Conrado F. Estrella | |
Office: | 1st Secretary/Minister of Agrarian Reform |
President: | Ferdinand Marcos |
Term Start: | September 10, 1971 |
Term End: | March 25, 1986 |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Successor: | Heherson Alvarez |
Office2: | Mambabatas Pambansa (Assemblyman) from Pangasinan |
Term Start2: | June 30, 1984 |
Term End2: | March 25, 1986 |
Alongside2: | Victor Agbayani, Gregorio Cendaña, Felipe de Vera, Demetrio Demetria, and Fabian Sison |
Office3: | Mambabatas Pambansa (Assemblyman) from Region I |
Term Start3: | June 12, 1978 |
Term End3: | June 5, 1984 |
Office4: | Governor of Pangasinan |
Term Start4: | 1954 |
Term End4: | 1963 |
Predecessor4: | Juan de Rodriguez |
Successor4: | Francisco Duque Jr. |
Birth Date: | 19 August 1917 |
Death Place: | Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines |
Party: | Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (from 1978) |
Conrado F. Estrella Sr. (August 19, 1917 – May 31, 2011) was a Filipino politician. He served as the Governor of Pangasinan from 1954 to 1963 and Secretary and Minister of the Department of Agrarian Reform from 1971 to 1986.[1] [2] He was the grandfather of Abono Rep. Robert Raymond Estrella and former Pangasinan Rep. Conrado Estrella III.[2] [1]
Estrella began his political career as the Mayor of Rosales, Pangasinan. He was elected as an assemblyman to the Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1986.[1] He served as the Secreary and Minister of the Department of Agrarian Reform under former President Ferdinand Marcos from 1971 until Marcos' ouster in 1986.[1] Marcos and Estrella were political allies.[2]
Estrella's last public appearance was on January 10, 2011, in Pangasinan for the 66th anniversary of the Invasion of Lingayen Gulf.[1] [2]
Estrella died in his sleep at his home in Valle Verde, Pasig, at the age of 93.[1] He was found the next morning on May 31, 2011.[1] He had undergone open heart surgery several years prior, but had no other major illnesses.[2]