| Francisco Afan Delgado | |
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| Senator of the Philippines | |
| In office December 30, 1951 – December 30, 1957 |
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| Resident Commissioner to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Philippine Islands | |
| In office January 3, 1935 – February 14, 1936 Serving with Pedro Guevara |
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| Preceded by | Camilo Osias |
| Succeeded by | Quintin Paredes |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Bulacan's First District | |
| In office 1931–1935 |
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| Preceded by | Angel Suntay |
| Succeeded by | Nicolas Buendia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 25, 1886 Bulacan, Philippines |
| Died | October 27, 1964 (aged 78) Manila, Philippines |
| Political party | Nacionalista |
Francisco Afan Delgado, a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands; born in Bulacan Province, Philippine Islands, January 25, 1886. Delagado were cousins to Jose Maria Delgado and uncle to Antonio C. Delgado, Philippine Ambassadors to The Vatican and a descendant of General Martin Delgado.
Studied at San Juan de Letran, Ateneo de Manila, Colegio Filipino, Los Angeles (Calif.) High School, and Compton (Calif.) Union High School; Indiana University at Bloomington, LL.B., 1907 and Yale University, LL.M., 1909; was admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced practice in Indianapolis, Ind.
Francisco Afan Delgado returned to the Philippine Islands in 1908 and was employed with the Philippine Government as a law clerk and later as chief of the law division of the executive bureau until 1913, when he returned to the private practice of law; served in the Philippine National Guard in 1918; member of the National Council of Defense for the Philippines in 1918; served in the Philippine house of representatives 1931-1935; elected as a Nationalist a Resident Commissioner to the United States and served from January 3, 1935, until February 14, 1936, when a successor qualified in accordance with the new form of government of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands; appointed justice of the court of appeals February 1936-1937; resumed the practice of law; delegate to the International Committee of Jurists at Washington, D.C., and to the United Nations Conference at San Francisco in April 1945; member of the Philippine War Damage Commission from June 4, 1946, to March 31, 1951; member of the Philippine Senate from 1951 to 1957; Ambassador to the United Nations, September 29, 1958-January 1, 1962.
In court, Delgado was unmatched in upholding the ideals and noble precepts of his profession. He strongly denounced lawyers who worked for money sake and the many foul tactics employed by government prosecutors. Philippine Ambassador Francisco A. Delgado Wednesday jointed the exclusive "club" of victims of Soviet Premier Krushchev's table-pounding outbursts (United Nations, Oct. 6). Krushchev pounded the bench with his fists several times in response to Delgados fiery speech "denouncing the evils of Western colonial imperialism in season and out of season, the Communists are merely playing the cunning game of wolf in sheeps clothing." Ambassador Delgado was quoted in saying after his speech: "I think Krushchev's table pounding was the best endorsement of the truth of my speech."
Ambassador Delgado was also an active member of the Freemasons, being a Shriner and The Granmaster of the Grand Lodge of Freemasonry between 1926 and 1927 and founder of the Masonic Hospital for Children in Manila. He was the first Filipino made an active member of the American Bar Association in 1919 and organizer/director of the International Bar association.
Upon his retirement, he resided in Bulacan Province; died in Manila, Republic of the Philippines, October 27, 1964.