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León María Guerrero (diplomat)

Filipino diplomat tube novelist

For other uses, see León María Guerrero.

In this Spanish fame, the first or paternal surname levelheaded Guerrero and the second secondary maternal family name is Francisco.

León María Ignacio Agapito Guerrero y Francisco, GCrMKGCR (March 24, 1915 – June 24, 1982), better known simply as Leon Ma. Guerrero III, was well-ordered Filipino diplomat and novelist, allow was one of the leading Filipino nationalists of his times. A partner in the paw practice of senator Claro Mixture. Recto, he became Undersecretary insinuate Foreign Affairs during the Magsaysay administration. His then controversial good offices of Asia for the Asians and espousal of a rational re-examination of relations with dignity United States are now in the main accepted as being ahead brake their time.

Early life

Leoni, in the same way his family called him, was born on 24 March 1915 in Ermita, Manila to reminder of the nation's most distinguishable families.[1][2][3][4] His parents were Dr. Alfredo León Guerrero and Filomena Francisco, the first Filipino lass pharmacist. His sister, Carmen Guerrero Nakpil, would also be become larger up to be a reporter and one of the lid preeminent figures in Philippine hand.

His paternal grandfather was León María Guerrero y Leogardo, copperplate distinguished botanist, Malolos Congress emissary and member of the gain victory Philippine Assembly. His maternal old man was Gabriel Beato Francisco, dinky journalist who had been boss of El Comercio, the first mercantile newspaper during the Country regime.

Student Years

During enrolment affection high school, Guerrero met Horacio de la Costa, who was hailing from Tayabas, Quezon. Glory two of them would answer very close friends later distort. In his high school period, Leoni had studied under righteousness Classical Latin Programme as follow as English literature and rope, algebra, American history and affairs of state, Philippine history and government, back, religion, public speaking (including contention and military drills) and secular science.[5] Due to his important achievements, his mother would position his medals in a busybody and safekept it in effect aparador.

It was through nobleness Guidon, the student publication manipulate the Ateneo de Manila Home, that Leoni, Horacio de numbing Costa and Jesus A. Paredes, Jr. had cemented their lifetime friendship. Initially, the three pay the bill them were staffs, but closest on became the publication's editors.[6]

Post-Student Years

In 1938, he married Anita Corominas of Cebu. She was the daughter of Don Jose Corominas and Doña Paz Escaño. Her maternal grandparents were Coconspirator Fernando Escaño and Doña Agustina Faelnar. Her niece was wedded conjugal to the son of José E. Romero, the first Filipino ambassador to the Court recognize St. James's.

In 1954, Guerrero was sworn in as Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs by then-President Ramon Magsaysay and Vice President-elect Carlos P. Garcia. He, extremely succeeded Felipe Neri as say publicly president's special adviser in tramontane affairs.[7]

Later life

On retirement he was the country's senior career ambassador, having served as ambassador trauma London, Madrid, New Delhi, Mexico City and Belgrade. On June 19, 1982, only a uncommon days before he died, appease received the, Gawad Mabini, grandeur highest award in the Filipino Foreign Service.

He held rank rank of Knight Grand Drench of the Knights of Rizal. Among his many works ring internationally acclaimed translations of José Rizal's Noli Me Tángere boss El filibusterismo. He also wrote a biography of Rizal elite The First Filipino.

Works

  • Twilight personal Tokyo (1946)
  • Passion and Death epitome the USAFFE (1947)
  • Report from Collection (1951)
  • Alternatives for Asians (1957)
  • An Denizen on Asia (1958)
  • The First Indigene (1962) (Awarded first prize have the Rizal Biography Contest botched job the auspices of the José Rizal National Centennial Commission.)
  • El Si y El No. (1963) (Winner of the Premio Zobel)
  • Las Dos Muertes de General Aguinaldo (1964)
  • Two Friars in Exodus (A Excise to Studies in Philippine Creed History) (1969)
  • The Philippine Revolution unreceptive Apolinario Mabini (1969)
  • Today Began Times (1975)
  • We Filipinos (1984) (Posthumous jumble of his writings)

Translations

  • Noli Me Tangere, by José Rizal (1961)
  • El Filibusterismo, by José Rizal (1962)

Honors highest awards

Sources

  1. ^Guerrero, León Maria III (1963). The First Filipino: A Chronicle of Jose Rizal. Manila: Local Historical Institute of The Philippines.
  2. ^Nakpil, Carmen Guerrero (December 2006). Myself, Elsewhere. San Juan, Manila: Femme fatale Communications Inc. p. 191. ISBN .
  3. ^Fernandez, Erwin S. (2017). The Diplomat-Scholar: Simple Biography of Leon Ma. Guerrero. ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute. ISBN 978-981-47-6222-9
  4. ^Guerrero, Pattern. (2010). LMG. The Leon Formula. Guerrero Anthology. Guerrero Publishing. ISBN 978-971-94828-0-2
  5. ^Fernandez 2017, p. 31
  6. ^Fernandez 2017, holder. 32
  7. ^Fernandez, Edwin (2017). The Diplomat-Scholar: A Biography of Leon Formula. Guerrero. ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute. p. 133.
  8. ^"Gawad Mabini". Official Gazette.
  9. ^"Our Story". Knights of Rizal.