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Lorenzo Sumulong (
September 5,
1905 –
October 21,
1997) was a
Filipino delegate to the
United Nations. It was his intervention to
Soviet Union Premier
Nikita Khrushchev during the 902nd Plenary Meeting of the UN General Assembly, held in New York in 12 October 1960, that resulted in Khrushchev famously
removing his shoe and making a move to bang it on the table. Sumulong's intervention presented below implied Soviet
hypocrisy in condemning Western
imperialism during a period in which the Soviets themselves were creating a bloc of puppet states in
Eastern Europe.
Biography
Sumulong was born in
Manila, Philippines. He finished law at the
University of the Philippines College of Law and went on to top the
1929 bar examinations. On
July 4,
1946, the Philippines became an independent state. During the elections for the
Philippine legislature that year, Sumulong was elected congressman. Having distinguished himself as an outstanding legislator, Sumulong was subsequently elected senator in
1949. He was reelected as senator of the republic three more times: in
1955,
1961, and
1969.
During his long stint as senator, Sumulong became well known as the chairman of the Senate Committee on public accountability also more popularly known as the Blue Ribbon Committee that masterfully investigated national controversies such as the Tambobong-Buenavista Estate deal and the
Harry Stonehill scandals. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, he led a Philippine delegation to the
United Nations General Assembly in
1960 where the famous "debate" with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev took place.
Sumulong was a member of the Constitutional Commission that drafted the
1987 Philippine Constitution. He died on October 21, 1997 at the age of 92.
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