With the election of Bojie Dy of Isabela as the next House Speaker, I got curious if a statesman from any of the Cordillera provinces was ever elected as House Speaker. Well, according to the history books, there's only one (1).
And that would be Quintin Paredes. He's the only politician from the Cordillera region to become Speaker of the House of Representatives. Paredes was born in Bangued, Abra. His mother was the daughter of an Itneg tribal leader.
Paredes served as House Speaker from July 16, 1934 to November 15, 1935.
Paredes was a congressman from 1925 to 1936 and a senator from 1941 to 1945 and then from 1949 to 1961.
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