Calixto Zaldivar

Calixto O. Zaldivar
Detail of the Wall of Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, showing names from the first batch of Bantayog Honorees, including that of Calixto Zaldivar
75th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
In office
September 12, 1964 – September 13, 1974
Appointed byDiosdado Macapagal
Preceded byAlejo Labrador
Succeeded byHermogenes Concepcion Jr.
Governor of Antique
In office
December 30, 1951 – December 30, 1955
Preceded byTobias Fornier
Succeeded byJosue Lacson Cadiao
Member of the National Assembly from Antique's lone district
Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands (1934–1935)
In office
June 5, 1934 – December 30, 1941
Preceded bySegundo C. Moscoso
Succeeded byAlberto A. Villavert
Tobias Fornier (ex officio)
Municipal Councilor of Pandan, Antique
In office
1928–1931
Personal details
Born
Calixto Oirola Zaldivar

(1904-09-13)September 13, 1904
Pandan, Antique, Philippine Islands
DiedOctober 13, 1979(1979-10-13) (aged 75)
Political partyNacionalista
SpouseElena Torres Ang
Children5 (including Salvacion Z. Perez)
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines
ProfessionLawyer

Calixto Oirola Zaldivar (September 13, 1904 – October 13, 1979)[1] was a Filipino lawyer and politician who was a Supreme Court Justice from 1964 to 1974[2] best known in Philippine history for being one of only four dissenting voices against the constitutionality of the Philippines' 1973 constitution in the 1973 case known as Javellana v. Executive Secretary, despite pressure by the authoritarian government of Ferdinand Marcos to vote in the constitution's favor.[1]

He is honored by having his name inscribed on the wall of remembrance at the Philippines' Bantayog ng mga Bayani, which honors "the heroes and martyrs who fought against the Marcos dictatorship."[1]

  1. ^ a b c "HEROES & MARTYRS: ZALDIVAR, Calixto O." Bantayog ng mga Bayani. 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2019-10-29."HEROES & MARTYRS: ZALDIVAR, Calixto O." Bantayog ng mga Bayani. 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  2. ^ Hofmann, Sofie Estolloso (2009-10-04). "Antiqueños commemorate 30th death anniversary of Justice Calixto Zaldivar". Pandan.Ph. Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2019-10-29.