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Lorenzo Tañada

Lorenzo Tañada
PLH
Lorenzo Tanada portrait.jpg
Senator of the Philippines
In office
December 30, 1947 – December 30, 1971
Minority leader of the Senate of the Philippines
In office
1953–1957
Preceded by Carlos P. Garcia
Succeeded by Ambrosio Padilla
Solicitor General of the Philippines
In office
July 1, 1945 – December 30, 1947
President Sergio Osmeña
Manuel Roxas
Preceded by Sixto dela Costa
Succeeded by Manuel Lim
Personal details
Born Lorenzo Martinez Tañada
(1898-08-10)August 10, 1898
Gumaca, Tayabas Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died May 28, 1992(1992-05-28) (aged 93)
Manila, Philippines
Nationality Filipino
Political party Nationalist Citizens' Party (formerly Citizen's Party)
Other political
affiliations
Liberal
(1947-1953)
Citizen's Party
(1953-1957)
LABAN
(1978-1986, Campaign Manager)
Spouse(s) Expedita Ebarle
Relations Lorenzo Tañada III (grandchild)
Vincent "Vince" M. Tañada (grandchild)
Children 9 (including Wigberto, Lorenzo Jr. and Antonio)
Association football career
Playing position Goalkeeper
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
c.1923–1925 Philippines
Playing position Goalkeeper
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
c.1923–1925 Philippines

Lorenzo Martinez Tañada, Sr., PLH (August 10, 1898 – May 28, 1992) was a Filipino politician and former international footballer. Elected to the first Philippine Senate in 1947, he was the longest-serving senator in Philippine history. He served as a Philippine senator for 24 years.

Tañada was born in Gumaca, Quezon on August 10, 1898. The son of Vicente Tañada, who served as the last Gobernadorcillo of Gumaca town in Quezon under the Spanish colonial government and Anastacia Martinez-Tañada. His actions in life were governed by the philosophy ingrained in him by his mother. The phrase “fear of God is the start of wisdom” guided him in all his social dealings. As an elementary student in De La Salle, Manila, a school run by the Christian Brothers, Tañada joined a protest against his school’s American principal. The protest was prompted by the principal’s order for school children to stay during weekends to build a playground which prevented them from going home to their parents. As a law student at the University of the Philippines (U.P.), Tañada, completed his Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) prior to the academic Philippine educational system and obtained the rank of major, and a lead actor in plays. He was also a national football team goalkeeper and was part of the Philippine national team that bagged silver medals at the 1923 and 1923 Far Eastern Championship Games. It was during his years as a college student, during U.P.’s Armistice Day, when he “his fellow cadets to take their training seriously as they will soon be called upon to use their skill against the Americans if the country’s independence is not granted”. In 1924 he topped the government's examination for pensionados. In 1928, he obtained his Masters in Law from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also acquired a Doctor in Civil Law meritissimus from the University of Santo Tomas.


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