Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Juan Sarmiento Torralba | |
Birth Date: | 7 March 1883 |
Birth Place: | Tagbilaran, Bohol, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
Office: | Senator of the Philippines from the 11th District |
Term Start: | 2 June 1931 |
Term End: | 16 September 1935 |
Alongside: | Jose Clarin |
Predecessor: | Troadio Galicano |
Successor: | office abolished |
Office2: | Member of the National Assembly of the Philippines from Bohol's 1st district |
Term Start2: | 16 September 1935 |
Term End2: | 30 December 1938 |
Predecessor2: | Bernardo Josol |
Successor2: | Genaro Visarra |
Office3: | Governor of Bohol |
Term Start3: | 16 October 1919 |
Term End3: | 15 October 1925 |
Predecessor3: | Eutiquio Boyles |
Successor3: | Filomeno Orbeta Caseñas |
Juan Sarmiento Torralba (March 7, 1883 – January 3, 1961) was a Filipino politician and lawyer. He was governor of Bohol from 1919 to 1925. Afterwards, Torralba was a senator from 1931 to 1935 and a deputy on behalf of Bohol from 1935 to 1938.
Juan Torralba was born in Tagbilaran, Bohol to Margarito Torralba and Sirila Sarmiento. Torralba completed a bachelor's degree in law from the Escuela de Derecho and was admitted to the Bar on October 11, 1909.
From 1919 to 1925, Torralba was governor of Bohol. In the 1931 election, he was elected to the Senate of the Philippines from the 11th District.[1] After the Commonwealth Constitution was passed in 1935, the Senate was abolished and replaced by the unicameral National Assembly of the Philippines. Torralba was elected to that Assembly to represent Bohol's 1st district in the 1935 elections, serving until 1938.[2] He subsequently practiced law.
A brother of Juan Torralba, Fermin Torralba, was also a politician and was secretary of the Senate while he was in office.