Leoncio Imperial

{{Short description|Filipino politician}}

{{Philippine name|Duran|Imperial}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Leoncio Imperial

|image = File:Leoncio Duran.jpg

|imagesize = 100px

|office = Senator of the Philippines from the 6th district

|term_start = 5 March 1917

|term_end = 6 June 1922

|predecessor = Jose Fuentebella (as Senator-elect){{Cite book |last=Philippines |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eKcrAQAAMAAJ&dq=jose+fuentebella+senate+books&pg=PA13 |title=Official Gazette |date=1916 |language=en}}

|successor = Juan B. Alegre

|order2 = 8th

|office2 = Governor of Albay

|term_start2 = 16 October 1922

|term_end2 = 16 October 1925

|predecessor2 = José O. Vera

|successor2 = Mariano Locsin

|term_start3 = 16 October 1912

|term_end3 = 3 October 1916

|predecessor3 = Domingo Samson

|successor3 = Rufino Tuanqui

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Leoncio Duran Imperial was a Filipino politician. He was governor of Albay from 1912 to 1916 and from 1922 to 1924. In the intervening period, Imperial served as a member of the Senate of the Philippines.

==Biography==

Leoncio Imperial was born in the province of Albay. He was one of six children of Paciano Imperial{{cite web|title=The Imperials in Bicol History (Part II)|url=https://biklish.com/2009/01/06/20090106-part-ii/|accessdate=6 June 2023|work=Biklish|date=6 January 2009 }} and Josefa Duran. His father was Provincial Secretary of the Revolutionary Government during the Philippine Revolution. Imperial's grandfather, was Sinforozo Imperial, a mayor of Daraga and Legazpi in the mid-19th century.{{cite web|title=The Imperials in Bicol History (Part I)|url=https://biklish.com/2008/11/15/20081112-01/|accessdate=6 June 2023|work=Biklish|date=15 November 2008 }} Leoncio Imperial was admitted to the Philippine bar in 1902.

Imperial served as governor of Albay from 1913 to 1916.{{cite web|title=Past Governors of Bicol – Albay|url=https://biklish.com/2008/06/17/20080616-01/|accessdate=6 June 2023|work=Biklish|date=16 June 2008 }} In 1917, he was elected to the newly created Senate of the Philippines from the 6th district following a scandal that led to the nullification of the previous results due to fraud and a rerun of the election. Because he received more votes than the other elected candidate Mario Guariña, his term in the Senate lasted six years.{{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}} At the end of his term in 1922, Imperial was again elected governor of Albay, serving until 1925. In 1949, he was appointed as technical assistant to President Elpidio Quirino.{{cite web|title=Appointments and Designations: March, 1949|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1949/03/01/appointments-and-designations-march-1949/|accessdate=6 June 2023|work=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}