Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Dr. Juan G. Nolasco | |
Office: | 9th Mayor of Manila |
Term Start1: | August 29, 1941 |
Term End1: | December 23, 1941 |
1Blankname1: | Vice Mayor |
1Namedata1: | Hermenegildo Atienza |
Predecessor1: | Eulogio Rodriguez |
Successor1: | Jorge B. Vargas |
Term Start: | July 19, 1945 |
Term End: | June 6, 1946 |
1Blankname: | Vice Mayor |
1Namedata: | Carmen Planas |
Predecessor: | Hermenegildo Atienza |
Successor: | Valeriano E. Fugoso, Sr. |
Office2: | Senator of the Philippines from the 4th District |
Term Start2: | June 2, 1931 |
Term End2: | September 16, 1935 |
Predecessor2: | Juan Sumulong |
Successor2: | Office abolished |
Office4: | Member of the House of Representatives from Manila's 1st district |
Term Start4: | July 21, 1919 |
Term End4: | October 27, 1922 |
Predecessor4: | Antonio Montenegro |
Successor4: | Gregorio Perfecto |
Office5: | Member of the Manila City Council |
Term Start5: | 1916 |
Term End5: | 1919 |
Office3: | 1st Secretary of Public Instruction, Health, and Public Welfare |
Term Start3: | November 15, 1935 |
Term End3: | December 24, 1941 |
President3: | Manuel L. Quezon |
Predecessor3: | Position established Jose Fabella (as Commissioner of Public Welfare) |
Successor3: | Sergio Osmeña |
Birth Date: | 8 March 1885 |
Birth Place: | Tondo, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
Death Place: | Manila, Philippines |
Alma Mater: | Ateneo de Manila (BA) University of Santo Tomas (LMS) |
Juan Gomez Nolasco (March 8, 1885 – September 18, 1960) was a Filipino doctor and politician who served as the 9th Mayor of Manila from August to December 1941 again on 1945 to 1946, he also served as a Senator of the Philippines from the 4th District from 1931 to 1935.[1]
Nolasco was born on March 8, 1885, in Tondo, Manila to Ceferino Nolasco and Severa Gomez. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Ateneo de Manila and his Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Santo Tomas. He worked as a consulting physician of the Mary Johnston Hospital before entering politics.[2]
Nolasco first joined politics as a member of the Manila City Council from 1916 to 1919. He was then elected to the House of Representatives to represent the 1st district of Manila from 1919 to 1922. In 1931, he was elected to the Philippine Senate to represent the 4th District, and served until the abolition of the body in 1935.[2] In August 1941, he was appointed by President Manuel L. Quezon as Mayor of Manila[3] and served in that position until December, shortly after the beginning of the Japanese invasion.
A high school and a street in Tondo is named after him.