Tereso Dosdos
{{short description|Filipino lawyer and Congressman from 1934 to 1941}}
{{Philippine name|Mondigo|Dosdos}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tereso Dosdos
| image = Tereso Dosdos.jpg
| caption = Photograph from The Commercial & Industrial Manual of the Philippines, 1941
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|10|15}}
| birth_place = Borbon, Cebu, Captaincy General of the Philippines
| nationality = Filipino
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|7|1|1892|10|15}}
| death_place = Cebu City, Philippines
| alma_mater = {{hlist|Colegio de San Carlos|Escuela de Derecho de Manila}}
| party = Nacionalista
| office = Member of the House of Representatives of Cebu's 1st District
| order =
| term_start = June 5, 1934
| term_end = September 16, 1935
| predecessor = Buenaventura Rodriguez
| successor = Celestino Rodriguez
| term_start1 = December 30, 1938
| term_end1 = December 30, 1941
| predecessor1 = Celestino Rodriguez
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| successor1 = Celestino Rodriguez
}}
Tereso Mondigo Dosdos (October 15, 1892 – July 1, 1997) was a Filipino Visayan lawyer, judge, and legislator from Cebu, Philippines. He was considered the first Registrar of Deeds of the province of Cebu, the first Municipal Court Judge of Cebu, and first lawyer from Borbon, Cebu. He served as Member of the House of Representatives for Cebu's 6th District for two terms (1934–1935, 1938–1941).
Early life and education
Tereso M. Dosdos was born on October 15, 1892. The son of Crispin Dosdos and Ana Mondigo, his hometown was in the municipality of Borbon, Cebu. He attended Colegio de San Carlos and acquired his law degree from the Escuela de Derecho in Manila.{{cite web|title=Congressman tereso M. Dosdos|url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/the-freeman/20140903/282492886882386|first=Clarence Paul|last=Oaminal|date=September 3, 2014|access-date=March 21, 2019}} When he became a lawyer on September 26, 1921, he was considered the first lawyer from Borbon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2016/05/25/1586722/julian-alcantara-provincial-warden|title=Julian Alcantara, the Provincial Warden {{!}} The Freeman|website=philstar.com|access-date=2019-05-20|first=Clarence Paul|last=Oaminal|date=May 25, 2016}} He married Filomena Mangubat from the Mangubat clan of Cebu,{{Cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2015/10/11/1509872/borbon-cebu-and-officials-past|title=Borbon, Cebu and the officials of the past|last=Oaminal|first=Clarence Paul|date=October 12, 2015|website=www.philstar.com|access-date=May 21, 2019}} and the couple had four children: Jorge, Luisa, Elena and Prescila.{{cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2016/03/31/1568155/the-pioneer-fire-police-health-chiefs-and-judge-of-cebu-city|title=The Pioneer Fire, police, Health, Judge of Cebu City|last=Oaminal|first=Clarence Paul|date=April 1, 2016|access-date=May 21, 2019}}
Career
Dosdos served as Registrar of Deeds of Cebu from 1925 to 1934, becoming the first to hold such position. He was the first Municipal Court Judge appointed for Cebu by then President Manuel L. Quezon. and he was again given the same appointment on July 11, 1947 by President Manuel Roxas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1947/08/01/appointments-and-designations-august-1947/|title=Appointments and Designations: August, 1947 {{!}} GOVPH|website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-21}} On March 29, 1946, he was appointed Second Deputy Commissioner of Immigration, ad interim, by then President Sergio Osmeña.{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1946/04/01/appointments-and-designations-april-1946/|title=Appointments and Designations: April, 1946 {{!}} GOVPH|website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-21}}
A prominent official of the Nacionalista Party,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fawaNZu-yqUC|title=An Anarchy of Families: State and Family in the Philippines|last=McCoy|first=Alfred W.|date=2009|publisher=Univ of Wisconsin Press|isbn=9780299229849|language=en}} he was elected member of the 10th Philippine Legislature as representative of Cebu's old 1st legislative district from 1934–1935, defeating Wenceslao Fernan, the father of Marcelo Briones Fernan. The 1st district then was composed of the towns of Bogo, Borbon, Pilar, Catmon, Danao, San Francisco, Tabogon, Tudela, Poro and Sogod.
From January 24, 1939 to December 16, 1941, he was reelected to the same post and served in the 2nd National Assembly during the Commonwealth period.{{Cite web|url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/content/|title=House of Representatives|website=www.congress.gov.ph|access-date=2019-05-20}} His victory was considered his biggest political feat as he defeated former Senator Celestino Rodriguez, who was then a veteran in politics.
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Category:Filipino men centenarians
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Category:Members of the National Assembly of the Philippines
Category:Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Cebu
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