Lorenzo Tañada
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Lorenzo Tañada PLH |
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| Senator of the Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In office December 30, 1947 – December 30, 1971 |
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| Minority leader of the Senate of the Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In office 1953–1957 |
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| Preceded by | Carlos P. Garcia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Ambrosio Padilla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Solicitor General of the Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In office July 1, 1945 – December 30, 1947 |
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| President |
Sergio Osmeña Manuel Roxas |
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| Preceded by | Sixto dela Costa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Manuel Lim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lorenzo Martinez Tañada August 10, 1898 Gumaca, Tayabas Captaincy General of the Philippines |
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| Died | May 28, 1992 (aged 93) Manila, Philippines |
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| Nationality | Filipino | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Nationalist Citizens' Party (formerly Citizen's Party) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Liberal (1947-1953) Citizen's Party (1953-1957) LABAN (1978-1986, Campaign Manager) |
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| Spouse(s) | Expedita Ebarle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lorenzo Tañada III (grandchild) Vincent "Vince" M. Tañada (grandchild) |
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| Children | 9 (including Wigberto, Lorenzo Jr. and Antonio) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Association football career
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| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||
| c.1923–1925 | Philippines | |||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Lorenzo Martinez Tañada, Sr., PLH (August 10, 1898 – May 28, 1992) was a Filipino politician and former international footballer. Elected to the first Philippine Senate in 1947, he was the longest-serving senator in Philippine history. He served as a Philippine senator for 24 years.
Tañada was born in Gumaca, Quezon on August 10, 1898. The son of Vicente Tañada, who served as the last Gobernadorcillo of Gumaca town in Quezon under the Spanish colonial government and Anastacia Martinez-Tañada. His actions in life were governed by the philosophy ingrained in him by his mother. The phrase “fear of God is the start of wisdom” guided him in all his social dealings. As an elementary student in De La Salle, Manila, a school run by the Christian Brothers, Tañada joined a protest against his school’s American principal. The protest was prompted by the principal’s order for school children to stay during weekends to build a playground which prevented them from going home to their parents. As a law student at the University of the Philippines (U.P.), Tañada, completed his Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) prior to the academic Philippine educational system and obtained the rank of major, and a lead actor in plays. He was also a national football team goalkeeper and was part of the Philippine national team that bagged silver medals at the 1923 and 1923 Far Eastern Championship Games. It was during his years as a college student, during U.P.’s Armistice Day, when he “his fellow cadets to take their training seriously as they will soon be called upon to use their skill against the Americans if the country’s independence is not granted”. In 1924 he topped the government's examination for pensionados. In 1928, he obtained his Masters in Law from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also acquired a Doctor in Civil Law meritissimus from the University of Santo Tomas.
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