Benigno Aquino, Sr.
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6th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines 1st Speaker of the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic |
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In office September 25, 1943 – February 2, 1944 |
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| President | José P. Laurel |
| Preceded by | José Yulo |
| Succeeded by | Jose Zulueta |
| Member of the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic from Tarlac | |
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In office September 25, 1943 – February 2, 1944 Serving with Sergio L. Aquino |
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| Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce of the Philippines | |
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In office 1938–1941 |
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| President | Manuel L. Quezon |
| Preceded by | Eulogio Rodriguez |
| Succeeded by | Rafael Alunan |
| Member of the National Assembly of the Philippines from Tarlac's 2nd District | |
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In office December 30, 1941 – December 30, 1944* Elected, but did not serve the term due to the establishment of the Second Philippine Republic |
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| Preceded by | Jose Urquico |
| Succeeded by | Alejandro Simpaoco As member of the 1st Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines |
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In office December 30, 1935 – December 30, 1938 |
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| Preceded by | Feliciano B. Gardiner As member of the 10th Philippine Legislature |
| Succeeded by | Jose Urquico |
| Majority leader of the Philippine Senate | |
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In office 1931–1934 |
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| Senate President | Manuel L. Quezon |
| Preceded by | José P. Laurel |
| Succeeded by | Claro M. Recto |
| Philippine Senator from the 3rd Senatorial District | |
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In office 1928 – 1934 Served with: Teodoro Sandiko (1928–1931) Sotero Baluyot (1931–1934) |
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| Preceded by | Luis Morales |
| Succeeded by | Hermogenes Concepcion |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Tarlac's 2nd District | |
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In office 1919–1928 |
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| Preceded by | Cayetano Rivera |
| Succeeded by | Jose G. Domingo |
| Vice President of the Philippines | |
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In office October 14, 1943 – August 17, 1945 |
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| Preceded by | Sergio Osmeña |
| Succeeded by | Elpidio Quirino |
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Benigno Simeon Aquino September 3, 1894 Mucia, Tarlac, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Died | December 20, 1947 (aged 53) Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila, Philippines |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Political party | Partido Nacionalista Consolidato, KALIBAPI |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Urquico (first) Aurora Aquino (second) |
| Relations | Aquino family |
| Children | 11 (inc. Benigno Jr. Butz Tessie) |
| Residence | Mucia, Tarlac |
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University of Santo Tomas Colegio de San Juan de Letran |
| Occupation | Farmer, Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer, civil servant |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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Benigno Simeon "Igno" Aquino Sr. (September 3, 1894 – December 20, 1947), also known as Benigno S. Aquino or Benigno S. Aquino Sr., was a Filipino politician who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic from 1943 to 1944.
He was the Director-General of KALIBAPI, a political party established during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
His grandson Benigno S. Aquino III was the 15th President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016.
Benigno was born in Murcia, now part of Concepcion, Tarlac to Servillano "Mianong" Aquino, a general in the Philippine Revolution who later served as a member of the Malolos Congress, and Guadalupe Quiambao. He had two siblings, namely Gonzalo Aquino (born 1893) and Amando Aquino (born 1896), and a half-brother, Herminio Aquino (born 1949). He studied at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila and later at the University of Santo Tomas where he earned his law degree in 1913 and was admitted to the bar the following year.
Benigno "Igno" Aquino was first elected to the Philippine Legislature (as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives) in 1919 representing the 2nd District of Tarlac. He was reelected to the same position in 1922 and 1925 before winning a Philippine Senate seat in 1928 representing the 3rd Senatorial District comprising the provinces of Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga and his home-province of Tarlac. He became part of the Philippine Independence Mission in 1931, which negotiated the terms of obtaining Philippine independence from the United States. During the elections for the Commonwealth of the Philippines government in 1935 he ran again in his district in Tarlac and won. In 1937, he was appointed by Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezon as Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce.
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