Quintin B. Paredes

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Quintin B. Paredes

Quintín Babila Paredes (born September 9, 1884 in Bangued , Abra , † January 30, 1973 in Manila ) was a Filipino politician .

biography

After attending the primary school founded by his father Juan Felix Paredes, the Colegio Seminario de Vigan and the Colegio de San Juan de Letran , he studied law at the Escuela de Leyes and completed his studies with a Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and Master of Arts (MA). After being admitted to the bar in 1906, he began working as a lawyer . However, in 1908 he switched to the civil service and was Deputy Fiscal Manila until 1917 . In addition, between 1909 and 1911 he was a lecturer in criminal law at the Escuela de Derecho , today's Manila Law School , of which he was also director from 1911 to 1917.

After eight years as a deputy prosecutor, he became chief prosecutor of Manila in 1917 ( Manila City Fiscal ). After the reorganization of the city administration in 1918, he was appointed to the Justice Bureau of the Philippines and appointed attorney general. He was also a member of the Parliamentary Mission to the United States in 1919 , where he was also admitted to the US Supreme Court . Two years later he was appointed Minister of Justice ( Secretary of Justice ) and remained in this office until 1921. He then resumed his practice as a lawyer.

In 1929 he was elected a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippine Legislature , where he represented the interests of his home province of Abra until 1934 and was temporarily acting Speaker of the House of Representatives ( Speaker Pro tempore ). After the creation of the Commonwealth of the Philippines , he was elected a member of the in September 1935, but gave up this office shortly afterwards, after he was elected as a Resident Commissioner in the United States House of Representatives . After his return, he was re-elected to the National Assembly on November 8, 1938 , where he was also the Majority Floor Leader .

During the Second World War he was a member of the cabinet of President José P. Laurel from October 1943 to August 1945 as Minister for Public Works and Communications. In the transition period after World War II, he was charged with collaboration and treason along with President Laurel and the rest of the Japanese- backed cabinet in 1946 . On January 28, 1948, he was pardoned as part of an amnesty by Manuel Roxas , the first President of the Philippine Republic.

In 1949 he was elected a member of the Senate . As such, he was initially President of the Senate pro tempore before he was Senate President between March and April 1953. In November 1955 he was re-elected as a Senator and served on the Senate for a further six years until 1961.

After retiring from the Senate, he went into the private sector and became President and Vice Chairman of the General Bank and Trust Company in 1963 before retiring in 1969.

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SURNAME Paredes, Quintín B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paredes, Quintín Babila (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Filipino politician and manager
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Bangued , Abra
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1973
Place of death Manila