Dominador Rosauro Aytona (23 May 1918 – 26 September 2017) was a Filipino politician and lawyer. Aytona was a native of

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, born to Jose Ataviado Aytona and Vivencia Cerdon Rosauro. He attended the Albay Training Department and the Albay Normal School and worked as a teacher before earning a bachelor's degree in business administration from the

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in 1947. He earned an LL.B and LL.M from UM in 1949 and 1951 respectively. Aytona began working for the

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as a financial adviser in 1950. In 1954, he became Commissioner of the Budget under president

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. Magsaysay's successor

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named Aytona

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in 1960. After stepping down from that post in 1961, Aytona served in the

between 1965 and 1971.

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