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Antonio de Jesus Villegas (January 9, 1928 – November 16, 1984) was a Filipino politician who served as the 18th Mayor of Manila from 1962 to 1971. His term was after the term of Arsenio Lacson as mayor of Manila, and before the period of martial law in the Philippines.
After Mayor Lacson's term in the 1950s, the city was led by Mayor Antonio Villegas during most of the 1960s, and Mayor Ramon Bagatsing for nearly the entire decade of the 1970s until the 1986 People Power Revolution that overthrew President Marcos.
Dec 7, 2023 · Antonio de Jesus Villegas (January 9, 1928 – November 16, 1984) was a Filipino Mayor of Manila from 1962 to 1971. His term was after the term of Arsenio Lacson as Mayor of Manila, and before the period of martial law in the Philippines.
Jul 4, 2013 · Antonio J. Villegas started his political career at age 31 when he was elected as Vice-Mayor of Manila in 1959. Upon the death of Mayor Lacson, Villegas assumed the position of city mayor, becoming at age 34 the youngest Mayor of Manila.
Antonio de Jesus Villegas was a Filipino Mayor of Manila from 1962 to 1971. Education. Construction of Lacson underpass began in 1962 and was completed in 1964. Career. His term was after the term of Arsenio Lacson as Mayor of Manila, and before the period of martial law in the Philippines.
The mayors in Metro Manila are considered as the local chief executives of their respective localities and they also form part of the Metro Manila Council of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
Jun 14, 2023 · The painting History of Manila, more known today as Filipino Struggles Through History, was commissioned by Antonio J. Villegas, Mayor of Manila from 1962 to 1971, from the foremost modernist historical painter of the time, Carlos V. Francisco (1912-1969).
