Joaquin Luna

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 Mountain Province (1916, 1920-1925), and representative of La Union's 1st District (1910–1916).

Joaquin Luna
Senator of the Philippines
In office 1916–1919
Succeeded by	Lope K. Santos
Governor of Mountain Province
In office 1920–1925
Preceded by	Aquilino Calvo
In office 1916-1916
Preceded by	E.A. Eckman
Succeeded by	Aquilino Calvo
Member of the Philippine Legislature for La Union's 1st District
In office 1910–1916
Preceded by	Andres Asprer
Succeeded by	Juan T. Lucero
Governor of La Union
In office 1904–1907
Preceded by	Don Joaquin J. Ortega
Succeeded by	Sixto Zandueta
Personal details
Born	Joaquin Damaso Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta December 11, 1864
Died	November 7, 1936 (aged 71)
Relatives	Manuel Luna Juan Luna Antonio Luna

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

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 the provinces of Baguio, Mountain Province, Nueva Vizcaya, and 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]

References

1. "Joaquin Luna". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
2. Manuel, E. Arsenio (1997). Francisco Santiago: Composer and Pianist Virtuoso. Balerio Publishing House.
3. "Juan Luna: Las Bellas Artes". The Philippine Star. September 3, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
4. Figueroa, Antonio V. (November 11, 2015). "HISTORY OF DAVAO – A Luna represented Davao in the Senate". Edge Davao. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
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. "ROSTER OF PHILIPPINE LEGISLATORS". House of Representatives. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
7. Harrison, Francis Burton (1922). The Corner-stone of Philippine Independence. Century Company.
8. "List of Previous Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
9. Santos, Ramon Pagayon (2005). Tunugan: Four Essays on Filipino Music. UP Press. ISBN 9789715424882.