Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Fermín Sarmiento Torralba | |
Office: | Secretary of the Philippine Senate |
Term Start: | 1933 |
Term End: | 1935 |
Predecessor: | Faustino Aguilar |
Successor: | Felix Lazo |
Office2: | Member of the Philippine Legislature from the 1st district of Bohol |
Term Start2: | June 6, 1922 |
Term End2: | June 5, 1928 |
Predecessor2: | Celestino Gallares |
Successor2: | José Concón |
Birth Name: | Fermín Torralba y Sarmiento |
Birth Date: | 7 July 1891 |
Birth Place: | Tagbilaran, Bohol, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
Death Place: | Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippine Commonwealth |
Nationality: | Filipino |
Party: | Nacionalista |
Spouse: | Rosario Dizon |
Alma Mater: | University of Michigan |
Occupation: | Lawyer |
Fermín Sarmiento Torralba (born Fermín Torralba y Sarmiento; July 7, 1891 – 1939) was a Filipino lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Philippines Legislature from 1922 to 1928 and was Secretary of the Philippine Senate from 1931 to 1935. He was a member of the Nacionalista Party.[1] [2]
Fermín Torralba was born in Tagbilaran, Bohol to Margarito Torralba y Maturan (c. 1856 – January 11, 1929 in Tagbilaran, Bohol)[3] and Cirila Sarmiento. He received an LL.B. degree from the University of Michigan.
Torralba was elected to the Philippines Legislature in 1922 as representative from the 1st district of Bohol and was re-elected in 1925. He was elected Secretary of the Philippine Senate in 1933, serving in the Ninth and Tenth Legislatures.