Sotero Baluyut

Sotero Baluyut
11th Secretary of Public Works and Communications
In office
January 6, 1951 – 1952
PresidentElpidio Quirino
Preceded byProspero Sanidad
Succeeded byPablo Lorenzo
21st Secretary of the Interior
In office
September 21, 1948 – December 22, 1950
PresidentElpidio Quirino
Preceded byJose Zulueta
Succeeded byPosition abolished[1]
4th Secretary of Labor
In office
April 1939[citation needed] – 1940[citation needed]
PresidentManuel L. Quezon
Preceded byHermenegildo Villanueva
Succeeded byLeon Guinto
12th & 15th Governor of Pampanga
In office
1925–1931
Preceded byOlimpio Guanzon
Succeeded byEligio Lagman
In office
1938–1941
Preceded byPablo Ángeles David
Succeeded byFausto González Sioco
Senator of the Philippines from the 3rd Senatorial District
In office
June 2, 1931 – September 16, 1935
Serving with Benigno Aquino Sr. (1931–1934) and Hermogenes Concepcion (1934–1935)
Preceded byTeodoro Sandiko
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born
Sotero Baluyut y Julao

(1889-01-03)January 3, 1889
San Fernando, Pampanga, Captaincy General of the Philippines
DiedJanuary 6, 1975(1975-01-06) (aged 86)
Ermita, Manila, Philippines
Political partyNacionalista
Spouse(s)Encarnacion Lopez
Maria Lopez
Children2
Alma materUniversity Summer Schools of Illinois
University of Iowa
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionCivil engineer

Sotero Julao Baluyut (January 3, 1889 – January 6, 1975), also known as Sotero Baluyot, was a Filipino politician and civil engineer. He served as Governor of Pampanga from 1925 to 1931 and 1938 to 1941, Secretary of Public Works and the Interior and Senator of the Philippines from 1931 to 1935.

  1. ^ The Department of the Interior was abolished in 1950. In 1956, the office of the Presidential Assistants on Community Development (PACD) was created, having roles resembling that of the Department of the Interior, except supervision over the police force.