Pastor Salazar

Pastor Salazar y Dacutan was a Filipino politician.

Early life

Pastor Salazar was born in 1891 and worked as a lawyer. In 1924, he cofounded the Holy Infant College in Tacloban, Leyte.

Political career

In 1916, he was elected to the Philippine House of Representatives representing the 2nd district of the undivided Samar, serving until 1922. Following the death of Tomás Gómez, Salazar was elected to fill his Senate seat in special elections held in 1926 representing the 9th senatorial district composed of Leyte and Samar. He served until 1928.
In 1940, he was elected to the Leyte Provincial Board and became acting governor of Leyte during the Japanese occupation and a delegate of the province to the 1943 constitutional convention which ratified the constitution of the puppet Second Philippine Republic. After the war, he was tried for collaboration.