Ramón Avanceña Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honorable
Ramón Avanceña
Order:4th
Office:Chief Justice of the Philippines
Term Start:April 1, 1925
Term End:December 5, 1941
Appointer:Calvin Coolidge
Predecessor:Manuel Araullo
Successor:José Abad Santos
Office2:Attorney General of the Philippines
Term Start2:July 1, 1914
Term End2:March 1, 1917
Predecessor2:Ignacio Villamor
Successor2:Quintín Paredes
Office3:18th Associate Justice
of the Philippine Supreme Court
Term Start3:October 31, 1917
Term End3:March 31, 1925
Appointer3:Woodrow Wilson
Predecessor3:Seat established
Successor3:Carlos Imperial
Office4:Vice President of the Philippines
Term Start4:October 14, 1943
Term End4:January 15, 1944
President4:Jose P. Laurel
Term Start5:November 30, 1948
Term End5:December 30, 1949
President5:Elpidio Quirino
Birth Name:Ramón Avanceña y Quiosay
Birth Date:13 April 1872
Birth Place:Molo, Iloilo, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish East Indies
Death Place:Pasay, Rizal, Philippines
Nationality:Filipino
Occupation:Lawyer
Spouse:Maria Floserfina Abad
Children:6
Education:Colegio de San Juan de Letran (BA)
University of Santo Tomas (LLB)
Succeeded4:Benigno Aquino Sr. (de facto)
Succeeded5:Fernando Lopez
Predecessor5:Elpidio Quirino
Status4:De facto

Ramón Quiosay Avanceña (April 13, 1872 – June 12, 1957) was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He served from 1925 to 1941, when he resigned at the beginning of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II. He was from Arevalo, Iloilo City.

Early life and career

Avanceña was born on April 13, 1872 to Lucas Avanceña and Petra Quiusay in Molo, Iloilo City, but grew up in Arevalo, Iloilo City.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts at Colegio de San Juan de Letran and Bachelor of Laws at University of Santo Tomas.

Ramón Avanceña served as a legal adviser to the Federal State of the Visayas, the revolutionary government of provinces of Iloilo, Capiz and Antique, and was chosen to negotiate with the American forces on Panay during the Philippine–American War.

During the American Colonial Era, he was appointed as assistant attorney in the Bureau of Justice. In 1905, he was appointed auxiliary judge. He was Attorney General of the Philippines from 1914 until 1917, when he was appointed to the Supreme Court as an Associate Justice. Upon the death of Manuel Araullo in 1924, he succeeded as Chief Justice, but he had to wait until 1925 to be formally appointed.

He was supposed to join Philippine Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezon in exile during the onset of the Japanese Occupation, but worried that he would not be together with his family, so he decided to stay put.

His sons José, Alberto, and Jesús became practicing attorneys.

The Ramon Avanceña National High School in Arevalo, Iloilo City and Ramon Avanceña High School in Quiapo, Manila are named after him.

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