Samuel Dangwa

{{Infobox Officeholder

| name = Samuel Dangwa

| image = Rep. Samuel M. Dangwa (8th Congress).jpg

| imagesize =

| office = Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Benguet's Lone District

| term_start = June 30, 2001

| term_end = June 30, 2010

| predecessor = Ronald Cosalan

| successor = Ronald Cosalan

| office2 = Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Benguet's Second District

| term_start2 = June 30, 1987

| term_end2 = June 30, 1995

| predecessor2 = Post created

| successor2 = Post dissolvedThe Second District of Benguet was converted into Benguet's Lone District when its First District became the Lone District of Baguio City in 1995.

| office3 = Mambabatas Pambansa (Assemblyman) from Benguet

| term_start3 = June 30, 1984

| term_end3 = March 25, 1986

| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|10|19|m=fy}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|04|03|1935|10|19|mf=y}}

| party = Independent (2009–2019)

| otherparty = Lakas–CMD (2004–2009)
Reporma (2001–2004)
LDP (1988–2001)
Lakas ng Bansa (1987–1988)

}}

Samuel Martin Dangwa (born October 19, 1935 - April 3, 2019) was a Filipino lawyer and politician.

Political career

He was elected to five terms as a Member of the House of Representatives, representing the defunct 2nd District of Benguet from 1987 to 1995, and the Lone District of Benguet from 2001 to 2010. He was a member of the LAKAS-CMD Party.

A lawyer by profession, Dangwa had also served as Vice-Governor of Benguet from 1972 to 1980, and Assemblyman from Benguet in the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986.

In 2022, the Sandiganbayan dropped the charges filed against Dangwa in connection to the pork barrel scam.

Personal life and death

Dangwa was a nephew of Bado Dangwa,{{cite book |last=Lewis |first=Martin |date= 1991 |title=Wagering the Land: Ritual, Capital, and Environmental Degradation in the Cordillera of Northern Luzon, 1900–1986 |url=https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft2d5nb17h&chunk.id=d0e3127&toc.depth=1&toc.id=d0e3127&brand=ucpress |location= |publisher= University of California Press|isbn= |archive-url= |archive-date=}} who served as Governor of Benguet from 1953 to 1963 and was the founder of the Dangwa Transportation Company, one of the leading bus transportation firms in the northern Philippines.{{cite web |title=Kapangan declares Dangwa as town hero |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/354264/kapangan-declares-dangwa-as-town-hero |publisher=Sunstar |date=July 9, 2014 |access-date=September 8, 2023}} Samuel's son, Nelson, also served as vice governor of Benguet.{{cite web |title=Cordillera’s cultural norms push back against political dynasties |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/cordillera-cultural-norms-push-back-against-political-dynasties-pcij/ |publisher=Rappler |date=April 1, 2025 |access-date=April 1, 2025 }}

In 2019, Dangwa died from an unspecified illness.{{cite web |last=Alimondo |first=Lauren |title=Benguet ex-lawmaker passes away |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1800092/baguio/local-news/benguet-ex-lawmaker-passes-away |publisher=Sunstar |date=April 4, 2019 |access-date=September 8, 2023}}

References

{{citation |url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/cv/dangwacv.pdf |title=Samuel M. Dangwa |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040213141837/http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/cv/dangwacv.pdf |archivedate=2004-02-13 |accessdate=2015-06-04 }}

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before= newly created |

title=Representative, 2nd District of Benguet |

years= 1987–1995|

after= abolished

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before= Ronald M. Cosalan |

title=Lone District of Benguet |

years= 2001–present|

after= Incumbent

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Samuel Dangwa

Political career

Personal life and death

References

Further reading