Juan Villamor

Juan Villamor y Borbón (November 24, 1864 – unknown) was a Filipino writer, revolutionary and politician.

Early life Juan Villamor was born on November 24, 1864, in Bangued, Abra, to Florencio Villamor y García and Wenceslawa Borbón. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree at the San Juan de Letran College in Manila and pursued further studies in law in the University of Santo Tomas. He worked as an interpreter in the Courts of First Instance of Abra and Ilocos Sur from 1886 to 1889 but was ordered banished to Benguet in 1890 by Spanish Governor-General Valeriano Weyler. Villamor authored one of the first biographies of General Antonio Luna. He was then sent to the United States as honorary commissioner at St. Louis Exposition in 1904. In 1907, he was elected to the first Philippine Assembly from the third district of Ilocos Sur, serving until 1912, when he became governor of Ilocos Sur. At the end of his term in 1916, he ran for and won a seat in the newly established Philippine Senate representing the 1st District (comprising the provinces of Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, and Abra). He served until 1919. During the Commonwealth era, he was appointed by President Manuel Quezon to head the Philippine Veterans Office.

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Legacy The provincial headquarters of the Philippine National Police in Bangued, Abra, is named after him.