Historical FigureMale
Filemon Sotto
1875 – 1966
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryFilemón Yap Sotto was a Filipino lawyer, legislator, and politician from Cebu, Philippines. He was a newspaper publisher and founded the periodicals El Imperial, Ang Kaluwasan, La Opinion, and La Revolucion. He served as member of Cebu municipal board, congressman of Cebu's 3rd district for the Philippine Assembly (1907–1916), senator of the Philippine Legislature (1916–1922), delegate to the 1934 Constitutional Convention, and delegate to the Institute of National Language (1937).
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
November 24, 1875
Date of death
October 10, 1966
Cebu City
Citizenship
Philippines
Occupations & fields
politician
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