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Nicasio Siason Valderrosa (1891-1954) was the first mayor of Zamboanga City after it became a chartered city in 1937. Valderrosa began his career as a schoolteacher and held various government positions in Negros Occidental and Zamboanga provinces. As mayor of Zamboanga, he oversaw the transfer of the Moro village to a new location. In 1939, he was assigned to serve as mayor of Baguio City where he helped stabilize its finances and relocated squatters. Valderrosa later served as mayor of Basilan from 1948 to 1953, developing road networks and infrastructure projects. He retired in 1954 after a lengthy and accomplished career in public service.

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Nicasio Siason Valderrosa (1891-1954) was the first mayor of Zamboanga City after it became a chartered city in 1937. Valderrosa began his career as a schoolteacher and held various government positions in Negros Occidental and Zamboanga provinces. As mayor of Zamboanga, he oversaw the transfer of the Moro village to a new location. In 1939, he was assigned to serve as mayor of Baguio City where he helped stabilize its finances and relocated squatters. Valderrosa later served as mayor of Basilan from 1948 to 1953, developing road networks and infrastructure projects. He retired in 1954 after a lengthy and accomplished career in public service.

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NICASIO S. VALDERROSA (1937-1939)

On October 12, 1936, President Manuel L. Quezon signed the law making Zamboanga a Chartered City, but it was
not until February 26, 1937 that the first officials of Zamboanga City were sworn into office. At the forefront of this
group of newly appointed Zamboangueño leaders was Nicasio Siason Valderrrosa, who was to become the first
mayor of Zamboanga as a chartered city.

Valderrosa was born on October 11, 1891, in Bacolod, Negros Occidental. His parents were Domingo Valderrosa of
Lucban, Quezon, and Lorenza Siason of Bacolod. 

Mayor Valderrosa began his public career as a schoolteacher in Bacolod from 1906 to 1908. He was assigned as
chief clerk at the Office of the Division Superintendent of Schools in Negros Occidental from 1907 to 1917. His
superiors were so impressed with his performance that in 1918, Ñor Nick, as he was fondly called, was appointed to
the Provincial Treasury.

Valderrosa came to Zamboanga in 1930 when he was appointed to the position of Secretary and Treasurer for the
Province of Zamboanga. He was to hold this position until 1937. This was to be turning point in Valderrosa’s life as
this gave him the opportunity to serve as acting provincial governor for the province, which at that time was
undergoing a period of transition. 

His management skill did not go unnoticed. It helped him capture the appointment as city mayor. Mayor Valderrosa’s
term would be a landmark in Zamboanga City’s history as it was the very first civil government under the
Commonwealth, a government that would be run by Filipinos. However, the position of mayor at that time was still an
appointive one, and the mayor served at the pleasure of the President. In 1939, Mayor Valderrosa on the request of
President Quezon, was assigned to the newly created chartered city of Baguio, which was experiencing
administrative problems as a fledgling city. President Quezon felt Baguio needed Valderrosa’s administrative hand. 

Despite his reluctance to leave Zamboanga, Valderrosa took up the challenge and served as Bagiuo’s mayor until
1944. He would be the second Filipino to hold the position of mayor of that city until the outbreak of World War II.
However, immediately after the war, he was designated by the military authorities through the Philippine Civil
Authorities Unit (PCAU) as mayor of Baguio again in order to reorganize its government.

After his assignment in Baguio, Ñor Nick came back to Zamboanga and took up residence here until 1948. When
Basilan became a separate city from Zamboanga, he was appointed by President Elpidio Quirino as Basilan’s new
mayor, a position he held until 1953.

In 1954, Valderrosa retired after 47 years in public service. After retirement he devoted much of his time to farming
and the family business. 

As mayor of Zamboanga, Baguio and Basilan, Mayor Nicasio Valderrosa left behind a legacy of accomplishments. In
Zamboanga City, he was responsible for the transfer of the Moro village from Cawa-Cawa Boulevard to Campo
Islam. He was credited with stabilizing the financial problems in Baguio and the establishment of the workmen’s
village. It was also in Baguio where he relocated squatters to Aurora Hill and at the same time started the Sto. Tomas
waterworks. The Basileños would always cherish the memory of Mayor Valderrosa as the man who was responsible
for the road network in the province. It was to his credit that the Isabela Market and Basilan Electric Plant were
constructed.

Mayor Valderrosa was not only energetic as public servant but was also equally very active in civic activities. He was
responsible for organizing the Boy Scouts of the Philippines local council and was also involved in the National Red
Cross and Anti-Tuberculosis Society. 

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