Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Francisco Felipe Villanueva | |
Office: | Senator of the Philippines from the 7th Senatorial District |
Term Start: | October 16, 1916 |
Term End: | June 3, 1919 |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Successor: | José María Arroyo |
Office1: | Senate Majority Leader |
Term Start1: | October 16, 1916 |
Term End1: | June 3, 1919 |
1Blankname1: | Senate President |
1Namedata1: | Manuel L. Quezon |
Predecessor1: | Position established |
Successor1: | Francisco Enage |
Term Start2: | October 16, 1909 |
Term End2: | October 16, 1916 |
Predecessor2: | Amando Avanceña |
Successor2: | José María Arroyo |
Birth Date: | 10 October 1867 |
Birth Place: | Molo, Iloilo, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
Death Place: | Manila, Philippine Islands |
Party: | Nacionalista |
Nationality: | Filipino |
Spouse: | Sofia Conlu |
Francisco Felipe Villanueva (October 10, 1867 – August 25, 1923) was a Filipino political leader during the Philippine–American War.
Villanueva was born in the then-town of Molo, Iloilo. He was the youngest of six children of Eusebio and Maria Felipe Villanueva. He studied law, receiving a Bachelor of Laws degree. Villanueva married Sofia Conlu and fathered 12 children.
Villanueva served as the Visayan member to the Malolos Congress, where he conferred with Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo and Apolinario Mabini to assure that the Visayas would be included in nascent First Philippine Republic. Villanueva subsequently served two terms as representative of the first district of Iloilo from 1909 to 1916, and as the one of the first senators (alongside Jose Altavas) of the seventh senatorial district comprising Iloilo, Capiz and Romblon from 1916 to 1919.[1] He also served as Senate majority floor leader during the Fourth Legislature in 1916–1919.
Villanueva suffered a fatal heart attack at his Senate office in the Legislative Building in Manila on August 25, 1923.