Francisco Tongio Liongson | |
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| Senator of the Philippines from the 3rd district | |
| In office 1916–1919 Serving with Isauro Gabaldon | |
| Preceded by | Post created |
| Succeeded by | Ceferino de Leon |
| 8th Governor of Pampanga | |
| In office 1912–1916 | |
| Preceded by | Mariano Lim |
| Succeeded by | Honorio Tizon Ventura |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francisco Liongson y Tongio December 3, 1869 Bacolor, Pampanga, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Died | February 20, 1919 (aged 49) Manila, Philippine Islands |
| Political party | Nacionalista |
| Spouse | María Dolores Alonso |
| Children | Francisco Alonso Liongson |
| Relatives | Pedro Tongio Liongson (brother) |
| Education | Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, Bachelor of Arts |
| Known for | The first Pampango Senator |
Francisco Tongio Liongson (December 3, 1869 – February 20, 1919) was a Filipino medical doctor and politician. He belonged to a generation of Philippine colonial subjects who struggled to evolve a national identity for their homeland in the fringes of the Spanish Empire. Late in the 18th century, the concept of being a Filipino was still nebulous and infantile. The name did not even originally apply to all the inhabitants of the Philippine archipelago, but to a small group of Spaniards born there. Motivated by the injustices prevalent in the Philippines, small colonies of native expatriate students in Europe involved themselves in the Propaganda Movement with the purpose of exposing these abuses and in the process began to assume a consciousness articulating reforms of a national interest that was consequently distinct from Spain. Liongson was one of these Filipino students in Madrid. He walked among peers who would one day become Philippine National Heroes.