Quintín Paredes
Ramon Avanceña | |
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Succeeded by | Felecisimo Feria |
Personal details | |
Born | Quintín Babila Paredes September 9, 1884 Nacionalista (1925–1946) |
Spouse(s) | Victoria Peralta Gregoria Yujuico |
Children | 12 |
Quintín Babila Paredes Sr. (September 9, 1884 – January 30, 1973), was a
Early life
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
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
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
House of Representatives
He was elected to the
Under the Tydings–McDuffie Act
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
In the
Other posts held
- Dean of the law school (Escuela de Derecho) of Manila, 1913 to 1917[1]
- President of the General Bank & Trust Co., 1963 to 1969[1]
See also
- List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress
- Resident Commissioner of the Philippines
Footnotes
References
- ^ 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
- 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