Jose Delgado was a lawyer and politician from

Cebu Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 ...

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who became

mayor of Cebu City The mayor of Cebu City ( ceb, Punong Dakbayan sa Sugbo) is the chief executive of the government of Cebu City in the Philippines. The mayor leads the city's departments in executing ordinances and delivering public services. The mayorship is a t ...

(1940–1942) and the governor of the province of Cebu (1943–1944), becoming the first person to have held both offices.

Background

Jose Delgado's parents were Marcelo Enriquez and Monica Delgado. After becoming a lawyer on October 15, 1923, he was appointed as mayor of Cebu City on August 3, 1940 upon the resignation of

Vicente Rama Vicente Rama (June 6, 1887 – December 24, 1956) was a Filipino Visayan legislator, publisher, and writer from Cebu, Philippines. Recognized as the Father of Cebu City, he authored the bill for its cityhood which was approved into law by Octobe ...

who was running for the senatorial seat in the elections to be held on November 11, 1941. Delgado served as mayor until April 10, 1942, and he was replaced by Juan Zamora. During

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, he served as the governor of Cebu from 1943 until 1944, although scholars had a hard time determining the start and end of his term, as well as the terms of Hilario Abellana and Jose S. Leyson, due to the instability in politics and civilian government in those times. By virtue of the 1943 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, he was a member of the

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under the Japanese regime during his time as governor. On February 1, 1944, he was also said to be Cebu's highest ranking official during the celebration of Japanese National Foundation Day held. It was during his stint that Cebu City Children Hospital and Cebu City Vocational School were established. On March 9, 1944, he made an announcement calling for peace by urging people to assist the efforts of the government against the anti-Japanese guerilla forces.

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