Felixberto Serrano
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Felixberto Serrano | |
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| File:Hon. Felixberto M. Serrano (Secretary of Foreign Affairs).jpg Serrano in 1959 | |
| Secretary of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office August 22, 1957 – December 30, 1961 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos P. Garcia |
| Succeeded by | Emmanuel Pelaez |
| Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations | |
| In office 1954–1957 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos P. Romulo |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Afan Delgado |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Batangas's 1st district | |
| In office June 9, 1945 – December 30, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Miguel Tolentino |
| Succeeded by | Apolinario Apacible |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Felixberto Maraña Serrano August 22, 1906 |
| Died | October 12, 1990 (aged 84) |
| Party | Nacionalista |
Felixberto Maraña Serrano (22 August 1906[1] – 12 October 1990[2]) was a Filipino politician and diplomat.[3] Serrano was the secretary of foreign affairs under President Carlos P. Garcia from 1957 to 1961. Previously, he was the permanent representative of the Philippines to the United Nations from 1954 to 1957 and a member of the Philippine House of Representatives from 1945 to 1949, representing the 1st district of Batangas.
Serrano was a delegate to the 1971 Philippine Constitutional Convention and made a speech just before the balloting for candidates for president of the convention accusing other delegates of taking bribes to favour Marcos's intentions in the convention.
Sources
[edit | edit source]- Augusto Fauni Espiritu. Five Faces of Exile: The Nation and Filipino American Intellectuals. Stanford University Press, 2005. p. 213.
- Teofisto Guignona Fight for the Filipino. Palm Springs, California: Kenneth Mills, 2013. p. 86-90.
References
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Categories:
- 20th-century Filipino politicians
- 1906 births
- 1990 deaths
- Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Batangas
- Secretaries of foreign affairs of the Philippines
- Garcia administration cabinet members
- Members of the Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1971
- Permanent representatives of the Philippines to the United Nations
- Filipino politician stubs