year and awarded him another award for his services to export and production.

In December 1961 Antonino was elected a member of the Senate and was a member of it until his death. During his tenure in the Senate, he temporarily chaired the Senate Committee on Public Works and Communications and the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security. In 1965 he spoke out against a draft to increase the diets of members of Congress .

Antonino was married to the teacher, manager and member of the House of Representatives Magnolia Welborn . After his death, the latter successfully ran for the vacated seat in the Senate and belonged to it from 1969 until the Senate was dissolved after the imposition of martial law by the dictatorial ruling President Ferdinand Marcos on September 21, 1972.

Web links

• Biography (Homepage of the Philippine Senate)