Mayor Eligio C. Sagun

Mayor Eligio C. Sagun

1946-1947, 1952-1955

Don Eligio C. Sagun marked the history of Bayambang as the first Municipal Mayor of the town upon the proclamation of the whole archipelago of the Philippines as a Republican State on July 4, 1946. He acquired the position by virtue of an appointment made by the first President of the Philippine Republic, Manuel A. Roxas.

Don Eligio Sagun enjoyed his appointment for one year, 1946-1947, after which he was succeeded by other appointive mayors, likewise, for one-year term cach

In 1952, Don Eligio Sagun was put back to the position, this time as the first mayor-elect of Bayambang on the basis of election by the people, He then enjoyed the position as the first mayor-elect for a term of three years that was from 1952-1955. He then governed the municipality in an historic period of rehabilitation and transition/adjustment from a long period of foreign rule to the new era of complete independence from colonial subservience.