Isidro Santiago Rodriguez Sr. (May 15, 1915 – March 9, 1992) was a Filipino softball official and politician. Rodriguez was the first Vice President of the
International Softball Federation
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(ISF) and an ISF Hall of Fame inductee. He is the son of
Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez Sr., former Senate President of the Philippines, and Juana Santiago Rodriguez.
Education
Rodriguez obtained his law degree from the
University of the Philippines
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Softball
Rodriguez is dubbed as the "Father of Softball in the Philippines" by many softball enthusiasts in the country. He was President of the Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines
The Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines is the national governing body for softball in the Philippines. It is accredited by the International Softball Federation which is the governing body for the sport of softball in the world. It c ...
from 1969 to 1983. He served as first Vice President of the ISF. He has also organized the ASEAN Softball Federation in 1975.Rodriguez was inducted in the ISF Hall of Fame in 1983.
Political career
From 1955 to 1986, Rodriguez served as Governor of the province of Rizal
Rizal, officially the Province of Rizal ( fil, Lalawigan ng Rizal), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Its capital is the city of Antipolo. It is about east of Manila. The p ...
, which then included the cities of Pasig
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It is located along the ...
and Mandaluyong
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Loca ...
. He has never lost in an election. He is cited for establishing the Manggahan Floodway
The Manggahan Floodway is an artificially constructed waterway in Metro Manila, the Philippines. The floodway was built in 1986, with the cost of 1.1 billion pesos, in order to reduce flooding along Pasig River during the rainy season, by diverti ...
and Parañaque
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spillway which alleviated flooding problem in Metro Manila
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. He was also instrumental in conceiving the Laguna Lake Developmental Plan which calls for sustainable development
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in the Laguna de Bay
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area and was supported by both the national government and the United Nations
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. He also developed healthcare in his constituent province and set up health and puericulture centers in Rizal, including the first provincial blood bank in the country. Rodriguez also conceptualized first Youth Development Program through the Rizal Youth Development Foundation. The youth program later served as a basis for the Kabataang Barangay or the National Development Youth Program.[
Rodriguez served for four consecutive terms both at the League of Provincial Governors and League of City Mayors of the Philippines. He served as the first chairman of the Pambansang Kapulungan ng mga Sangguniang Bayan (Assembly of the National Board). He was also appointed as the chairman of the Constitutional Convention committee on power functions and structures during the 1971 Constitution.][
Rodriguez was also the first chairman of the ]Nationalist People's Coalition
The Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) is a conservative political party in the Philippines, founded in 1992 by then-presidential candidate Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.
History
The Party was founded in 1992 after some members of the Nacionalista ...
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Personal life
Rodriguez is the son of the late senator Eulogio Rodriguez
Eulogio "Amang" Adona Rodriguez Sr. (born Eulogio Rodríguez y Adona; January 21, 1883 – December 19, 1964) was a Filipino politician who twice served as President of the Senate of the Philippines.
Early life
Coming from a poor family, Rodri ...
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In 1941, he married future mayor of Quezon City
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Adelina Santos and they have 10 children including Isidro Jr. and Adelina.
Isidro Jr. or Jun is a former member of Philippine House of Representatives
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representing the second district of Rizal from 1998-2007 and again from 2010-2019 while Adelina Rodriguez Zaldarriaga or Deline is also a member of Philippine House of Representatives
The House of Representatives of the Philippines ( fil, Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas, italic=unset, ''Kamara'' or ''Kamara de Representantes'' from the Spanish language, Spanish word ''cámara'', meaning "chamber") is the lower house ...
in the same district from 2007 to 2010.
Death
Rodriguez died due to heart failure
Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome, a group of signs and symptoms caused by an impairment of the heart's blood pumping function. Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, a ...
while being confined at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute
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The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilip ...
on March 9, 1992.
References
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1992 deaths
Nationalist People's Coalition politicians
Governors of Rizal
20th-century Filipino lawyers
University of the Philippines alumni
Nacionalista Party politicians
1915 births