Sergio Osmeña - Page 2 of 2
(Sergio Osmeña Sr. y Suico)
Edukasyon
Elementarya at Mataas na Paaralan | Pribadong Paaralan ni Manuel Logarta Semenaryo ng San Carlos |
Kolehiyo | Batsilyer ng Sining, Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1894) Batsilyer ng Abogasya, University of Santo Tomas (1903) |
Mga Natatanging Tala sa Kasaysayan
- Nagtatag at namatnugot, katulong sina Jaime de Veyra at Rafael Palma, ng isang pahayagang makabayan.
- Naging kaklase niya sa University of Santo tomas sina Manuel Quezon at Emilio Jacinto.
- Pangalawang pinakamataas na pumasa sa pagsusulit ng Bar Examinations noong 1903.
- Nagsilbing Acting Governor ng Cebu (1903) sa edad na 25, kahalili ni Juan Climaco.
- Hinirang na panlalawigang piskal ng Cebu.
- Nanalo bilang kintawan ng ikalawang distrito ng Cebu sa Unang Asembleya ng Pilipinas noong 1907 kung saan nahalal siyang ispiker na hinawakan niya sa loob ng 15 taon.
- Isa sa tagapagtatag ng kilalang partido, ang Partido Nacionalista at naging una nitong pangulo.
- Nahalal na senador noong 1922.
- Kasama si Manuel Roxas ay sinikap nilang mapagtibay ng Pamahalaang Amerikano ang isang Constitutional Convention na magbibigay daan sa kasarinlan ng Pilipinas.
- Natamo ang batas ukol sa Kasarinlan, ang Hare-Hawes-Cutting mula sa Kongreso ng Estados Unidos.
- Naging Pangalawang-Pangulo ng Komonwelt ng Pilipinas noong Nobyembre 15, 1935.
- Nagtungo sa Estados Unidos kasama si Quezon upang itatag ang Komonwelt ng Pilipinas sa panahon ng Hapon.
- Tumayong kahalili ni Quezon sa karamihan ng pagkakataon habang ang Pangulong Quezon ay nagkasakit ng tuberculosis.
- Pangulo ng Komonwelt ng Pilipinas noong 1944 nang mamatay si Pangulong Manuel L. Quezon.
- Ang pinakamatandang naging pangulo sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas sa edad na 67.
- Kasama sa makasaysayang paglunsad sa Red Beach, Palo, Leyte nina Heneral McArthur at ang mga Pilipinong heneral na sina Carlos P. Romulo at Basilio Valdez noong Oktubre 20, 1914.
- Naatasan sa muling pagtatayo ng bansang winasak ng digmaan.
- Nagretiro sa pribadong buhay sa Cebu makaraang maitatag ang ikatlong Republika ng Pilipinas.
Education
Elementary and Secondary | Pribadong Paaralan ni Manuel Logarta San Carlos Seminary |
College | Bachelor of Arts, Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1894) Bachelor of Law, University of Santo Tomas (1903) |
Important Notes in History
- Founded and edited a nationalistic newspaper with Jaime de Veyra and Rafael Palma.
- Among his classmates in the University of Sto. Tomas were Manuel Quezon and Emilio Jacinto.
- Second topnotcher in the Bar Examinations in 1903.
- Served as Acting Governor of Cebu (1903) at the age of 25 as substitute for Juan Climaco.
- Named provincial judge of Cebu.
- Won as representative of the second district of Cebu in the First Philippine Assembly in 1907 where he was elected Speaker, a position he held for 15 years.
- One of the founders of the Nacionalista Party and its president.
- Elected senator in 1922.
- He and Manuel Roxas worked for the approval by the American Government, a Constitutional Convention that would pave the way for Philippine Independence.
- Won the nod of the Congress of the Untied States about the law on Independence, the Hare-Hawes Cutting Act.
- Became the Vice-President of the Philippine Commonwealth on November 15, 1935.
- Went to the United States with Quezon to establish the Philippine Commonwealth during the Japanese regime.
- Served as substitute of Quezon in several occasions when President Quezon contacted tuberculosis.
- President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines in 1944 when President Quezon died.
- The oldest to become president in the history of the Philippines at the age of 67.
- Was one of Gen. McArthur’s company in the historic launching at Red Beach, Palo, Leyte along with Filipino generals, Carlos P. Romulo and Basilio Valdez on October 20, 1914.
- Was mandated to rebuild the nation destroyed by war.
- Retired to private life in Cebu after the establishment of the Third Republic of the Philippines.