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Tecla San Andres Ziga

Tecla Ravago San Andres Ziga was a female senator in the Philippines notable for being the first woman in the country to top the bar examination for law-degree graduates, for being the first Bicolana senator, the first woman representative of Albay, the first woman representative to be re-elected, the only female member of the Commission on Bar Integration, one of the first nine governor of the board of governors of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. She was a Liberal Party politician whose legislative work prioritizes social welfare, women's rights, child protection, and public service. She and her son, Victor San Andres Ziga, were the first mother-and-son pair in Philippine history to have both served as senators.

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