كاميلو أوسياس

تلقى أوسياس تعليمه في بالاوان وفيجان وسان فرناندو ، وتم اختياره كباحث حكومي إلى الولايات المتحدة في عام 1905. درس في جامعة شيكاغو في عامي 1906 و1907 . تخرج من كلية المعلمين الحكومية في غرب إلينوي في ماكومب، إلينوي في عام 1908، ومن كلية المعلمين بجامعة كولومبيا في مدينة نيويورك في عام 1910. ^{[ 1 ]}

بعد عودته إلى الفلبين، عمل مدرساً ثم تولى مناصب إدارية مختلفة، لا سيما في مجال التعليم. فقد أصبح تباعاً أول مدير فلبيني للمدارس (1915-1916)، ثم مساعد مدير التعليم (1917-1921)، ثم محاضراً في جامعة الفلبين (1919-1921)، وأخيراً رئيساً للجامعة الوطنية (1921-1936)، وهي مؤسسة خاصة. ^{[ 2 ]}

Osías then entered national politics. He was a member of the first Philippine mission to the United States from 1919 to 1920. He was elected to the Philippine Senate in 1925, and as a Nacionalista, until he resigned to become a Resident Commissioner in the United States House of Representatives in 1929. He was reelected as Resident Commissioner in 1931 and served until January 3, 1935, when his term expired in accordance with the new government of the Philippine Commonwealth. In 1934, he was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Philippine Senate, but became a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1934, and a member of the first National Assembly for La Union's 1st district in 1935.^[3] In 1939, he was a member of the Economic Mission to the United States, and chairman of the Educational Mission between 1938 and 1941.

Back in the Philippines, Osías became chairman of the National Council of Education in 1941, Director of Publicity and Propaganda until January 1942, chairman of the National Cooperative Administration in 1941, later Assistant Commissioner of the Ministry of Education, Health, and Public Welfare, then Minister of Education until 1945. He was also Chancellor of Osías Colleges. He was elected again to the Philippine Senate in 1947 for a term expiring in 1953. He served two brief terms as President of the Senate of the Philippines (in 1952 and 1953), both of which began with the ouster of his predecessor and ended with his own. His first stint from April 17 to 30, 1952, remains the shortest term for a Senate President in the history of the chamber to date. He was the Philippines' representative to the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Rome and to the International Trade Conference in Genoa in 1948. He ran for reelection in 1953, but lost and again in 1955. He was elected again, this time as a Liberal to the Philippine Senate (1961–1967), and served as president pro tempore. He was a resident of Mandaluyong, Rizal (since incorporated into Metro Manila), until his death.

في 12 أبريل 1953، خسر أوسياس، بصفته شخصية بارزة في الحزب الوطني، ترشيح الحزب للرئاسة أمام رامون ماجسايساي في مؤتمر الحزب. ورغم خبرته وإسهاماته في الحزب، واجه أوسياس تحديات بسبب انتمائه الديني، كونه بروتستانتيًا في بلد ذي أغلبية كاثوليكية ، والشعبية الجارفة لماجسايساي. وشعورًا منه بالإهانة والهزيمة، انضم أوسياس في نهاية المطاف إلى الحزب الليبرالي . ^{[ 4 ]}