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The Honorable Daniel Zialcita Romualdez
10th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
In office January 27, 1958 – March 9, 1962
Preceded by	Jose Laurel Jr.
Succeeded by	Cornelio Villareal
Speaker Pro Tempore of the Philippine House of Representatives
In office January 25, 1954 – December 30, 1957
Preceded by	Domingo Velasco
Succeeded by	Constancio Castañeda
House Minority Leader
In office March 9, 1962 – March 22, 1965
Preceded by	Cornelio Villareal
Succeeded by	Jose Laurel Jr.
Member of theHouse of Representatives fromLeyte
In office December 30, 1961 – March 22, 1965
Preceded by	Marcelino Veloso
Succeeded by	Artemio Mate
Constituency	1st district
In office December 30, 1949 – December 30, 1961
Preceded by	Juan Perez
Succeeded by	Dominador Tan
Constituency	4th district
Personal details
Born	Daniel Zialcita Romualdez (1907-09-11)September 11, 1907 Tolosa, Leyte,Philippine Islands
Died	March 22, 1965(1965-03-22) (aged 57)
Nationality	Filipino
Political party	Nacionalista
Alma mater	University of Santo Tomas (LL.B)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer

Daniel Zialcita Romualdez (September 11, 1907 – March 22, 1965) was aFilipino politician who served asSpeaker of theHouse of Representatives of the Philippines from 1957 to 1962. He was first cousin to formerFirst LadyImelda Marcos.

Daniel "Danieling" Romualdez was born inTolosa, Leyte. He was enrolled at theUniversity of Santo Tomas inSampaloc, Manila and obtained his law degree in 1931.

Romualdez' father was Don Miguel Lopez Romualdez, assemblyman for Leyte andMayor of Manila^[1] duringWorld War II. His mother was Brigida Zialcita of Manila.

Romualdez' father was the second of the three sons of Trinidad "Tidad" Lopez, eldest daughter of Spanish friar, Don Francisco Lopez ofGranada,Spain (later ofBurauen,Leyte), and Daniel Romuáldez ofPandacan,Manila, a tuberculosis survivor andCabeza de Barangay. His paternal grandfather Daniel was owner of theMalacañang Gardens, the huge expanse of land dedicated to entertaining guests of Philippine presidents.

Philippine Supreme Court Associate JusticeNorberto Romualdez was his uncle. Another uncle, Dean Vicente Orestes Romuáldez y Lopez, was the father ofImelda Marcos and grandfather of the current Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez.

Romualdez' great-grandfather was involved in the Sumuroy Revolt but narrowly escaped Spanish execution when he was allowed by David Dulay to visit his ailing mother.

Romualdez' siblings include Attorney Estela Zialcita Romualdez Sulit married to Mariano Sulit, Miguel Zialcita Romualdez Jr. married to CeciliaPlanas (distantly related to Rosario Planas), Alberto Zialcita Romualdez married to the Spanish mestiza Covadonga del Gallego ofPaco,Manila (their son is formerDepartment of Health SecretaryAlberto Romualdez), Amelia Zialcita Romualdez Janairo married to ex-Philippine Army chief engineer andUnited States Army veteran Maximiano Janairo ofCavite andVirginia (both are buried inArlington National Cemetery), Froilan Zialcita Romualdez married to Josefina Siervo andPhilippine Central Bank Governor Eduardo Romualdez married to Concepcion Veloso, popularly nicknamed Conchita, who also hailed from a powerfulLeyte political family.

He was married to Paz "Pacing" Gueco ofMagalang,Pampanga, member of the Kahirup, an aunt ofBenigno Aquino Jr. from nearbyConcepcion,Tarlac, and heiress to vast tracts of ricelands from herChinese-Filipino Gueco clan. He has four daughters.

Seeing the potential of his cousinImelda Marcos, who was by then the undisputed Rose of Tacloban title holder and was renowned throughout the provinces for her singing voice, Danieling and other cousin Loreto Romualdez Ramos brought Imelda to Manila.

His first cousin once removed, Daniel Gomez Romualdez, was aNew York City architect and son of former ambassador and governorBenjamin Trinidad Romualdez (brother ofImelda Marcos) and that of the son of Froilan Romualdez and Josefina Siervo named Daniel Siervo Romualdez.

Romualdezes were original members of theNacionalista Party and his old home on Dapitan Street Extension,Quezon City, was its regular meeting place.

Romualdez first entered politics in 1949 when he was elected to represent theFourth District of Leyte in the House of Representatives. A member of theNacionalista Party, Romualdez was re-elected in 1953 and 1957. In 1961, Romualdez was elected Representative of theFirst District of Leyte.

During the3rd Congress of the Philippines, Romualdez served as Speaker Pro-Tempore. After House SpeakerJose Laurel Jr. vacated his congressional seat in 1957 following an unsuccessful bid for theVice-Presidency, Romualdez replaced him as Speaker upon the opening of the4th Congress in 1957. Romualdez served as Speaker until March 1962, when his Nacionalista Party ceded its congressional majority to theLiberal Party.Cornelio Villareal succeeded him as Speaker. Romualdez assumed the post of Minority Floor Leader, in which capacity he was serving upon his death in office from a heart attack in 1965.^[2]

• Paras, Corazon L. (1996).The Speakers of the Philippine Legislative Branch. House of Representatives of the Philippines. pp. 111–112.ISBN 971-92100-0-1.

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