Sergio Osmeña, Jr.

This name uses Philippine naming customs. The middle name or maternal family name is Osmeña and the surname or paternal family name is Osmena.

Sergio Osmeña, Jr.
Senator of the Philippines
In office December 30, 1965 – December 30, 1971
Governor of Cebu
In office December 30, 1959 – December 30, 1963
In office December 30, 1951 – December 30, 1959
Personal details
Born	Sergio Veloso Osmeña, Jr. (1916-12-04)4 December 1916 Cebu City, Philippine Islands
Died	Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality	Filipino
Spouse(s)	Lourdes de la Rama
Children	Sergio Osmeña III María Victoria Osmeña Esteban Osmeña Tomas Osmeña Georgia Osmeña
Occupation	politician
Religion	Roman Catholic
Nickname(s)	Serging, S.O.J.

Sergio Veloso Osmeña, Jr., (December 4, 1916 – March 26, 1984), also known as Serging Osmeña, was a Senator of the Philippines, and is the son of Sergio Osmeña, Fourth President of the Philippines.

Early life

Sergio Osmeña Jr. was born in Cebu City on December 4, 1916 to former Philippine President Sergio Osmeña, Sr. and Estefania Veloso. He has a brother named Emilio Osmeña, father of Emilio Mario Osmeña, Jr. and John Henry Osmeña.

Known as "Serging" to his friends, Osmeña was incarcerated in the 1970s under Martial Law with Eugenio López, Jr. (later Chairman Emeritus of ABS-CBN Corporation until his death in 1999). The pair's escape from their maximum security prison in Fort Bonifacio was the subject of the 1995 film, Eskapo: the Serge Osmeña-Geny Lopez Story distributed and produced by Star Cinema.

Education

He graduated Associate of Arts, cum laude, from Ateneo de Manila University on 1935, and Bachelor of Science in Commerce, summa cum laude, from New York University in 1938.

Political career

In 1951, he was elected provincial governor of Cebu and Mayor of Cebu City for three terms in 1955, 1959 and 1963. Elected as representative for the second district of Cebu in 1958, his notable work as fiscalizer brought him recognition from the Congressional Press Club which voted him as one of the Ten Most Outstanding Congressmen of 1959.

In 1961, Osmeña ran for Vice-President of the Philippines as an independent, but lost to Senator Emmanuel Pelaez. In the November 1965 elections, he won a seat in the Philippine Senate. In 1969, incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos defeated Osmeña, who had earlier joined the Liberal Party.

Personal life

He was married to Lourdes de la Rama of Negros Occidental with whom he had five children: Senator Sergio Osmeña III; María Victoria Osmeña; Esteban Osmeña; Tomas Osmeña; and Georgia Osmeña.

Death

Osmeña died of respiratory failure at the age of 67 on March 26, 1984 at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.