# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-avelino
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:56:53.360Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-avelino"
name: "José Avelino"
slug: "jose-avelino"
description: "José Dira Avelino Sr. was the first president of the Senate of the Third Republic of the Philippines and the second president of the Liberal Party. Born in Calbayog, Avelino started as a municipal councilor of the city and served as a representative of Samar from 1922 to 1928. He earned a law degree and was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1934. He served as Secretary of Labor and later as Secretary of Public Works and Communications in the late 1930s under President Manuel L. Quezon. He served as Senate President pro tempore to President Quezon prior to the establishment of the Commonwealth and was eventually elected as the president of the Senate in 1946. He unsuccessfully ran in the 1949 Philippine presidential election. Avelino died on July 21, 1986, at the age of 95."
tagline: "President of the Senate of the Philippines from 1946 to 1949"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jose_Avelino_studio_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1890-08-05"
deathDate: "1986-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.26
  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.783929333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Avelino"
    title: "José Avelino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Avelino"
    title: "José Avelino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Avelino"
    title: "Jose Avelino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%A3%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "خوسيه أفيلينو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Avelino"
    title: "Jose Avelino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Avelino"
    title: "Jose Avelino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Avelino"
    title: "José Avelino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Avelino"
    title: "José Avelino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5"
    title: "Авелино, Хосе"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Avelino"
    title: "José Avelino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1709015"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump