María Clara Rafols Lorenzo
Lobregat (1921-2004) was a Filipina politician from Zamboanga City
, where she served as its first woman mayor and also
a representative to the Philippine
Congress.
Lobregat
or " " was born April 26, 1921 in Zamboanga City, the second of five children of
Don Pablo Lorenzo, who was a mayor
of Zamboanga City, a representative to the first Philippine Assembly, and a delegate to
the Philippine
Constitutional Convention, and Luisa Rafols of Cebu City
. Lobregat grew up in the cities of Zamboanga,
Cebu
, and Manila
. She
spoke
Chavacano,
Cebuano,
English,
Tagalog, and her native
Spanish. She died on January 2, 2004.
Lobregat
was present in Malacañang Palace
on October 12, 1936 when President Manuel
L. Quezon created and
established the chartered city of Zamboanga through
commonwealth.
Her son, Celso, became representative to the former lone district
of Zamboanga City in 1998 and later a mayor in 2004 until the
present.
Wikis
Map
Search