Proceso Sebastian

Proceso Esmeria Sebastián (January 26, 1892 – ?) was a Filipino lawyer, politician and diplomat.

Early life and career Sebastián was born in Claveria, Cagayan, on January 26, 1892, to Gregorio Sebastián and Filomena Esmeria. He obtained his law degree from the University of the Philippines. After passing the Philippine Bar Examination in 1915, he worked as a lawyer in his home province of Cagayan. and afterwards was elected governor of Cagayan, serving from 1926 to 1929. As a member of the Philippine Legislature, he joined the Second Independence Mission to the United States. and spent the rest of the decade serving in the Visayas, Laguna and eventually in Manila. During the Japanese occupation, he was appointed as an associate justice of the Court of Appeals by President Jose P. Laurel.

As senator, Sebastián headed the Philippine delegation to the first UNESCO conference in Paris in 1946, where he was elected as one of the vice presidents of the UNESCO Assembly.

After his term in the Senate, Sebastián was appointed by President Manuel Roxas to become Envoy-Extraordinary and Minister-Plenipotentiary to China in 1948. He was later appointed by President Elpidio Quirino as ambassador to Italy and the Holy See, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Nations Office at Geneva and ultimately Indonesia before retiring from the diplomatic service in 1954.

Sebastián was elected to the Quezon City Council in 1959.

Personal life He was married to Antonia Villanueva and had three children.