Francisco Felipe Villanueva
Francisco Felipe Villanueva (10 October 1867 in Molo, Iloilo City, Visayas – 25 August 1923) was a Filipino political leader during the Philippine–American War.
Biography
Villanueva was born in Molo, Iloilo City, the youngest of six children of Eusebio and Maria Felipe Villanueva. He studied law, receiving a Bachelor of Laws degree. Villanueva married Sofia Conlu and fathered 12 children.
Political career
Villanueva served as the Visayan delegate to the Malolos Congress, where he conferred with Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo and Apolinario Mabini to assure that the Visayas would be included in nascent First Philippine Republic. Villanueva subsequently served two terms as Representative of the First District of Iloilo, and as the first Senator of the Seventh Senatorial District comprising Iloilo, Capiz and Romblon. He also served as Senate Majority Floor Leader during the Fourth Legislature in 1916-1919.
Death
Villanueva suffered a fatal heart attack in his Senate office in the Legislative Building in Manila on August 25, 1923.