Alberto A. Villavert Explained

Alberto A. Villavert
Office:Mayor of San Jose de Buenavista
Term Start:1928
Term End:1934
Office2:Governor of Antique
Term Start2:December 30, 1937
Term End2:December 30, 1941
Term Start3:May 28, 1946
Term End3:December 30, 1947
Term Start4:January 1, 1948
Term End4:December 30, 1951
Office5:Member of the Philippine National Assembly from Antique
Term Start5:October 17, 1943
Term End5:February 2, 1944
Alongside5:Tobias Fronier
Office6:Technical Assistant to President Elpidio Quirino
Term Start6:1953
Term End6:1953
Office7:Philippine Veterans Administrator
Term Start7:1962
Term End7:1966
Birth Name:Alberto Villavert y Arcega
Birth Date:25 April 1903
Birth Place:Antique, Philippine Islands
Nationality:Filipino
Party:Liberal
Otherparty:KALIBAPI
Alma Mater:University of Manila
Parents:Anacleto Jimenez Villavert

Alberto Arcega Villavert (25 April 1903 – 1 March 1984) was a Filipino politician who led the Province of Antique between 1937 and 1946 both as an appointed and elected Governor. He was first elected as presidente municipal (town mayor) of Antique's capital town of San Jose de Buenavista in 1928 and was the youngest presidente municipal in his time at the age of 24 and then became governor of the province in 1937. Villavert became an Antique Representative of the National Assembly from 1943 to 1944. During World War II, he served in the USAFFE and subsequently appointed as Governor of the Province again from 1946 to 1947 and then elected and served the same post from 1948 to 1951.

He was technical assistant to then President Elpidio Quirino in 1953. He retired from government service in 1966 after having served the Philippine Veterans Administration/Office for four years. He is a commerce graduate and law student of the University of Manila. His father Anacleto Jimenez Villavert also served as Governor of the Province of Antique 1913-1919. His son Anacleto Hierro Villavert became a Provincial Board Member of Antique (South District). Named after him is a busy commercial street in the heart of San Jose.

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