Jose Ledesma

Jose Benedicto Ledesma was a Filipino politician who served as governor of the province of Iloilo and senator.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Benedicto and the surname or paternal family name is Ledesma.

Jose Ledesma
Senator of the Philippines from the 7th District
In office 21 July 1927 – 2 June 1931 Serving with Jose Hontiveros Antonio Belo
Preceded by	Jose Maria Arroyo
Succeeded by	Ruperto Montinola
9th & 20th Governor of Iloilo
In office 1945–1945
Preceded by	Patricio Confesor
Succeeded by	Tomas Vargas
In office 1925–1927
Preceded by	Ruperto Montinola
Succeeded by	Jose Lopez-Vito
Personal details
Political party	Nacionalista

Biography

Jose Ledesma completed a bachelor's degree in law and passed the Philippine bar entrance exam in 1912. From the same year he was also a member of the Iloilo Provincial Board. From 1925 to 1927 he was governor of Iloilo. When Senator Jose Maria Arroyo died in 1927, Ledesma was elected during a special election on July 21, 1927, for the remainder of his term in the Philippine Senate as representative of the 7th District until 1931.^[1] After the Second World War, Ledesma was appointed acting governor of Iloilo in 1946.