Jose Ledesma
{{Short description|Filipino lawyer, politician, diplomat}}
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{{Philippine name|Benedicto|Ledesma}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Jose Ledesma
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| office1 = Senator of the Philippines from the 7th District
| term_start1 = 21 July 1927
| term_end1 = 2 June 1931
|alongside1 = Jose Hontiveros
Antonio Belo
|predecessor1 = Jose Maria Arroyo
|successor1 = Ruperto Montinola
|order2 = 9th & 20th
|office2 = Governor of Iloilo
|term_start2 = 1945
|term_end2 = 1945
|predecessor2 = Patricio Confesor
|successor2 = Tomas Vargas
|term_start3 = 1925
|term_end3 = 1927
|predecessor3 = Ruperto Montinola
|successor3 = Jose Lopez-Vito
|party= Nacionalista
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Jose Benedicto Ledesma was a Filipino politician who served as governor of the province of Iloilo and senator.
Biography
Jose Ledesma completed a bachelor's degree in law and passed the Philippine bar entrance exam in 1912. From the same year he was also a member of the Iloilo Provincial Board. From 1925 to 1927 he was governor of Iloilo. When Senator Jose Maria Arroyo died in 1927, Ledesma was elected during a special election on July 21, 1927, for the remainder of his term in the Philippine Senate as representative of the 7th District until 1931.{{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}} After the Second World War, Ledesma was appointed acting governor of Iloilo in 1946.
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Category:20th-century Filipino lawyers
Category:Nacionalista Party politicians
Category:Provincial board members in the Philippines
Category:Senators of the 7th Philippine Legislature
Category:Senators of the 8th Philippine Legislature
Category:Members of the Senate of the Philippines from the 7th district
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