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Carmen Planas | |
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8th Vice Mayor of Manila | |
In office July 18, 1944 – December 31, 1949 | |
Mayor | Hermenegildo Atienza (1944–1945) Juan Nolasco (1945–1946) Valeriano E. Fugoso, Sr. (1946–1947) Manuel de la Fuente (1948–1949) |
Preceded by | Hermenegildo Atienza |
Succeeded by | Iñigo Ed. Regalado |
In office January 5, 1940 – August 28, 1941 | |
Mayor | Eulogio Rodriguez |
Preceded by | Jorge B. Vargas |
Succeeded by | Hermenegildo Atienza |
Member of the Manila Municipal Board | |
In office January 1, 1934 – January 4, 1940 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Carmen Lim Planas March 23, 1914 Tondo, Manila, Philippine Islands |
Died | August 25, 1964 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 50)
Relatives | Charito Planas (sister) |
Alma mater | University of the Philippines |
Profession | Lawyer |
Carmen Lim Planas (March 23, 1914 – August 25, 1964) was the first woman to be elected to any public office in the Philippines when she was elected municipal board member of Manila by general suffrage in 1934. She would later serve as the capital city's first female Vice Mayor of Manila from 1940 to 1941 and again from 1944 to 1951.