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Fernando Lopez

His Excellency
Fernando Lopez
Fernando Lopez portrait.jpg
3rd and 7th Vice President of the Philippines
In office
December 30, 1949 – December 30, 1953
President Elpidio Quirino
Preceded by Vacant
Title last held by Elpidio Quirino
Succeeded by Carlos P. García
In office
December 30, 1965 – September 23, 1972
President Ferdinand Marcos
Preceded by Emmanuel Pelaez
Succeeded by Abolished
Title next held by Salvador Laurel
Senator of the Philippines
In office
December 30, 1953 – December 30, 1965
In office
December 30, 1947 – December 30, 1949
Mayor of Iloilo City
In office
September 26, 1945 – December 30, 1947
Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources
In office
1965–1971
President Ferdinand Marcos
Preceded by Jose Y. Feliciano
Succeeded by Arturo R. Tanco
In office
December 30, 1949 – December 30, 1953
President Elpidio Quirino
Preceded by Placido Mapa
Succeeded by Placido Mapa
Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources
In office
1965–1971
President Elpidio Quirino
Preceded by Placido Mapa
Succeeded by Placido Mapa
9th Senate President pro tempore of the Philippines
In office
1958–1965
President Carlos P. Garcia
Diosdado Macapagal
Preceded by Manuel Briones
Succeeded by Lorenzo Sumulong
Chairman, ABS-CBN Corporation
In office
February 28, 1986 – May 26, 1993
Preceded by Eugenio Lopez, Sr.
Roberto Benedicto (as Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation)
Succeeded by Eugenio Lopez, Jr.
Personal details
Born Fernando Hofileña López
(1904-04-13)April 13, 1904
Iloilo, Iloilo, Philippine Islands
Died May 26, 1993(1993-05-26) (aged 89)
Iloilo City, Philippines
Nationality Filipino
Political party 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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