Pastor Salazar Explained

Pastor D. Salazar
Birth Date:1891
Office:Senator of the Philippines from the 9th District
Term Start:December 30, 1926
Term End:June 5, 1928
Alongside:Jose Maria Veloso
Predecessor:Tomás Gómez office established
Successor:Jose Avelino
Office2:Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands from Samar's 2nd district
Term Start2:October 16, 1916
Term End2:June 6, 1922
Predecessor2:José Sabarre
Successor2:Pascual Azanza

Pastor D. Salazar (1891 - ?) was a Filipino politician .

Biography

Pastor Salazar was born in 1891[1] and worked as a lawyer. In 1924, he cofounded the Holy Infant College in Tacloban, Leyte.[2]

In 1916, he was elected to the Philippine House of Representatives representing the 2nd district of Samar, serving until 1922.[3] Following the death of Tomás Gómez, Salazar was elected to fill his Senate seat in special elections held in 1926 representing the 9th senatorial district composed of Leyte and Samar. He served until 1928.[4]

In 1940, he was elected to the provincial board of Leyte[5] and became acting governor of Leyte during the Japanese occupation and a delegate of the province to the 1943 constitutional convention which ratified the constitution of the puppet Second Philippine Republic. After the war, he was tried for collaboration.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FAST FACTS: Trivia on the Philippine Senate . 25 January 2024 . Rappler.
  2. Web site: Catholic school in Tacloban honors its dance troupe . 25 January 2024 . The Philippine Star.
  3. Web site: ROSTER of Philippine Legislators (from 1907 to 2019). 23 September 2022. House of Representatives of the Philippines.
  4. Web site: List of Previous Senators. 6 June 2023. Senate of the Philippines.
  5. Web site: The pre-war provincial officials of Visayas and Mindanao. 28 January 2024 . The Philippine Star.
  6. Web site: Lear . Elmer . Collaboration in Leyte: The Philippines, Under Japanese Occupation . The Far Eastern Quarterly . January 28, 2024.
  7. Web site: Ara . Satoshi . Food Supply Problem in Leyte, Philippines, during the Japanese Occupation (1942-44) . The National University of Singapore . Journal of Southeast Asian Studies . January 28, 2024.