Pedro Concepcion

Pedro Concepción
Chairman of the Commission on Elections
In office
September 1, 1940 – May 11, 1941
Appointed by Manuel L. Quezon
Preceded by Post created
Succeeded by José López Vito
35th Associate Justice
of the Philippine Supreme Court
In office
October 31, 1936 – January 1, 1940
Appointed by Manuel L. Quezon
Personal details
Nationality Filipino

Pedro Concepción was a Filipino lawyer and was the first chairman of the Philippine election commission, the COMELEC.

COMELEC

On August 22, 1940, the National Assembly moved for the passage of Commonwealth Act No. 607, a law was already under study seeking the amendment of the 1935 Constitution to clothe the Commission with “constitutional” status. Thus was born the first COMELEC with lawyer Pedro Concepcion as the first chairman and José Abreu and Rufino Luna as members. There were only 39 employees then – a number that would expand to some 5,301 in the next 66 years. The law vested in it the same powers which it would have under the amended 1935 Constitution.[1]

Preceded by
Commission Created
Under CA No. 607 		COMELEC Chairman
September 01, 1940– May 11, 1941 		Succeeded by
José López Vito

Notes

  1. ↑ Comelec wordpress


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