Manuel Rey y Ponce de León (November 2, 1868 — unknown) was a Filipino physician, surgeon, and politician who became member of the

Philippine Assembly The Philippine Assembly (sometimes called the Philippine National Assembly) was the lower house of the Philippine Legislature from 1907 to 1916, when it was renamed the House of Representatives of the Philippines. The Philippine Assembly ...

from 1907 to 1909 and the

Philippine House of Representatives The House of Representatives (; '','' thus commonly referred to as ''Kamara'') is the lower house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the Senate of the Philippines as the upper house. The lower house is commonly refe ...

from 1916 to 1919 representing

Ambos Camarines's 2nd congressional district The ambon or ambo (, meaning "pulpit"; Church Slavonic language, Slavonic: ''amvón'') in its modern usage is a projection coming out from the soleas (the walkway in front of the iconostasis) in an Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Easter ...

Biography

Manuel Rey was born on November 2, 1868 in Cuyo, Calamianes (now

Palawan Palawan (, ), officially the Province of Palawan (; ), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of . The capital and largest c ...

). He attended high school in Ateneo Municipal de Manila which in 1885, he obtained his bacholer's degree. He then studied medicine in the

University of Santo Tomas The University of Santo Tomas (UST; ), officially the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines or colloquially as ''Ustê'' (), is a Private university, private Catholic school, Catholic researc ...

for two years from 1887 until he continued his education in

University of Valladolid The University of Valladolid is a public university located in the city of Valladolid, Valladolid province, autonomous region of Castile and Leon, Spain. Established in the 13th century, it is one of the oldest universities in the world. The ...

, Spain. In Spain, he obtained his degree in medicine and surgery in 1891. He subsequently returned to the Philippines and served in different provinces and became regular physician at the Mariveles Lazareto. When the

Philippine Revolution The Philippine Revolution ( or ; or ) was a war of independence waged by the revolutionary organization Katipunan against the Spanish Empire from 1896 to 1898. It was the culmination of the 333-year History of the Philippines (1565–1898), ...

broke out, he served as a medic under General

Vicente Lukban Vicente is a Spanish and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name ''Vincentius'' meaning "conquering" (from Latin ''vincere'', "to conquer"). Vicente may refer to: Places * São Vicente, Cape Verde, an ...

Samar Samar ( ) is the third-largest and seventh-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 1,909,537 as of the 2020 census. It is located in the eastern Visayas, which are in the central Philippines. The island is divided in ...

. During the 1902 cholera epidemic, he was a municipal physician in

Nueva Cáceres Nueva Cáceres, officially the City of Nueva Cáceres (), was a colonial Spanish city in the Philippines. Established by Captain Pedro de Sanchez in 1575, the city was named in honor of Governor-General Francisco de Sande who was a native of C� ...

. Since 1900, Rey was a member of the provincial board of

Ambos Camarines Ambos Camarines (, meaning "both"; commonly known as Camarines), officially the Province of Ambos Camarines, was a historical province in the Philippines found on the northern end of the Bicol Peninsula. It now exists as two separate province ...

. In 1907, he was elected to the

representing Ambos Camarines's 2nd district. He defeated Fulgencio Contreras, a member of the

Progresista Party The Progresista Party ( Filipino and Spanish: ''Partido Progresista''; ) was a political party in the Philippines during the early 20th century. Formed in 1900 as the Federalist Party (Partido Federalista), the party originally had the Philippine ...

. In the first Philippine Assembly, he served as chairman of the Committee on Health and Special Committees on Cockpits and Horse Racing. He was elected to the

in 1916 after gaining 1,121 votes against his opponent, Felipe Mompombanua, who only gained 826 votes.

References

{{reflist 1868 births Members of the Philippine Legislature People from Naga, Camarines Sur Colegio de San Juan de Letran alumni University of Valladolid alumni Filipino medical doctors Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Ambos Camarines Year of death missing