{{Short description|Filipino politician}} {{Philippine name|Duran|Imperial}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Leoncio Imperial |image = File:Leoncio Duran.jpg |image_size = 100px |office = Senator of the Philippines from the 6th district |term_start = 5 March 1917 |term_end = 6 June 1922 |predecessor = Jose Fuentebella (''as Senator-elect'')<ref name="Official Gazette">{{Cite book |last=Philippines |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eKcrAQAAMAAJ&dq=jose+fuentebella+senate+books&pg=PA13 |title=Official Gazette |date=1916 |language=en}}</ref> |successor = Juan B. Alegre |order2 = 8th |office2 = Governor of Albay |term_start2 = 16 October 1922 |term_end2 = 16 October 1925 |predecessor2 = José O. Vera |successor2 = Mariano Locsin |term_start3 = 16 October 1912 |term_end3 = 3 October 1916 |predecessor3 = Domingo Samson |successor3 = Rufino Tuanqui |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = }}
'''Leoncio Duran Imperial''' was a Filipino politician. He was governor of Albay from 1912 to 1916 and from 1922 to 1924. In the intervening period, Imperial served as a member of the Senate of the Philippines.
==Biography== Leoncio Imperial was born in the province of Albay. He was one of six children of Paciano Imperial<ref name="part2">{{cite web|title=The Imperials in Bicol History (Part II)|url=https://biklish.com/2009/01/06/20090106-part-ii/|accessdate=6 June 2023|work=Biklish|date=6 January 2009 }}</ref> and Josefa Duran. His father was Provincial Secretary of the Revolutionary Government during the Philippine Revolution. Imperial's grandfather, was Sinforozo Imperial, a mayor of Daraga and Legazpi in the mid-19th century.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Imperials in Bicol History (Part I)|url=https://biklish.com/2008/11/15/20081112-01/|accessdate=6 June 2023|work=Biklish|date=15 November 2008 }}</ref> Leoncio Imperial was admitted to the Philippine bar in 1902.
Imperial served as governor of Albay from 1913 to 1916.<ref name="biklish">{{cite web|title=Past Governors of Bicol – Albay|url=https://biklish.com/2008/06/17/20080616-01/|accessdate=6 June 2023|work=Biklish|date=16 June 2008 }}</ref> In 1917, he was elected to the newly created Senate of the Philippines from the 6th district following a scandal that led to the nullification of the previous results due to fraud and a rerun of the election.<ref name="part2"/> Because he received more votes than the other elected candidate Mario Guariña, his term in the Senate lasted six years.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Previous Senators|url=https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/senators/senlist.asp|accessdate=6 June 2023|work=Senate of the Philippines}}</ref> At the end of his term in 1922, Imperial was again elected governor of Albay, serving until 1925.<ref name="biklish"/> In 1949, he was appointed as technical assistant to President Elpidio Quirino.<ref>{{cite web|title=Appointments and Designations: March, 1949|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1949/03/01/appointments-and-designations-march-1949/|accessdate=6 June 2023|work=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}</ref>
==Family== Imperial belonged to a family that dominated politics in Albay for many years. His brother Carlos Imperial was Albay's representative to the 1st Philippine Legislature and a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. His cousin Domingo Imperial was also a senator from 1934 to 1935 and from 1945 to 1946. Another cousin, Jose Imperial was also governor of Albay. His second cousin, Carlos R. Imperial, was a congressman for the 2nd district of Albay and an MP in the Interim Batasang Pambansa.<ref name="part2"/><ref>{{cite web|title=The Imperials in Bicol History (Part III)|url=https://biklish.com/2009/01/22/the-imperials-in-bicol-history-part-iii/|accessdate=6 June 2023|work=Biklish|date=22 January 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Imperials in Bicol History (Last of the Series)|url=https://biklish.com/2010/07/13/the-imperials-in-bicol-history-last-of-the-series/|accessdate=6 June 2023|work=Biklish|date=13 July 2010 }}</ref>
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