Dominador Rosauro Aytona (23 May 1918 – 26 September 2017) was a Filipino politician and lawyer.
Aytona was a native of
Libon, Albay, 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
University of Manila in 1947. He earned an LL.B and LL.M from UM in 1949 and 1951 respectively. Aytona began working for the
Senate of the Philippines
The Senate of the Philippines () is the upper house of Congress of the Philippines, Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the House of Representatives of the Philippines, House of Representatives as the lower house. The ...
as a financial adviser in 1950. In 1954, he became Commissioner of the Budget under president
Ramon Magsaysay
Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh President of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash, aircraft disast ...
. Magsaysay's successor
Carlos P. Garcia named Aytona
Secretary of Finance in 1960. After stepping down from that post in 1961, Aytona served in the
Senate of the Philippines
The Senate of the Philippines () is the upper house of Congress of the Philippines, Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the House of Representatives of the Philippines, House of Representatives as the lower house. The ...
between 1965 and 1971.
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1918 births
2017 deaths
20th-century Filipino lawyers
Senators of the 5th Congress of the Philippines
Senators of the 6th Congress of the Philippines
Senators of the 7th Congress of the Philippines
Politicians from Albay
Nacionalista Party politicians
University of Manila alumni
Secretaries of finance of the Philippines
Garcia administration cabinet members