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Arsenio Lacson (Arsenio Hilario Sison Lacson) was born on 26 December, 1912 in Talisay, Negros Occidental, Philippine Islands, is a 20th-century Filipino politician. Discover Arsenio Lacson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 49 years old?

Popular As Arsenio Hilario Sison Lacson
Occupation Journalist, politician
Age 49 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 26 December 1912
Birthday 26 December
Birthplace Talisay, Negros Occidental, Philippine Islands
Date of death 15 April, 1962
Died Place Manila, Philippines
Nationality United States

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1912

Arsenio Hilario Sison Lacson Sr. (December 26, 1912 – April 15, 1962) was a Filipino lawyer, journalist and politician who gained widespread attention as 1st to be elected and 17th Mayor of Manila from 1952 to 1962.

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.

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.

Lacson was born on December 26, 1912, in Talisay, Negros Occidental, to Roman Ledesma Lacson, and his wife Rosario Sison, during a storm.

He was named after Philippine showman and journalist Arsenio Luz, whom his father greatly admired, and his grandfather Hilario Lacson.

He was related to Aniceto Lacson, the president of the short-lived Republic of Negros.

His niece, Rose, later gained prominence as a controversial socialite in Australia.

A sickly lad, Lacson turned to athletics while a student at the Ateneo de Manila University, where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree.

He became an amateur boxer while a student, accounting for his broken nose that later became a prominent feature of his profile.

Lacson studied law at the University of Santo Tomas.

1934

He was also part of the Philippine national football team and participated in tournaments such as the 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games.

After Lacson graduated from Ateneo, he studied at the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law.

While a law student, Lacson joined the UST football team.

1937

After graduating and passing the bar examinations in 1937, he joined the law office of future Senator Vicente Francisco, and later, the Department of Justice as an assistant attorney.

Lacson also worked as a sportswriter before the outbreak of World War II.

Lacson was part of the collegiate football team of the Ateneo de Manila University.

He played at the halfback position or as defensive midfielder for the Ateneo squad.

1941

Lacson joined the armed resistance against the Japanese military which had invaded the Philippines in late 1941.

He joined the Free Philippines underground movement, and acted as a lead scout during the Battle of Manila.

1945

Lacson also fought in the liberation of Baguio on April 26, 1945.

For his wartime service, Lacson received citations from the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Sixth United States Army.

Years later, when asked by Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi if he had learned Japanese during the war, Lacson responded, "I was too busy shooting at Japanese to learn any."

Lacson resumed his career in journalism after the war.

He also had his own radio program called In This Corner, where he delivered social and political commentary.

Lacson became popular as a result of his radio show, but also earned the ire of President Manuel Roxas, whom he nicknamed "Manny the Weep".

1947

In 1947, President Roxas ordered Lacson's suspension from the airwaves.

The incident drew international attention after former US Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes defended Roxas's action and in turn drew rebuke for such defense from the popular radio commentator Walter Winchell.

Lacson also wrote columns together with editor José W. Diokno, and writers Teodoro Locsin Sr.., and Phillip Buencamino in a newspaper they founded called Free Philippines.

1949

In the 1949 general elections, Lacson ran for and won a seat in the House of Representatives, representing the 2nd District of Manila, which then consisted of the districts of Binondo, Quiapo, San Nicolas and Santa Cruz.

He was elected under the banner of the Nacionalista Party.

During the two years he served in the House, Lacson was cited by the media assigned to cover Congress as among the "10 Most Useful Congressmen" for "his excellent display as a fiscalizer and a lawmaker".

1950

He immediately became known as a tough-minded reformist mayor, and in the 1950s, he and Zamboanga City Mayor Cesar Climaco were touted as exemplars of good local governance.

Climaco, in fact, was praised as "The Arsenio H. Lacson of the South".

At the time Lacson assumed office, Manila had around ₱23.5 million in debt, some of which had been contracted thirty years earlier, and had no money to pay its employees.

1951

In 1951, the office of Manila mayor became an elective position following the amendment of its city charter.

Representative Lacson successfully unseated incumbent Manila Mayor Manuel de la Fuente in the first ever mayoralty election in the city.

1952

He assumed the office of mayor on January 1, 1952, thus giving up his seat in the Congress.

1955

He was re-elected in 1955 and 1959.

1959

Within three years, the debt had been reduced in half, and by 1959, the city had a budget surplus of ₱4.3 million and paid its employees twice the amount earned by other local government employees.

1965

He died suddenly from a stroke amidst talk that he was planning to run in the 1965 presidential election.