# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tecla-san-andres-ziga
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:17:31.976Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tecla-san-andres-ziga"
name: "Tecla San Andres Ziga"
slug: "tecla-san-andres-ziga"
description: "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 and for being the first bicolana senator, first woman representative of Albay, and the first woman representative to win two consecutive terms (re-election). She was a Liberal Party politician whose legislative work reflected liberal reformist and feminist principles, particularly in social welfare, women's rights, child protection, and public service."
tagline: "Filipino politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tecla_San_Andres_Ziga.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1906-08-23"
deathDate: "1992-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.65
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.093666666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecla_San_Andres_Ziga"
    title: "Tecla San Andres Ziga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "تيكلا سان اندريس زيجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecla_Ziga"
    title: "Tecla Ziga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tecla_San_Andres-Ziga"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecla_San_Andres-Ziga"
    title: "Tecla San Andres-Ziga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecla_San_Andres_Ziga"
    title: "Tecla San Andres Ziga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12971726"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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