Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (born 1912)

Arsenio Lacson

Arsenio Hilario Sison Lacson Sr. was a Filipino lawyer, journalist and politician who gained widespread attention as the 17th Mayor of Manila and the first to be democratically elected. An active executive likened by Time and The New York Times to New York City's Fiorello La Guardia, he was the first Manila mayor to be reelected to three terms, remaining in office for over a decade from January 1952 to April 1962. Nicknamed "Arsenic" and described as "a good man with a bad mouth", Lacson's fiery temperament became a trademark of his political and broadcasting career.

Born

1912

December 26

Died

1962

Era

1910s

Country

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Arsenio, in brief

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1912 Born
1962 Died

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