Everything about Mariano Jes S Cuenco totally explained
Senator
Mariano Jesús Diosomito Cuenco (
January 16,
1888 -
February 25,
1964) was born in
Carmen,
Cebu on
January 16,
1888 to Mariano Albao Cuenco and Remedios Lopez Diosomito. He studied at the Colegio de San Carlos of Cebu where he graduated in
1904 with a degree in
Bachelor of Arts. He finished law in
1911 at the Escuela de Derecho (later became the Manila Law School) and passed the bar examinations in
1913.
Political Career
Cuenco entered
politics in
1912 when he was elected to the
Philippine Assembly representing the fifth district of Cebu. He was re-elected from
1916 to
1928. He ran for the
governorship of Cebu in
1931 and became the President of the League of
Provincial Governors of the
Philippines. In
1934, he was elected delegate to the
Constitutional Convention where he was chosen floor leader. Cuenco was Secretary of Public Works and Communications from
1936 to
1939. He was also appointed Acting Secretary of the agriculture, commerce and labor departments while serving as Secretary of Public Works and Communications in
1938.
In
1941, Cuenco was elected
Senator of the Philippines but the onset of the
Second World War prevented that Senate from going into session. After the Japanese Occupation, Cuenco was reelected to the Senate in
1946. From
1949 to
1951, he served as
Senate President and Chairman of the
Commission on Appointments. His term paved the way for many reforms and his significant contributions resulted in a more efficient
legislative body.
As a member of the
Liberal Party of incumbent President
Elpidio R. Quirino, Senate President Cuenco was defeated in his bid for reelection in the
Nacionalista Party shut-out during the
1951 Philippine general election. He ran and regained his seat as a
Senator once again in
1953 and
1959. He continued serving the
Philippine Senate until his death in
1964.
Cuenco The Writer
Cuenco was also known as a prolific writer. He was the publisher of the
Spanish – language newspaper El Precursor of Cebu, a newspaper which ran from 1907 until the eve of World War II. In 1947, he founded The Republic. In
1926, he became a member of the Academia Filipina Correspondiente de la Real Española de la Lengua. He was honored by the Spanish government with the decoration Gran Cruz de Isabela la Catolica and by the
Holy See with the decoration
Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice.
Cuenco also wrote in Visayan.
Ang Republikang Pilipinhon,
Codigo and
Roma are among his works. His pen name was "Lauro Katindog."
He was married twice, first to Filomena Alesna, and years after she died, to Rosa Cayetano.
Cuenco died on
February 25,
1964.
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