Hermenegildo Atienza

Hermenegildo Atienza was a Filipino politician. He served as Mayor of Manila (1944–1945) and as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives (1946–1949). His term as mayor coincided with the Liberation of Manila. He was previously the Vice Mayor of Manila (1940–1944) and a member of the Manila City Council (1934–1940).

Hermenegildo Atienza
Mayor of Manila
In office
18 July 1944 – 18 July 1945
Preceded byLeon Guinto
Succeeded byJuan Nolasco
Vice Mayor of Manila
In office
January 5, 1940 – July 17, 1944
Preceded byJorge B. Vargas
Succeeded byJoaquin R. Roces

Atienza topped the Philippine Bar Examination in 1932 as a student at the University of the Philippines. During World War II, he was imprisoned by the Japanese in Fort Santiago, alongside guerilla leader Guillermo Nakar. After the war he was elected to the 1st Congress of the Philippines for Manila's second district. He became a strong opponent of the amnesty granted to collaborationists with the Japanese occupation.[1] In 1949 he introduced House Bill No. 2613, the Reciprocity Immigration Bill, which would have barred Australians from the country in response to the treatment of Lorenzo Gamboa under the White Australia policy.[2]

His nephew Lito Atienza also became Mayor of Manila.[3]

References
  1. Kerstin von Lingen, ed. (2017). Debating Collaboration and Complicity in War Crimes Trials in Asia, 1945-1956. Springer. p. 112–113.
  2. Varma, Ravindra (2003). Australia and South Asia: The Crystallisation of a Relationship. Abhinav Publications. p. 234.
  3. "GMA urges Liberal Party to start 'new politics'". The Philippine Star. 9 October 2002. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
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