Antero Soriano
{{Short description|Filipino politician}}
{{Philippine name|Sosa|Soriano}}
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| name = Antero S. Soriano
| image = Antero Sosa Soriano's passport application.jpg
| caption = Soriano on his U.S. passport application in 1922
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| office1 = Member of the House of Representatives from Cavite's at-large congressional district
| term_start1 = August 15, 1925
| term_end1 = June 15, 1929
| predecessor1 = Augusto Reyes
| successor1 = Fidel Ibañez
| office2 = Senator of the Philippines from the 5th District
| term_start2 = June 3, 1919
| term_end2 = June 2, 1925
| predecessor2 = Vicente Ilustre
| successor2 = José P. Laurel
| office3 = 9th Governor of Cavite
| term_start3 = 1912
| term_end3 = 1919
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| predecessor3 = Tomás Mascardo
| successor3 = Luis Ferrer, Sr.
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| birth_name = Antero Soriano y Sosa
| birth_date = {{birth date|1886|1|3}}
| birth_place = Santa Cruz de Malabon, Cavite, Captaincy General of the Philippines
| death_date = {{death date and age|1929|6|15|1886|1|3}}
| death_place = Tanza, Cavite, Philippines
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| citizenship = Filipino
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| party = Nacionalista Party
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| spouse = {{marriage|Gerarda Aquino|1907|1914|reason= her death}}
Maximina Salud
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| children = 11
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| alma_mater = Escuela de Derecho de Manila
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Antero Sosa Soriano (January 3, 1886 – June 15, 1929) was a Filipino lawyer and politician from Tanza, Cavite, who had served as congressman, senator, and governor of Cavite.
Early life
Antero Soriano was born in Santa Cruz de Malabon (present day Tanza) in Cavite to Adriano Soriano and Aurea Sosa on January 3, 1886. He studied in Liceo de Manila, graduating and receiving his degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1904. He studied law in the famous Escuela de Derecho (now Manila Law College Foundation) in Manila until September 1907, when he presented himself for examination with one hundred other students before an examining tribunal nominated by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Only five applicants passed and Soriano was one of them. He started practicing law immediately. He then became the lawyer of the Manila Railroad Company.{{cite web|url=https://cavite.gov.ph/home/2017/02/20/antero-s-soriano-1912-1919/|title=ANTERO S. SORIANO (1912 – 1919)|date=February 20, 2017|access-date=June 15, 2020|website=Cavite.gov.ph}}{{cite book |last=Vargas |first=Norma S. |date=1941 |title=Prominent Caviteños in Philippines History |location=Manila }}
Political career
In June 1912, Soriano was elected governor of the province of Cavite at the age of 26. He was then re-elected in 1916. He was elected senator from the 5th District for two terms in 1919 and in 1922. He was the chairman of the committee on the Manila Railroad, chairman of the special committee on distribution of public work funds, and a member of the Senate committee on Agricultural and Natural Resources. He is also a member of a special committee appointed to investigate the alleged "land trust" in the Philippines.
He was appointed member of the Philippine Independence Mission, and upon arriving in the United States, was made Chairman of a committee to investigate the Philippine Press Bureau in Washington, D.C. and recommended its continuance.
On August 15, 1925, Soriano was elected as a representative of the at-large district of Cavite through a special election. He filled the vacancy created by the death of representative Augusto Reyes on July 3, days before the opening of the 7th Philippine Legislature. He was then re-elected to a fresh full term in 1928.
Death
Soriano died in office on June 15, 1929, at the age of 41 due to appendicitis.{{cite news|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Antero-Soriano/6000000000175753253|title=Don Antero Soriano y Sosa|website=Geni.com|accessdate=November 1, 2024}} He was buried in the old cemetery in Tanza, Cavite.
Personal life
On December 5, 1907, Soriano married Gerarda Aquino but was widowed on July 12, 1914. He then remarried with Maximina Salud. He had 11 children.
Legacy
The Antero Soriano Highway, the road on the northwestern coast of Cavite, was named after him in accordance with [https://laws.chanrobles.com/republicacts/58_republicacts.php?id=5786 Republic Act 5782] enacted on July 21, 1969.
References
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Category:People from Tanza, Cavite
Category:Senators of the 6th Philippine Legislature
Category:Senators of the 5th Philippine Legislature
Category:Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Cavite
Category:Members of the Senate of the Philippines from the 5th district