Wenceslao Lagumbay

Wenceslao Rancap Lagumbay (born September 28, 1913 in Barangay San Juan, Longos , Laguna Province ; † September 3, 1995 ) was a Filipino politician who was a member of the House of Representatives between 1954 and 1965 and a member of the Senate from 1965 to 1971 .

Life

Wenceslao Rancap Lagumbay, son of Eufemio Lagumbay and Maria Rancap, attended high school in Pagsanjan and then began working as a draftsman for advertising posters. Despite his low income, he took up a law degree at Far Eastern University and was also an accountant in an import company owned by a US entrepreneur. This also included various entertainment venues such as cinemas and theaters, in which Lagumbay later also worked as a manager. He completed postgraduate studies of business administration at the Far Eastern University and put the exam as a chartered accountant ( certified public accountant ) from. He also completed his law studies at the Manuel L. Quezon School of Law with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and was subsequently admitted to the bar. He then began another post-graduate study in comparative law at George Washington University , which he completed with a Master of Laws (LL.M. Comparative Law).

On November 10, 1953, Lagumbay was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the second electoral district of Laguna Province (Laguna 2nd District) and was a member of the House of Representatives after re-elections on November 12, 1957 and November 14, 1961 between 1954 and 1965. In the election to the Senate on November 9, 1965, he was elected Senator for the Nacionalista Party as one of thirty candidates in the eighth of eight places to be awarded with 2,972,525 votes (39.1 percent). He was a member of the Senate until November 8, 1971. During his tenure in the Congress of the Philippines , he was a strong advocate of honest and efficient government and had exposed numerous anomalous transactions, including the risk of substantial losses and reduced revenue for the Central Bank of the Philippines in collecting margins and buying and selling foreign currency. He wrote important articles such as ordinances and laws such as the law establishing the Rizal Centennial Commission on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the national hero of the Philippines José Rizal on June 19, 1961. At the end of the reign of President Ferdinand Marcos , he became on July 23, 1984 as a representative of the province of Laguna, member of the National Assembly (Regular Batasang Pambansa) , of which he was a member until its dissolution by President Corazon Aquino on March 25, 1986.

In the first Senate election on May 11, 1987 after the EDSA revolution , which led to the overthrow of President Marcos, he ran for the Grand Alliance for Democracy as one of a total of 54 candidates for one of the 24 seats in the Senate. With 2,168,086 votes (9.5 percent), however, he only achieved 42nd place and thus missed re-entry into the Senate. In the elections that followed, he ran again for the Nacionalista Party, but failed to make it into the Senate again.

He was married to Adelaida del Carmen.

Web links

• Entry on the Senate homepage
• Entry on the homepage of the House of Representatives