Genaro Magsaysay
Genaro F. Magsaysay (born September 19, 1924 in Castillejos , Zambales , † December 25, 1978 in Manila ) was a Filipino lawyer and politician of the Nacionalista Party and the Partido Liberal ng Pilipinas , who was a member of the House of Representatives and the Senate .
Life
Lawyer, MP and Senator
Magsaysay, a younger brother of the later President Ramon Magsaysay and uncle of his son Ramon Magsaysay, Jr. , who was also a Senator, completed a law degree at the Ateneo de Manila University after attending school and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws ( LL.B.). He then took up a practice as a lawyer and later married Adelaida “Baby” Rodriguez, a daughter of Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr. , who was also a Senator and twice President of the Senate.
His political career began Magsaysay in the elections of November 12, 1957 when he was elected as a candidate of the Nacionalista Party to succeed Enrique Corpus as a member of the House of Representatives and represented the constituency of Zambales-Lone District .
In the subsequent Senate elections on November 10, 1959, Magsaysay, who had only recently reached the constitutional minimum age of 35, was elected a member of the Senate. He received 2,457,218 votes and took second place after the later President Ferdinand Marcos in eight Senate seats to be awarded. At the same time, he was ahead of his father-in-law Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr., who came sixth in this election. At the 50th Conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Brussels in 1961 , he participated as a representative of the Philippines and was elected one of the vice-presidents of the conference.
In the elections of November 19, 1965, he was able to increase his voting result by more than 1 million votes to 3,463,459 votes and took third place in the eight Senate mandates in this election after Jovito Salonga and Alejandro D. Almendras .
Vice-presidential candidate 1969
Magsaysay ran at the side of presidential candidate Sergio Osmeña, Jr. in the presidential election on November 11, 1969 Partido Liberal ng Pilipinas for the office of vice-president. In doing so, however, they were clearly defeated by the candidates of the Nacionalista Party, President Ferdinand Marcos and Vice-President Fernando López . While Marcos got 5,017,343 votes (61.47 percent), Osmeña got 3,143,122 votes (38.51 percent). The election of the Vice President was similar: López received 5,001,737 votes (62.75 percent) and Magsaysay 2,968,526 (37.24 percent).
In the election of November 8, 1971, he was elected Senator for the last time, this time he was able to improve his share of the vote by almost 1.3 million votes to 4,756,376 votes and now again occupied second place after Jovito Salonga with eight elected seats. He belonged to the Senate until its dissolution after the imposition of martial law by the dictatorial ruling President Ferdinand Marcos on September 21, 1972.
During his nearly thirteen-year Senate membership, Magsaysay served as chairman of the Senate Committee on Accounts, Social Justice and Welfare, and Community Development. He also served at times as vice-chairman of the Senate Committees for Public Works and Communication as well as for Veterans and Pensions.
During this time he was instrumental in drafting various laws, such as the upgrading of the Presidential Assistant on Community Development to a cabinet member with ministerial status. He also campaigned for appropriate compensation for the political representatives of the Barangay and also submitted a bill that supported the National Power Corporation , in which it enabled it to write off its bonds. In this context, it received a loan of 34 million US dollars from the World Bank and thus expanded the electrification of rural areas.
Death and offspring
After his death on December 25, 1978, Magsaysay was buried in Manila North Cemetery.
Thereafter, a lawsuit broke out before the Supreme Court of the Philippines between the widow and several children over the inheritance and his property, which was ruled in favor of the widow by judgment of December 19, 1989.
From an extramarital relationship, Genelyn Magsaysay emerged, who in turn was married to Senator Ramon Revilla Sr. and had several children with him. Genelyn Magsaysay fought for the right to use the name Magsaysay in a procedure before the Court of Appeals .
Web links
- Biography (Homepage of the Philippine Senate)
Individual evidence
- ^ Political dynasties in the Philippines . In: Global Balita of December 4, 2012
- ↑ Relatives in Government (i-site.ph)
- ↑ entry (billiongraves.com)
- ^ Supreme Court, Third Division, GR No. 58168, December 19, 1989
- ↑ Sen. Ramon Revillas "Other Woman" (raissarobles.com, November 7, 2011)
- ^ The allowances, inheritance of families like Genelyn's . In: GMA Network of November 12, 2011
- ↑ CA upholds illegitimate daughter's claim to father's name ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 27, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Magsaysay, Genaro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Magsaysay, Genaro F. (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Filipino politician and lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castillejos , Zambales |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1978 |
| Place of death | Manila |