Manuel Lopez

Manuel Villanueva López (June 9, 1876 - January 14, 1947) was a Filipino lawyer and politician. He served as Governor of Negros Occidental from May 9, 1906 to September 25, 1907. He later represented the eighth district at the Senate of the Philippines from October 16, 1916 to June 3, 1919.

Biography Manuel López was born on June 9, 1876, in Molo, now a district of Iloilo City, to Marcelo López and Julita Villanueva. He has a brother named José, a member of the Philippine Assembly from Negros Occidental. He studied law at the University of Santo Tomas, where he received his bachelor's degree in law in 1898. On November 29, 1901, he was admitted to the Philippine bar.

During the Philippine Revolution, he was appointed as the military commander of revolutionary forces in Victorias, Negros Occidental in 1898, and following the Spanish defeat, was promoted by the revolutionary government to become prosecutor and registrar, a role which he continued during the Negros Republic.

In 1917, López became the chairperson for the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.