Samuel Dangwa | |
Office: | Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Benguet's Lone District |
Term Start: | June 30, 2001 |
Term End: | June 30, 2010 |
Predecessor: | Ronald Cosalan |
Successor: | Ronald Cosalan |
Office2: | Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Benguet's Second District |
Term Start2: | June 30, 1987 |
Term End2: | June 30, 1995 |
Predecessor2: | Post created |
Successor2: | Post dissolved[1] |
Office3: | Mambabatas Pambansa (Assemblyman) from Benguet |
Term Start3: | June 30, 1984 |
Term End3: | March 25, 1986 |
Birth Date: | October 19, 1935 |
Samuel M. Dangwa (born October 19, 1935 - April 3, 2019) was a Filipino politician.
He was elected to five terms as a Member of the House of Representatives, representing the defunct 2nd District of Benguet from 1987 to 1995, and the Lone District of Benguet from 2001 to 2010. He was a member of the LAKAS-CMD Party.
A lawyer by profession, Dangwa had also served as Vice-Governor of Benguet from 1972 to 1980, and Assemblyman from Benguet in the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986.
Dangwa was a nephew of Bado Dangwa,[2] who served as Governor of Benguet from 1953 to 1963 and was the founder of the Dangwa Transportation Company, one of the leading bus transportation firms in the northern Philippines.[3]
In 2019, Dangwa died from an unspecified illness.[4]