Alejo Ragojo Mabanag (July 14, 1886 – after 1961) was a Filipino lawyer and politician.

Early years

Mabanag was born on

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, to Liberato Mabanag of

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and Manuela Ragojo of

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Education

Mabanag worked as a clerk in the Executive Bureau from 1903 to 1912. During that time, he finished his Bachelor of Arts degree at the

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in 1908 and his Bachelor of Laws degree from La Jurisprudencia in 1912. He then placed second in the bar examinations the same year and opened a law firm in

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Political career

Mabanag was elected to the

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municipal council from 1916 to 1919. He successfully ran for Senator to represent the Second Senatorial District from 1922 to 1928 and from 1931 to the abolition of the Senate in 1935. Upon the establishment of the Commonwealth government in 1935, President

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appointed him Judge of the Court of First Instance of

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up to 1938 and later named as city fiscal of

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until 1945. He successfully ran for an at-large seat in the Senate in 1946 but lost reelection in 1949. Nevertheless, he stayed in the chamber as chief counsel of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee and in the

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was elected again as a Senator under the

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ticket. In 1959, he was appointed by President

Carlos P. Garcia Carlos Polestico Garcia (; November 4, 1896 – June 14, 1971), often referred to by his initials CPG, was a Filipino teacher, poet, orator, lawyer, public official, political economist, guerrilla and Commonwealth military leader who was the ...

to become his Secretary of Justice before his term in the Senate ended. He served until 1961.

Family

He was married to Jacoba Ramirez and had 13 children.

References

External links

Official Website of the Senate of the Philippines
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