Pastor Salazar

Pastor D. Salazar
Salazar as member of the Philippine House of Representatives, c. 1917
Senator of the Philippines from the 9th District
In office
December 30, 1926 – June 5, 1928
Serving with Jose Maria Veloso
Preceded byTomás Gómez
Succeeded byJose Avelino
Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands from Samar's 2nd district
In office
October 16, 1916 – June 6, 1922
Preceded byJosé Sabarre
Succeeded byPascual Azanza
Personal details
BornPastor Salazar y Dacutan
1891 (1891)
Paranas, Samar, Captaincy General of the Philippines
DiedNovember 1, 1952(1952-11-01) (aged 60–61)
Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines
PartyNacionalista

Pastor Salazar y Dacutan (1891 – November 2, 1952) was a Filipino politician.

Early life

Pastor Salazar was born in 1891 and worked as a lawyer. In 1924, he cofounded the Holy Infant College in Tacloban, Leyte.

Political career

In 1916, he was elected to the Philippine House of Representatives representing the 2nd district of the undivided Samar, serving until 1922. Following the death of Tomás Gómez, Salazar was elected to fill his Senate seat in special elections held in 1926 representing the 9th senatorial district composed of Leyte and Samar. He served until 1928.

In 1940, he was elected to the Leyte Provincial Board and became acting governor of Leyte during the Japanese occupation and a delegate of the province to the 1943 constitutional convention which ratified the constitution of the puppet Second Philippine Republic. After the war, he was tried for collaboration.

References

  1. ↑ "FAST FACTS: Trivia on the Philippine Senate". Rappler. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Catholic school in Tacloban honors its dance troupe". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "ROSTER of Philippine Legislators (from 1907 to 2019)" (PDF). House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "List of Previous Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "The pre-war provincial officials of Visayas and Mindanao". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  6. ↑ Lear, Elmer (1952). "Collaboration in Leyte: The Philippines, Under Japanese Occupation". The Far Eastern Quarterly. 11 (2): 183–206. doi:10.2307/2049373. JSTOR 2049373. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  7. ↑ Ara, Satoshi (2008). "Food Supply Problem in Leyte, Philippines, during the Japanese Occupation (1942-44)". Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 39 (1). The National University of Singapore: 59–82. doi:10.1017/S0022463408000039. JSTOR 20071870. Retrieved January 28, 2024.