Pacita Madrigal-Warns

Pacita Madrigal-Warns
Madrigal-Warns in 1955
Senator of the Philippines
In office
December 30, 1955 – December 30, 1961
Secretary of Social Welfare Administration
In office
1953–1955
PresidentRamon Magsaysay
Preceded byAsuncion A. Perez
Succeeded byAmparo Villamor
Personal details
Born
María Paz Madrigal y Paterno

(1915-05-04)May 4, 1915
Manila, Philippine Islands
DiedSeptember 12, 2008(2008-09-12) (aged 93)
Manila, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Political partyNacionalista
Spouse(s)Herman Warns
(m. 1945, d. 1956)
Gonzalo Wilfrado Gonzales
(m. 1956)
Children2 (1 each from Warns and Gonzales)
Alma materSorbonne University
University of Santo Tomas
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionBallet dancer

Maria Paz Paterno Madrigal (May 4, 1915 – September 12, 2008), commonly known as Pacita Madrigal-Warns (from 1945 to 1956), later Pacita Warns Gonzales (from 1956 until her death), was a Filipina ballet dancer, former beauty queen, and politician. She served as the administrator of the Social Welfare Administration under Ramon Magsaysay's cabinet from 1953 to 1955 and was a Senator of the Philippines from 1955 to 1961 during the Third and Fourth Congresses. She was the second woman to be elected to the Philippine Senate.