# National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)

The National Assembly was the legislature of the Second Philippine Republic from September 25, 1943, to February 2, 1944.
Half of the membership of the assembly consisted of provincial governors or city mayors acting in an ex officio capacity, while the other half were indirectly elected through local conventions of KALIBAPI members during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.

## Sessions

* First Special Session: October 18 – 23, 1943
* First Regular Session: November 25 – December 22, 1943
* Second Special Session: January 10 – February 2, 1944

## Legislation

The National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic passed a total of 66 laws: Act No. 1 to 66.

### Major legislation

* Act No. 1 – Creation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

## Leadership

* Speaker: Benigno Aquino Sr. (Tarlac, KALIBAPI)
* Floor Leader: Francisco Zulueta (Bacolod, KALIBAPI)

## Members

The assembly consisted of 108 members from 46 provinces and 8 chartered cities. The numbers and territorial coverages of these areas differed from the pre-war status in several ways:
* The provinces of Batanes, Marinduque and Romblon had been abolished and their municipalities annexed to Cagayan, Tayabas and Capiz respectively by virtue of Executive Order No. 84 issued by Philippine Executive Commission Chairman Jorge Vargas on August 31, 1942.
* Jurisdiction over several areas in Tayabas were transferred to Nueva Ecija (the municipalities of Baler and Casiguran; corresponding to the entire present-day territory of Aurora) and Laguna (Infanta, including the present-day municipalities of General Nakar and Real) by virtue of Executive Order No. 84 issued by Executive Commission Chairman Jorge Vargas on August 31, 1942.
* Jurisdiction over the Polillo Islands in Tayabas was transferred to Laguna by virtue of Executive Order No. 103 issued by Executive Commission Chairman Jorge Vargas on November 1, 1942.
* The chartered cities of Dansalan (now Marawi), Tagaytay and Zamboanga were also not represented separately in the assembly; their territories were administered by the governments of their mother provinces Lanao, Cavite and Zamboanga, respectively.
* The representation of Manila also included the chartered city of Quezon City, along with the Rizal municipalities of Caloocan, Makati, Mandaluyong, Parañaque, Pasay and San Juan, which were constituted as the City of Greater Manila by Manuel Quezon's Executive Act No. 400 on January 1, 1942, as an emergency wartime measure.
| Province/City | Member | Party | Notes |
| Abra | Quintin Paredes Jr. | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Abra | Juan Brillantes | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Agusan | Elisa Ochoa | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Agusan | Ramon Aguirre | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Albay | Pio Duran | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Albay | Julian Locsin Jr. | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Antique | Alberto A. Villavert | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Antique | Tobias Fornier | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Bacolod | Francisco Zulueta | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Bacolod | Alfredo Yulo | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Bataan | Joaquin Linao | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Bataan | Simeon Salonga | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Batangas | Jose Laurel Jr. | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Batangas | Maximo Malvar | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Bohol | Vicente Bullecer | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Bohol | Agapito Hontanosas | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Bukidnon | Pedro Carrillo | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Bukidnon | Antonio Rubin | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Bulacan | Jacinto Molina | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Bulacan | Emilio Rustia | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Cagayan | Melecio Arranz | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Cagayan | Nicanor Carag | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Camarines Norte | Trinidad Zenarosa | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Camarines Norte | Carlos Ascutia | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Camarines Sur | Jose Fuentebella | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Camarines Sur | Andres Hernandez | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Capiz | Eduardo Abalo | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Capiz | Alfredo Jacinto | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Cavite | Emiliano Tria Tirona | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Cavite | Luis Ferrer | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Cavite City | Demetrio Encarnacion | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Cavite City | Ricardo Poblete | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Cebu | Jose Leyson | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Cebu | Jose Delgado | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Cebu City | Paulino Gullas | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Cebu City | Juan Zamora | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Cotabato | Menandang Piang | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Cotabato | Alfonso Pablo | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Davao | Juan Sarenas | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Davao | Romualdo Quimpo | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Davao City | Celestino Chavez | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Davao City | Alfonso Oboza | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Ilocos Norte | Conrado Rubio | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Ilocos Norte | Emilio Medina | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Ilocos Sur | Fidel Villanueva | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Ilocos Sur | Alejandro Quirolgico | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Iloilo | Cirilo Mapa Jr. | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Iloilo | Fermin Caram Sr. | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Iloilo City | Fortunato Ybiernas | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Iloilo City | Vicente Ybiernas | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Isabela | Gregorio Formoso | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Isabela | Lino Castillejos | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| La Union | Rufino Macagba | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| La Union | Bonifacio Tadiar | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Laguna | Marcelo Zorilla | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Laguna | Jesus Bautista | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Lanao | Datu Bato Ali | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Lanao | Ciriaco Raval | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Leyte | Jose Maria Veloso | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Leyte | Bernardo Torres | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Manila | Alfonso Mendoza | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Manila | Leon Guinto | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Masbate | Emilio Espinosa | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Masbate | Pio Corpus | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Mindoro | Raul Leuterio | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Mindoro | Felipe Abeleda | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Misamis Occidental | Rufino Abadiez | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Misamis Occidental | Eugenio S. del Rosario | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Misamis Oriental | Isidro Vamenta | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Misamis Oriental | Jose Artadi | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Mountain Province | Florencio Bagwan | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Mountain Province | Hilary Clapp | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Negros Occidental | Gil Montilla | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Negros Occidental | Vicente Castillo | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Negros Oriental | Julian Teves | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Negros Oriental | Guillermo Villanueva | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Nueva Ecija | Hermogenes Concepcion | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Nueva Ecija | Jose Robles Jr. | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Nueva Vizcaya | Guillermo Boñgolan | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Nueva Vizcaya | Demetrio Quirino | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Palawan | Iñigo Peña | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Palawan | Patricio Fernandez | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Pampanga | Felix Bautista | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Pampanga | Eligio Lagman | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Pangasinan | Bernabe Aquino | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Pangasinan | Santiago Estrada | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Rizal | Nicanor Roxas | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Rizal | Tomas Molina | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Samar | Serafin Marabut | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Samar | Cayetano Lucero | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| San Pablo | Sofronio Abrera | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| San Pablo | Tomas Dizon | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Sorsogon | Manuel Estipona | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Sorsogon | Rafael Ramos | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Sulu | Gulamu Rasul | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Sulu | Ombra Amilbangsa | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Surigao | Jose Cortez | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Surigao | Fernando Silvosa | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Tarlac | Benigno Aquino Sr. | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Tarlac | Sergio Aquino | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Tayabas | Tomas Morato | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Tayabas | Natalio Enriquez | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Zambales | Valentin Afable | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Zambales | Francisco Dantes | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
| Zamboanga | Juan Alano | KALIBAPI | Elected |
| Zamboanga | Agustin Alvarez | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio |
    Note: List is according to the National Assembly Yearbook 1943 and the Official program of the inauguration of the Republic of the Philippines and the induction into office of His Excellency Jose P. Laurel.