Pacita Madrigal-Warns
Pacita Madrigal-Warns | |
|---|---|
Madrigal-Warns in 1955 | |
| Senator of the Philippines | |
| In office December 30, 1955 – December 30, 1961 | |
| Secretary of Social Welfare Administration | |
| In office 1953–1955 | |
| President | Ramon Magsaysay |
| Preceded by | Asuncion A. Perez |
| Succeeded by | Amparo Villamor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | María Paz Madrigal y Paterno May 4, 1915 |
| Died | September 12, 2008 (aged 93) |
| Party | Nacionalista |
| Spouse(s) | Herman Warns (m. 1945, d. 1956) Gonzalo Wilfrado Gonzales (m. 1956) |
| Children | 2 (1 each from Warns and Gonzales) |
| Alma mater | Sorbonne University University of Santo Tomas |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Ballet dancer |
Maria Paz Paterno Madrigal-Warns (nee Madrigal) (May 4, 1915 – September 12, 2008), commonly known as Pacita Madrigal-Warns (from 1945 to 1956), later Pacita Madrigal Gonzales (from 1956 until her death), was a Filipina ballet dancer, former beauty queen, and politician. She served as the administrator of the Social Welfare Administration (SWA) under Ramon Magsaysay's cabinet from 1953 to 1955 and was a Senator of the Philippines from 1955 to 1961 during the Third and Fourth Congresses; she was the second woman to be elected to the Philippine Senate. As a senator, Madrigal-Warns authored the bill that would become Republic Act No. 3060, which created the Board of Censors for Motion Pictures in 1961.
In 1970, a corruption scandal at the National Cottage Industries Development Authority (NACIDA) led to Madrigal-Warns' resignation as its administrator.