Francisco Felipe Villanueva
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{{Philippine name|Felipe|Villanueva}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| honorific_suffix =
| name = Francisco Felipe Villanueva
| image = Senator Francisco Villanueva (Philippine Education).jpg
| caption = Villanueva depicted in a publication of Philippine Education, published April 1917
| office = Senator of the Philippines from the 7th Senatorial District
| term_start = October 16, 1916
| term_end = June 3, 1919
| predecessor = Position established
| successor = José María Arroyo
| office1 = Senate Majority Leader
| term_start1 = October 16, 1916
| term_end1 = June 3, 1919
| 1blankname1 = Senate President
| 1namedata1 = Manuel L. Quezon
| predecessor1 = Position established
| successor1 = Francisco Enage
| office2 = Member of the Philippine Assembly from Iloilo's 1st district
| term_start2 = October 16, 1909
| term_end2 = October 16, 1916
| predecessor2 = Amando Avanceña
| successor2 = José María Arroyo
| birth_date = {{birth date|1867|10|10}}
| birth_place = Molo, Iloilo, Captaincy General of the Philippines
| death_date = {{death date and age|1923|08|25|1867|10|10}}
| death_place = Manila, Philippine Islands
| party = Nacionalista
| otherparty = Progresista
| nationality = Filipino
| spouse = Sofia Conlu
}}
Francisco Felipe Villanueva (October 10, 1867 – August 25, 1923) was a Filipino political leader during the Philippine–American War.
Biography
Villanueva was born in the town of Molo, Iloilo (today a district of Iloilo City). He was the youngest of six children of Eusebio and Maria Felipe Villanueva. He studied law in San Juan de Letran, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in April 1883 at a young age of sixteen.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uf7fAAAAMAAJ&dq=Directorio+oficial+del+Senado+y+de+la+Camara+de+representantes...%22&pg=PA182 |title=Directorio oficial del Senado y de la Cámara de Representantes; cuarta legislatura filipina, primer período de sesiones |date=1917 |publisher=Bureau of Printing |location=Manila |language=es}}
Owing to financial reverses, he interrupted his studies to help his parents in the farm. However, because of his insistence to finish his studies, he gain a small capital to continue by working as a secondary school teacher. He then studied at the University of Santo Tomas. There, he gained his law degree in March 1894.
In June 1894, he returned as a lawyer to his home province, where he practiced his profession.
Villanueva married Sofia Conlu and fathered 12 children.
Political career
Villanueva served as the Visayan member to the Malolos Congress, where he conferred with General Emilio Aguinaldo and Apolinario Mabini to assure that the Visayas would be included in the nascent First Philippine Republic.
Villanueva also co-owned and founded the newspaper El Pais and El Tiempo. He was subjected to a court martial by the American military government of Iloilo owing to an article published in El Pais, which was a reproduction of an article from another newspaper in Cebu, El Nueva Dia. He was tried on counts of supporting "revolutionary ideas".
In 1904, he became the registrar of titles for the province of Iloilo. In 1907, he fully dedicated his career to politics under the Insular Government. Villanueva subsequently served two terms as representative of the first district of Iloilo from 1909 to 1916, and as the one of the first senators (alongside Jose Altavas) of the seventh senatorial district comprising Iloilo, Capiz and Romblon from 1916 to 1919.{{Cite news |title=Roster of Philippine Senators |url=https://mirror.officialgazette.gov.ph/lists/philippine-senators/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928120002/https://mirror.officialgazette.gov.ph/lists/philippine-senators/ |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |access-date=July 27, 2022 |work=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}} He also served as Senate majority floor leader during the Fourth Legislature in 1916–1919.
As a senator, Villanueva was one of the respected members of the Nacionalista Party. In 1917, he was chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and was a member of the Senate committees on National Security and Finance.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pDRCAQAAMAAJ&dq=jose+clarin&pg=PA975 |title=Official Gazette (Republic of the Philippines). |date=1917 |language=en}}
Death
Villanueva suffered a fatal heart attack at his Senate office in the Legislative Building in Manila on August 25, 1923.
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Category:People from Iloilo City
Category:Nacionalista Party politicians
Category:Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Iloilo
Category:Majority leaders of the Senate of the Philippines
Category:Senators of the 4th Philippine Legislature
Category:Members of the Malolos Congress
Category:People from the Spanish East Indies
Category:Members of the Senate of the Philippines from the 7th district
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