Jose Delgado (politician)

Jose Delgado was a lawyer and politician from Cebu, Philippines who became mayor of Cebu City (1940–1942) and the governor of the province of Cebu (1943–1944), becoming the first person to have held both offices.[1]

Jose Delgado
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1943–1943
Governor of Cebu
In office
1943–1944
Preceded byHilario Abellana
Succeeded byJose S. Leyson
Mayor of Cebu City
In office
August 3, 1940 – April 10, 1942
Preceded byVicente Rama
Succeeded byJuan Zamora
Personal details
NationalityFilipino
ProfessionLawyer

Background

Jose Delgado's parents were Marcelo Enriquez and Monica Delgado. After becoming a lawyer on October 15, 1923, he was appointed as mayor of Cebu City on August 3, 1940 upon the resignation of Vicente Rama[2] who was running for the senatorial seat in the elections to be held on November 11, 1941.[3] Delgado served as mayor until April 10, 1942,[2] and he was replaced by Juan Zamora.[4]

During World War II, he served as the governor of Cebu from 1943 until 1944,[5][6] although scholars had a hard time determining the start and end of his term, as well as the terms of Hilario Abellana and Jose S. Leyson, due to the instability in politics and civilian government in those times.[7] By virtue of the 1943 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines,[8] he was a member of the National Assembly under the Japanese regime during his time as governor.[9] On February 1, 1944, he was also said to be Cebu's highest ranking official during the celebration of Japanese National Foundation Day held.[1]

It was during his stint that Cebu City Children Hospital and Cebu City Vocational School were established.[10] On March 9, 1944, he made an announcement calling for peace by urging people to assist the efforts of the government against the anti-Japanese guerilla forces.[4]

References
  1. "The Joses of the Cebu Provincial Capitol and City Hall | The Freeman". philstar.com. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. Oaminal, Oaminal (March 26, 2014). "Jose Delgado, Cebu City mayor and Cebu governor". www.pressreader.com. Philippine Star; The Freeman through Pressreader. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  3. Oaminal, Clarence Paul (April 29, 2015). "Quezon's speech on the appointment of Vicente Rama as Cebu City mayor". www.pressreader.com. Philippine Star; The Freeman through Pressreader. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  4. Mojares, Dr. Resil. "Today in the History of Cebu" (PDF). University of San Carlso.
  5. Oaminal, Clarence Paul (February 22, 2019). "The first election for Cebu City mayor | The Freeman". philstar.com. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  6. Barreveld, Dirk J., 1941- (2015-07-19). Cushing's coup : the true story of how Lt. Col. James Cushing and his Filipino guerrillas captured Japan's Plan Z. Philadelphia. ISBN 9781612003085. OCLC 915561223.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. Mojares, Resil B. (2015). The war in Cebu. Bersales, Jose Eleazar R. (Jose Eleazar Reynes). Talamban, Cebu City, Philippines. ISBN 9789715390705. OCLC 945648989.
  8. "1943 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES - CHAN ROBLES VIRTUAL LAW LIBRARY". www.chanrobles.com. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  9. "ROSTER OF PHILIPPINE LEGISLATORS". www.congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines: Congressional Library Bureau. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  10. Newman, Jenara Regis (2015-09-15). "Viewing a slice of Cebu history". Sunstar. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
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