Arturo Tolentino

Arturo Modesto Tolentino ( born September 19, 1910 in Manila, † August 2, 2004 ) was a Filipino politician.

Biography

Study and career

After leaving school at the Manila East High School, he studied from 1928 to 1928 Law at the College of Law at the University of the Philippines ( UP) and finished this as cum laude as the subsequent admission to the lawyer. During his time as a student, he was also editor of the student newspaper, "The Philippine Collegian ". He then worked as a lawyer and studied philosophy at the next UP and graduated cum laude in 1938 and a Bachelor of Arts (BA Philosophy) from. He then completed a post -graduate degree in law at the University of Santo Tomas and where she earned a Master of Laws ( LL.M.) and a Ph.D. in Civil Law (Doctor of Civil Law DCL) with awards.

Later he became professor of law at the University of the Philippines, University of Santo Tomas, University of the East, University of Manila, Arellano University, Far Eastern University, Manila Law College, Philippine Law School, San Beda College and the Quezon College.

Member of Parliament and Senator

Tolentino began his political career as a candidate of the Nacionalista Party (NP ) in 1949 with the election of the Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines ( Kapulungán ng mga Kinatawán ng Pilipinas or Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso ) is selected and represented there until 1957, the interests of the constituency III (3rd District ) of Manila.

After he was elected in 1957 as a member of the Senate ( Senado ng Pilipinas ), where he served until the declaration of martial law by President Ferdinand Marcos in 1972.

As the leading politicians of the NP, he was considered a promising candidate of his party in the presidential elections in 1965, but this intention was forced to retire after the popular Senate President Marcos because of disagreements from the Liberal Party resigned and joined the NP and its presidential candidate was. Then Tolentino was leader for a short time as Majority Floor Leader of the majority party in the Senate, before he then after the election of President Marcos was his successor as President of the Senate 1965-1966. Tolentino was a recognized expert on issues relating to the Constitution of the Philippines, and laid in the course of his parliamentary career before about 2000 bills.

After working as a member of the Assembly of Metro Manila ( National Capital Region) from 1978 to 1984, he was from 1984 to 1986 Member of the National Assembly ( Batamsang Pambansa ).

Foreign Minister and Vice President

At the same time the government Marcos and as such he was also head of a delegation to the United Nations in New York City at a conference on the law of the sea 1984-1985 Minister of Foreign Affairs. At this conference, he argued for the introduction of an archipelago doctrine, the Philippines, and other island states would have favored. After the acceptance of the archipelagic waters, the Philippines were then in 1984 the Convention of 1982.

In the presidential elections of February 1986, he was vice- presidential candidate of Marcos. The proclamation of Marcos and Tolentino to election winners and their swearing-in ceremony on February 16, 1986 resolved then February 25, 1986 EDSA Revolution, named after Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (short: EDSA ), against the government, which finally to flight of the Marcos family to Hawaii and choice of President Corazon Aquino led.

In July 1986, Tolentino was proclaimed by several hundred supporters of Marcos to the incumbent president and was thereby also supporting soldiers of the Army ( Armed Forces of the Philippines, AFP ) who had barricaded themselves to build up a rebel government in the " Manila Hotel ". When, however, failed to the expected broad support, Tolentino took his followers to defeat.

He was elected again to the Senate in 1992 and belonged to the Senate until 1995.

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