Conrado F. Estrella | |
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Minister of Agrarian Reform | |
In office September 10, 1971 – March 25, 1986 |
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President | Ferdinand Marcos |
Succeeded by | Heherson Alvarez |
Mambabatas Pambansa (Assemblyman) from Pangasinan | |
In office June 30, 1984 – March 25, 1986 Serving with Victor Agbayani, Gregorio Cendaña, Felipe de Vera, Demetrio Demetria, and Fabian Sison |
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Mambabatas Pambansa (Assemblyman) from Region I | |
In office June 12, 1978 – June 5, 1984 |
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Governor of Pangasinan | |
In office 1954–1963 |
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Personal details | |
Born | August 19, 1917 |
Died | May 31, 2011 Pasig City, Philippines |
(aged 93)
Conrado F. Estrella, Sr. (August 19, 1917 – May 31, 2011) was a Filipino politician. He served as the Governor of Pangasinan from 1954 to 1963 and Minister of the Department of Agrarian Reform from 1978 to 1986. He began his political career as the Mayor of Rosales, Pangasinan.
Estrella was elected as a Congressman to the Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1986. He served as the last Minister of the Department of Agrarian Reform under former President Ferdinand Marcos from 1978 until Marcos' ouster in 1986. Marcos and Estrella were political allies.
Estrella's last public appearance was on January 10, 2011, in Pangasinan for the 66th anniversary of the Invasion of Lingayen Gulf.
Conrado Estrella died in his sleep at his home in Villa Verde, Pasig City, at the age of 93. He was found the next morning on May 31, 2011. He had undergone open heart surgery several years prior, but had no other major illnesses. Estrella was the grandfather of Abono Rep. Robert Raymond Estrella and former Pangasinan Rep. Conrado Estrella III.