Alfredo Montelibano, Sr.

Who was Alfredo Montelibano, Sr.?

Alfredo Montelíbano, Sr. was a Filipino politician and industrialist. He served as the first mayor of Bacolod City in 1938, as military governor of Negros Occidental from 1942 to 1945, and as Secretary of National Defense and Interior under President Sergio Osmeña from 1945 to 1946.

He was an alumnus of the University of the Philippines.

Montelíbano was President of the Planters Products Inc., Chamber of Agriculture and Natural Resources of the Philippines; Board Chairman of Pacwood Inc. and Rizal Youth Development Foundation Inc.

Country Bankers Insurance & Surety Co.; Country Bankers Life Insurance; Ferro-Cement Philippine Inc.; Philippine President lines and Modular Concrete Structures Inc.

Chairman, Import Control Commission, 1951; Administrator, Office of Economic Coordination, 1954-1955; Chairman, National Economic Council, 1955-1956; and Chairman-General Manager, Rice and Corn Administration, 1968-1971.

Board Chairman of Meralco Securities Corporation; Philippine Commercial & Industrial Bank; Farm Machinery Corporation; Insular Veneer Inc.; Pacific Woodworks International Inc.; Republic Real Estate Corporation; Hotel Enterprises of the Philippines Inc.