Jose V. Rodriguez

Jose Veloso Rodríguez (July 9, 1906, date of death unknown) was a Filipino Visayan medical doctor, politician, and legislator from Cebu, Philippines.

Jose Rodriguez was born in Cebu City on July 9, 1906 to Pedro Rodríguez y Lasala and Tomasa Chiong-Veloso y Rosales,[1] descended from wealthy Bogo family with extensive landholdings in the northern sugar-belt towns of the province.

[1] He was elected to the Congress' lower house representing Cebu's 7th District in 1941, but his term was cut short due to the outbreak of World War II.

[4] On April 6 of the same year, he was asked to vacate the post by the interim secretary and directed to act as technical assistant to the then President Elpidio Quirino.

[4] In his time, the local government units employed independent contractors to act as law enforcers and detectives for the city's chief executive.