Jose Ledesma
Senator of the Philippines from the 7th District
In office
21 July 1927  2 June 1931
Preceded byJose Maria Arroyo
Succeeded byRuperto Montinola
Governor of Iloilo
In office
1945–1945
Preceded byPatricio Confesor
Succeeded byTomas Vargas
In office
1925–1927
Preceded byRuperto Montinola
Succeeded byJose Lopez-Vito
Personal details
Political partyNacionalista

Jose B. Ledesma was a Filipino politician.

Biography

Jose Ledesma completed a bachelor's degree in law and passed the Philippine bar entrance exam in 1912. From the same year he was also a member of the Iloilo Provincial Board. From 1925 to 1927 he was governor of Iloilo. When Senator Jose Maria Arroyo died in 1927, Ledesma was elected during a special election on July 21, 1927, for the remainder of his term in the Philippine Senate as representative of the 7th District until 1931.[1] After the Second World War, Ledesma was appointed acting governor of Iloilo in 1946.

References

  1. "List of Previous Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved 6 June 2023.


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