Ceferino de Leon
{{short description|Filipino politician}}
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{{Philippine name|Santiago|de Leon}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Ceferino de Leon
|image = Ceferino Santiago de León.jpg
|office = Senator of the Philippines from the 3rd district
|term_start = October 25, 1919
|term_end = June 6, 1922
|alongside = Teodoro Sandiko
|predecessor = Francisco Tongio Liongson
|successor = Santiago Lucero
|office2 = Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands from Bulacan's 2nd district
|term_start2 = October 16, 1912
|term_end2 = October 16, 1916
|predecessor2 = Mariano Ponce
|successor2 = Ricardo González Lloret
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1859|8|29}}
|birth_place = San Miguel de Mayumo, Bulacan, Captaincy General of the Philippines
|death_date = circa {{death year and age|1922|1859}}
|death_place = Philippine Islands
|party = Nacionalista
}}
Ceferino Santiago de Leon (August 29, 1859 – 1922 ) was a Filipino politician .
Biography
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Ceferino de Leon was born on August 29, 1859, in San Miguel de Mayumo, Bulacan. He attended the University of Santo Tomas and completed a law degree at the Universidad Central de Madrid. According to historian Ambeth Ocampo, De Leon, while in Spain, unsuccessfully sought courtships with Leonor Rivera and Leonor Valenzuela, who were then also two of the future Philippine national hero Jose Rizal's love interests, during which he confronted Rizal after finding out that the latter was engaged to both women at the same time.{{cite web|title=Jose Rizal as a Lover: How He Two Timed Two Women Until He Got Caught |url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/the-good-life/pursuits/jose-rizal-segunda-katigbak-relationship-a1957-20190214-lfrm |accessdate=25 January 2024 |work=Esquireph}}
Upon his return to the Philippines, De Leon served as prosecutor (fiscal) of Barotac Viejo, Iloilo, and justice of the peace of his hometown of San Miguel. During the Philippine Revolution, de Leon served as the representative of Benguet to the Malolos Congress and helped draft the Constitution of the First Philippine Republic in 1899.{{cite web|title=7 Notable Philippine Senators From Bulacan — From 1900s to Today |url=https://www.bulakenyo.ph/7-notable-philippine-senators-from-bulacan/ |accessdate=25 January 2024 |work=Bulakenyo.ph|date=19 March 2021 }}
In the 1912 elections, de Leon was elected to the House of Representatives representing the first district of Bulacan.{{cite web|title=ROSTER of Philippine Legislators (from 1907 to 2019)|url=https://hrep-website.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/download/docs/roster-legislators.pdf|accessdate=23 September 2022|work=House of Representatives of the Philippines}} After the death of Senator Francisco Tongio Liongson in office, de Leon was elected in a special election on October 25, 1919, as his successor for the remainder of his term until 1922.{{cite web|title=List of Previous Senators|url=https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/senators/senlist.asp|accessdate=6 June 2023|work=Senate of the Philippines}}
De Leon was married to Maria Roura. Their daughter Trinidad, was crowned as the Manila Carnival Queen in 1920{{cite web |title=Carnival Queens, accomplished women |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2016/07/10/1601182/carnival-queens-accomplished-women |accessdate=25 January 2024 |work=The Philippine Star}} before marrying then-Capiz governor Manuel Roxas, and upon the latter's election as President of the Philippines, was first lady from 1946 to 1948.{{cite news |title=The secret life and loves of Manuel Roxas |url=https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/174206/the-secret-life-and-loves-of-manuel-roxas/ |accessdate=25 January 2024 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=11 October 2014 }}
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Category:University of Santo Tomas alumni
Category:Complutense University of Madrid alumni
Category:Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Bulacan
Category:Nacionalista Party politicians