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Joaquin Luna

Joaquin Luna

Filipino revolutionary and politician

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Luna and the second or maternal family name is Novicio.

Joaquin Damaso Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta (December 11, 1864 – November 7, 1936) was a Filipino revolutionary and politician. He was a colonel during the Philippine Revolution, senator (1916–1919), governor of La Union (1904-1907), governor of Mountain Province (1916, 1920-1925), and representative of La Union's 1st District (1910–1916).

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Personal life

Joaquin Luna was born on December 11, 1864. Brother to painter Juan Luna, violinist Manuel Luna, and General Antonio Luna,[1][2] his parents were Don Joaquin Luna de San Pedro y Posadas and Doña Laurena Novicio y Ancheta.[3]

Career

Joaquin Luna (center front row) and the staff of La Independencia in 1898

He was involved in the Philippine Revolution and served with the rank of colonel.[4] Afterwards, he was La Union's representative to the Malolos Congress. La Union would later declare him as an adopted son years later. During the American occupation, he forwarded a collaborative stance and became associated with the group Asociacion de Paz as its treasurer that sought to establish cooperation with the colonizers by disengaging from anti-American revolt.[1][5]

By 1904, he became governor of La Union[1] and the representative of La Union's 1st legislative district during the 2nd and 3rd Philippine Legislature from 1910 until 1916.[6]

When he was appointed governor of the Mountain Province in 1916, succeeding E.A. Eckman, he was the first Filipino to hold such position.[7] In the same year, he became Senator for the 12th senatorial district for the 4th Philippine Legislature that included Baguio, Mountain Province, Nueva Vizcaya, and the then Department of Mindanao and Sulu.[8]

Through the Act of the Philippine Legislature No. 2623 that he authored and introduced in the Congress, he created the Conservatory of Music in the University of the Philippines on February 4, 1916.[9]

Death

He died on November 7, 1936, in Mountain Province, Commonwealth of the Philippines at the age of 71.

References

  1. [1]
    "Joaquin Luna". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  2. [2]
    Manuel, E. Arsenio (1997). Francisco Santiago: Composer and Pianist Virtuoso. Balerio Publishing House.
  3. [3]
    "Juan Luna: Las Bellas Artes". The Philippine Star. September 3, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  4. [4]
    Figueroa, Antonio V. (November 11, 2015). "HISTORY OF DAVAO – A Luna represented Davao in the Senate". Edge Davao. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  5. [5]
    de Viana, Augusto V. (2015). "The Development of the Philippine Foreign Service During the Revolutionary Period and the Filipino-American War (1896-1906): A Story of Struggle from the Formation of Diplomatic Contacts to the Philippine Republic" (PDF). University of Santo Tomas Graduate School. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  6. [6]
    "ROSTER OF PHILIPPINE LEGISLATORS". House of Representatives. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  7. [7]
    Harrison, Francis Burton (1922). The Corner-stone of Philippine Independence. Century Company.
  8. [8]
    "List of Previous Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  9. [9]
    Santos, Ramon Pagayon (2005). Tunugan: Four Essays on Filipino Music. UP Press. ISBN 9789715424882.
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