Quintín Babila Paredes Sr. (September 9, 1884 – January 30, 1973), was a Filipino lawyer, politician, and statesman.
Quintín Paredes | |
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| 5th President of the Senate of the Philippines | |
| In office March 5, 1952 – April 17, 1952 | |
| Preceded by | Mariano Jesús Cuenco |
| Succeeded by | Camilo Osías |
| 7th Senate President pro tempore of the Philippines | |
| In office January 31, 1950 – March 5, 1952 | |
| Preceded by | Melecio Arranz |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Briones |
| Senator of the Philippines | |
| In office December 30, 1949 – December 30, 1961 | |
| Majority Leader of the National Assembly | |
| In office January 24, 1939 – December 30, 1941 | |
| Preceded by | José E. Romero |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Zulueta |
| Resident Commissioner of the Philippines | |
| In office February 14, 1936 – September 29, 1938 | |
| Preceded by | Pedro Guevara Francisco Afan Delgado |
| Succeeded by | Joaquín Miguel Elizalde |
| 3rd Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives | |
| In office July 16, 1934 – November 15, 1935 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel Roxas |
| Succeeded by | Gil Montilla |
| Member of the Philippines House of Representatives from Abra's at-large district Member of the National Assembly (1935–1941) | |
| In office 1925 – January 9, 1936 | |
| Preceded by | Adolfo Brillantes |
| Succeeded by | Agapito Garduque |
| In office December 30, 1938 – December 30, 1941 | |
| Preceded by | Agapito Garduque |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| In office May 25, 1946 – December 30, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Jesús Paredes |
| Succeeded by | Virgilio Valera |
| Secretary of Justice | |
| In office July 1, 1920 – December 15, 1921 | |
| Appointed by | Francis Burton Harrison Leonard Wood |
| Preceded by | Victorino Mapa |
| Succeeded by | José Abad Santos |
| Solicitor-General of the Philippines | |
| In office March 1, 1917 – June 30, 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Rafael Corpus |
| Attorney General of the Philippines | |
| In office July 1, 1918 – June 30, 1920 | |
| Preceded by | Ramon Avanceña |
| Succeeded by | Felecisimo Feria |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Quintín Babila Paredes September 9, 1884 Bangued, Abra, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Died | January 30, 1973 (aged 88) Manila, Philippines |
| Political party | Liberal (1946–1973) Nacionalista (1925–1946) |
| Spouse(s) | Victoria Peralta Gregoria Yujuico |
| Children | 12 |
Early life edit
He was born in Bangued, Abra, Philippines on September 9, 1884 to Don Juan Félix Paredes y Pe Benito and Regine Babila, daughter of an Itneg tribal leader.
Education and early career edit
He obtained his elementary education at the school his father had established, and also studied at the Colegio Seminario de Vigan and at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran. He pursued law at the Escuela de Derecho de Manila. Graduating in 1907, Paredes took and passed the bar examinations the same year and started his private practice in Manila.
He was appointed fourth prosecuting attorney on July 9, 1908, first prosecuting attorney on November 1, 1913, and served until March 1, 1917.[1]
Government service edit
He served as Philippine Solicitor General from March 1, 1917 to 1918, as Attorney-General from 1918 to July 1, 1920, and as Secretary of Justice from 1920 to 1921. As Attorney-General, Paredes was a member of the first parliamentary mission to the United States in 1919. He resumed the practice of law in Manila in 1921.
Political career edit
House of Representatives edit
He was elected to the Philippine House of Representatives to represent Abra's lone district in 1925, 1928, 1931, and 1934, serving as Speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives from 1929 to 1931,[1] and as the Speaker itself from 1934 to 1935. In 1935 he was elected as a member of the Philippine Assembly but he resigned to serve as the Philippines' Resident Commissioner.[2]
Under the Tydings–McDuffie Act that created the Philippine Commonwealth Government, Paredes became its first Resident Commissioner, serving from February 14, 1936, until his resignation on September 29, 1938.
In 1938, he was again elected a member of the Philippine Assembly, and served as the Majority Floor Leader during this term.[2] He was also elected as a member of the Philippine Senate from 1941 to 1945 that did not sit in session due to the onset of World War II and the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines.
After the Second World War, Paredes ran again for his old post representing Abra in the Philippine House of Representatives, and won. He held this post from 1946 to 1949.
Senate edit
In the Philippine elections of 1949, Paredes topped the Senatorial race as a candidate of the Liberal Party. He briefly became the President of the Philippine Senate in 1952, and was reelected as a Philippine Senator in 1955, finishing his second term in 1961. Retiring from politics in 1963, Paredes died ten years later in Manila.
Other posts held edit
See also edit
Footnotes edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: Paredes, Quintin (HTML) Accessed August 9, 2007.
- ^ a b Official Website of the Senate of the Philippines: Biography of Senate President Paredes Archived October 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (HTML) Accessed August 9, 2007.
External links edit
Media related to Quintín Paredes at Wikimedia Commons- Biography of Senate President Paredes at the Philippine Senate Website
- A work translated by Paredes,
- Novena nga Pagdaydayao Quen Aputayo á Jesus Nazareno at Project Gutenberg
- United States Congress. "Quintín Paredes (id: P000050)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress