Lorenzo Sumulong

Politician

1905 – 1997

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Who was Lorenzo Sumulong?

Lorenzo Sumulong was a Filipino politician who served in the Philippine Senate for four decades, and as a delegate of his country to the United Nations. He was noted for having engaged in a debate with Nikita Khrushchev at the United Nations General Assembly that allegedly provoked the Soviet Union Premier to bang his shoe on a desk.

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Born
Sep 5, 1905
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Education
  • University of the Philippines
  • Harvard Law School
  • University of the Philippines College of Law
Lived in
  • Manila
Died
Oct 21, 1997

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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