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Adelina S. Rodriguez was a former Mayor of Quezon City from April 1, 1976 – April 13, 1986.

After Mayor Amoranto tendered his resignation on March 30,1976, President Marcos and First Lady Imelda Marcos had chosen Adelina Rodriguez to take his place as the Mayor of Quezon City. On March 31,1976, Rodriguez took her oath of office before the President.

Mayor Adelina Rodriguez is the wife of then governor of the province of Rizal, Isidro Rodriguez. She came from an affluent Pampango family whose social standing is enviable. Her father, the late Eleuterio Santos, used to run several first class theaters in Manila- the Grand Opera House, Plaza Theater and the Tivoli. She went to the finest schools, like Assumption convent, where she entered a fourth grader in 1913 and went to finish high school in the College of the Holy Spirit. She took up education in the University of Santo Tomas (UST), major in Home Economics. While in UST, she was proclaimed "Miss Education," and she was a participant in practically all the programs in her school.

While a senior high school, she met Isidro Rodriguez, son of Amang Rodriguez, then Mayor of Manila. He was then graduating from the UP College of Law. She was six years younger than Isidro. Because Isidro Rodriguez was so insistent, before she graduated, she was already married and bore a child.

She became active in social work. Isidro was then in his second term as Governor of the Province of Rizal. She became President of the Rizal Federation of Women’s Clubs, and went on to become an officer- either as chairman or president of numerous other civic organizations. She believed that her club work and social activities had given her necessary grounding for the political career ahead of her. It gave her virtues of tolerance,patience and understanding. She was supported by civic clubs and business groups.

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• Name : Adelina S. Rodriguez
• Souse : Isidro Rodriguez