Jose S Leyson was a Filipino Visayan lawyer and politician from Cebu, Philippines.
10 Facts About Jose Leyson
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Jose Leyson was appointed by the Japanese forces to serve as governor of the province of Cebu during World War II.
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Jose Leyson's death occurred before the end of the World War II, and the whereabouts of his remains are unknown.
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Jose Leyson, born in 1900, was married to Lourdes Velez.
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Jose Leyson attended Colegio de San Carlos, acquired a law degree at the University of the Philippines, and became a lawyer on November 15,1923.
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Jose Leyson worked as general manager of Cebu Transit Company, a bus company in operation before the war.
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Jose Leyson was later renamed Visayan Surety and Insurance Corporation a month later.
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Jose Leyson became the de facto governor when Hilario Abellana escaped to the town of Badian on the eve of the Japanese landings on April 10,1942, and he interacted with the Japanese in their attempt to install a civilian government.
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Abellana soon returned to Cebu City and resumed the role of governor, while Jose Leyson became vice governor.
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Jose Leyson participated in the assembly called by KALIBAPI, the group that replaced political parties, that ratified the Constitution on September 7,1943.