Raymundo Melliza

Raymundo Angulo Melliza (March 15, 1854 – November 11, 1945) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the second governor of Iloilo during the American occupation of the Philippines and was also an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President in the 1935 elections as a running-mate of former President Emilio Aguinaldo.

Biography Melliza received his bachelor's degree at the University of Santo Tomas in 1873. He then pursued further studies in Spain, receiving his Licentiate in Laws from the University of Seville in 1878 and a Doctor of Laws degree from the Universidad Central de Madrid in 1879. He then returned to the Philippines the following year. Prior to the Philippine Revolution, he worked as a judge in Bulacan and Ilocos Norte and was even appointed by the Spanish colonial government in Cuba to serve as secretary of the Real Audiencia de La Habana, the highest court in the island, in 1897, although it is uncertain whether he took up the post as he was replaced after just a few months.

During the American occupation, Melliza served as Governor of Iloilo from 1904 to 1906. He then retired from politics He ran again in the 1941 Philippine general election, this time as a senatorial candidate under the Popular Front ticket of Senator Juan Sumulong and Emilio Javier, but he was again unsuccessful, placing 37th in a field of 102 senatorial candidates.

Melliza was a resident of Molo, now a district of Iloilo City. His ancestral home is now a tourist attraction of the city.