Background
Pérez was born in San Carlos, Pangasinan.
Pérez was born in San Carlos, Pangasinan.
University of the Philippines.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts at the University of the Philippines and his law degree from that institution’s College of Law. While in law school, he worked as a clerk in the Bureau of Agriculture and the Executive Bureau. Pérez first entered politics in 1926 when he was elected to the municipal council of his hometown, San Carlos.
In 1928, he was elected to the Philippine Legislature as a Representative of the Second District of Pangasinan.
Pérez would be for eight consecutive terms. In 1946, Pérez joined the newly established Liberal Party, which obtained a congressional majority in the House of Representatives in the 1946 general elections.
He was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives when the 1st Congress of the Philippines convened later that year, and would serve as House Speaker throughout the 1st and 2nd Congresses. He helped secure the passage of the Bell Trade Acting and the Parity Rights Amendment to the Constitution, allowing American citizens and corporations equal access to Philippine minerals, forests and other natural resources.
Perez managed the unsuccessful re-election campaign of Quirino in 1953.
The Liberal Party lost its congressional majority in the House of Representatives in the 1953 general elections. Pérez assumed the role of Minority Floor Leader, while he was succeeded as House Speaker by José Laurel, Junior. of the Nacionalista Party. Pérez died in office in August 1957.
Pérez was married to a soprano, Consuelo Salazar, with whom he had three children.
Pérez is the grandfather of Joey de Venecia, a central figure in the 2007-2008 NBN controversy.
He defended the exercise of President Quirino of emergency powers granted to the President after the end of World World War World War II
He was a member of the Liberal Party, whose president he served as during his term as Speaker. When Quirino grew increasingly unpopular, Pérez rejected pleas from fellow Members of Congress to challenge the incumbent President for the Liberal Party nomination in the 1953 presidential elections.
