Fernando Lopez
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His Excellency Fernando Lopez |
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| 3rd and 7th Vice President of the Philippines | |
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In office December 30, 1949 – December 30, 1953 |
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| President | Elpidio Quirino |
| Preceded by | Vacant Title last held by Elpidio Quirino |
| Succeeded by | Carlos P. García |
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In office December 30, 1965 – September 23, 1972 |
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| President | Ferdinand Marcos |
| Preceded by | Emmanuel Pelaez |
| Succeeded by | Abolished Title next held by Salvador Laurel |
| Senator of the Philippines | |
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In office December 30, 1953 – December 30, 1965 |
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In office December 30, 1947 – December 30, 1949 |
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| Mayor of Iloilo City | |
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In office September 26, 1945 – December 30, 1947 |
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| Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources | |
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In office 1965–1971 |
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| President | Ferdinand Marcos |
| Preceded by | Jose Y. Feliciano |
| Succeeded by | Arturo R. Tanco |
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In office December 30, 1949 – December 30, 1953 |
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| President | Elpidio Quirino |
| Preceded by | Placido Mapa |
| Succeeded by | Placido Mapa |
| Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources | |
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In office 1965–1971 |
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| President | Elpidio Quirino |
| Preceded by | Placido Mapa |
| Succeeded by | Placido Mapa |
| 9th Senate President pro tempore of the Philippines | |
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In office 1958–1965 |
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| President |
Carlos P. Garcia Diosdado Macapagal |
| Preceded by | Manuel Briones |
| Succeeded by | Lorenzo Sumulong |
| Chairman, ABS-CBN Corporation | |
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In office February 28, 1986 – May 26, 1993 |
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| Preceded by |
Eugenio Lopez, Sr. Roberto Benedicto (as Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation) |
| Succeeded by | Eugenio Lopez, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
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Fernando Hofileña López April 13, 1904 Iloilo, Iloilo, Philippine Islands |
| Died | May 26, 1993 (aged 89) Iloilo City, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
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Liberal (1945-53) Democratic (1953-59) Nacionalista (1959-71) |
| Spouse(s) | Mariquit Javellana |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Fernando Hofileño Lopez, Sr. (April 13, 1904 – May 26, 1993) was a Filipino statesman. A member of the influential Lopez Family of Iloilo, Fernando Lopez served as Vice President of the Philippines for three terms – under Elpidio Quirino (1949–1953) for the Liberals and Ferdinand Marcos (1965–1969 and 1969–1972) for the Nacionalistas and also the chairman of ABS-CBN Corporation from 1986 to his death 1993.
Lopez was born on April 13, 1904 in Iloilo City, Iloilo to Benito Lopez and Presentacion Hofileña. He is the younger brother of Eugenio Lopez, Sr. The Lopez family was very influential and the richest family in the province.
Lopez studied high school at San Juan de Letran College, finishing in 1921. He then studied law in the University of Santo Tomas, earning his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1925. After passing the bar examinations, he did not go into private practice, but helped his older brother manage the family business.
In 1945, with no prior political experience, Lopez was picked by President Sergio Osmeña to be mayor of Iloilo City. In 1947, he ran for Senator and won the election.
Lopez was one of the founders of University of Iloilo and the FEATI University in Manila.
The Lopez family also owned the Iloilo-Negros Air Express Company (the first Filipino owned air service), the Iloilo Times (El Tiempo), the Manila Chronicle and ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, LSC (Lopez Sugar Corporation), Bayantel (including Bayan DSL), SkyCable(including SkyBroadband), Meralco, RLC (Rockwell Land Corporation), Rockwell Center, First Balfour, Inc., Philippine Electric Corporation (Philec), First Electro Dynamics Corporation (Fedcor), First Sumiden Circuits, Inc. (FSCI), Securities Transfer Services, Inc. (STSI), The Medical City (TMC), BayanTrade DotCom, First Gas Holdings Corporation (Santa Rita), FGP. Corp. (San Lorenzo), FG Hydro Power Corporation (Pantabangan-Masiway), FG Bukidnon (Agusan mini-hydro), Bauang Private Power Corporation (Bauang), Panay Electric Company(PECO), First Philippine Industrial Corporation (the major fuel distributor of Shell and Chevron Caltex in the country), First Philippine Realty Corp, First Philippine Electric Corp. (First Philec), First Philec Solar Corporation, First Sumiden Circuits, Inc. (FSCI), First Sumiden Realty, Inc, First Philippine Industrial Park
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