Era: First President of the Philippines President of the First Republic
Constitution: 1899 Malolos Constitution
Preceded by: position established
Succeeded by: position abolished
Inauguration: January 23, 1899, Barasoain Church, Malolos, Bulacan (aged 29)
Capital: Malolos, Bulacan
Vice President: None
Prime Minister: Apolinario Mabini (January 21-May 7, 1899); Pedro Paterno (May 7- November 13, 1899)
Chief Justice: None
Senate President: None
Speaker of the House: None
Previous Positions Executive Local: Cabeza de Barangay, Binakayan, KawitProvincial: Capitan Municipal, Kawit National: President of the Revolutionary Government (Tejeros Convention) (March 22, 1897-November 1, 1897) National: President of the Biak-na- Bato Republic (November 2,1897-December 15, 1897) National: Head of the Dictatorial Government (May 24,1898 June 22, 1898) National: President of the Revolutionary Government (June 23, 1898-January 22, 1899)
Legislative None
Judicial None
Others General, Philippine Revolutionary ArmyMember, Council of State (Quirino, Roxas, Magsaysay, Garcia, Macapagal administrations)
Personal Details
Born March 22, 1869 Kawit, Cavite
Died February 6, 1964 Veterans Memorial Hospital, Quezon City
Resting Place Aguinaldo Shrine, Kawit, Cavite
Political Parties Magdalo faction, Katipunan (1897) National Socialist Party (1935)
Spouse Hilaria del Rosario (died 1921); Maria Agoncillo (died 1963)
Children Carmen Aguinaldo Melencio Emilio Aguinaldo, Jr. Maria Aguinaldo Poblete Cristina Aguinaldo Suntay Miguel Aguinaldo
Alma Mater Bachelor of Arts, Colegio de San Juan de Letran (college preparatory)
Occupation Politician
Manuel L. Quezon First term: November 15, 1935-December 30, 1941 Second term: December 30, 1941-August 1, 1944 (term extended on November 15, 1943) Era Second President of the Philippines
First President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
Constitution 1935 Constitution
Amended 1935 Constitution
Successor Sergio Osmea
Inauguration November 15, 1935, Legislative Building, Manila (aged 57)
December 30, 1941, Malinta Tunnel, Corregidor (aged 63)
Chief Justice Ramon Avancea (April 1, 1925-December 24, 1941)
Jose Abad Santos (December 24, 1941-May 2, 1942)
Speaker of the National Assembly Gil Montilla (November 25, 1935-December 30, 1938)
Jose Yulo (January 24, 1939-December 30, 1941)
Previous Positions
Executive Provincial: Governor of Tayabas (1906-1907)
Bureaucracy: Provincial fiscal of Mindoro
Bureaucracy: Provincial fiscal of Tayabas
Legislative Local: Municipal Councilor of Tayabas, Province of Tayabas (1906)
Lower House: Member and Majority Floor Leader of the First Philippine Assembly; Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations (October 16, 1907-May 20, 1909)
Lower House: Resident Commissioner to the U.S. Congress (November 23, 1909-October 15, 1916)
Upper House: First President of the Philippine Senate (October 16, 1916-November 15, 1935)
Upper House: Senator for the 5th Senatorial District (October 16, 1916-November 15, 1935)
Judicial None
Others Major, Philippine Army (1898-1901)
Personal Details
Born August 19, 1878
Baler, Tayabas
Died August 1, 1944
Saranac Lake, New York
Resting Place Quezon Memorial Circle, Quezon City
Political Parties Partido Nacionalista (1907-1921)
Partido Colectivista Liberal (1922)
Partido Nacionalista Consolidado (1923-1933)
Partido Nacionalista-Democrata (1934)
Coalition (Partido Nacionalista Democrata and Partido Pro-
Independencia Democrata) (1935-1937)
Nacionalista Party (1937-1944)
Parents Lucio Quezon
Maria Dolores Molina
Spouse Aurora Aragon (died 1949)
Children Maria Aurora Quezon
Maria Zenaida Quezon Avancea
Manuel L. Quezon Jr.
Luisa Corazon Paz Quezon
Alma Mater Secondary education: Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1892)
Bachelor of Arts, Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1894)
Bachelor of Laws, University of Santo Tomas (1903)
Occupation Land Surveyor
Lawyer (fourth place in the 1903 Bar Exam)
Sergio Osmea (succeeded) August 1, 1944-May 28, 1946 Era Fourth President of the Philippines
Second President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines Constitution
Amended 1935 Constitution
Predecessor
Manuel L. Quezon
Successor
Manuel Roxas
Inauguration
August 1, 1944, Washington, D.C. (aged 67)
Capital
Manila
Vice-President
None
Chief Justice
Manuel V. Moran (July 9, 1945-March 20, 1951)
Senate President
Manuel Roxas (July 9, 1945-May 25, 1946)
Speaker of the House
Jose C. Zulueta (June 9-December 20, 1945)
Previous Positions
Executive Provincial: Governor of Cebu (1905-1907)
Bureaucracy: Fiscal of Cebu
Cabinet: Secretary of Public Instruction (November 13, 1935- October 25, 1939)
Cabinet: Secretary of Public Instruction, Health, and Public Welfare (December 24, 1941-August 1, 1944)
National: Vice-President of the Philippines (November 15, 1935-August 1, 1944)
Legislative Local: Municipal Councilor
Lower House: Speaker of the Philippine Assembly (1907- 1916)
Lower House: Speaker of the House of Representatives (1916-1922)
Upper House: Senate President Pro-Tempore (1922-1933)
Upper House: Senator for the 10th Senatorial District (1922- 1935)
Judicial
None
Others Member, Council of State (Roxas, Quirino, Magsaysay, and Garcia administrations)
Member, National Security Council (Garcia administration)
Personal Details Born
September 9, 1878
CebuCity
Died
October 19, 1961
Veterans Memorial Hospital, Quezon City
Resting Place Manila North Cemetery, Manila
Political Parties Partido Nacionalista (1907-1921) Partido Nacionalista-Unipersonalista (1922) Partido Nacionalista Consolidado (1923-1933)
Partido Nacionalista (Pro) (1934) Nacionalista Coalition (Coalition Party) (1935-1937) Partido Nacionalista (1937-1945) Nacionalista Party (1945-1961)
Parents
Juana Suico Osmea
Spouse Estefania Chiong Veloso (died 1918)
Esperanza Limjap (died 1978) Children (by Estefania Chiong Veloso)
Vicente Osmea Nicasio Osmea Milagros Osmea Emilio Osmea Maria Paloma Osmea Teodoro Osmea Jose Osmea Sergio Osmea Jr. (by Esperanza Limjap) Ramon Osmea Rosalinda Osmea Victor Osmea Alma Mater
Elementary, University of San Carlos, 1892 Bachelor of Arts, Colegio de San Juan de Letran, 1894 Bachelor of Laws, University of Santo Tomas, 1903 Occupation
Journalist
Lawyer (second placer in the 1903 Bar Exam)
Jose P. Laurel October 14, 1943-August 17, 1945 Era Third President of the Philippines
President of the SecondRepublic
Constitution
1943 Constitution
Predecessor
Position established
Successor
Position abolished
Inauguration
October 14, 1943, Legislative Building, Manila (aged 51)
Capital
Manila
Vice President
None
Chief Justice
Jose Yulo (February 5, 1942-August 1945)
Speaker of the National Assembly Benigno S. Aquino Sr. (October 17, 1943-February 2, 1944)
Previous Positions
Executive Bureaucracy: Undersecretary, Department of the Interior (1922); Secretary of the Interior (1923)
Cabinet: Commissioner of Justice (1942-1943), Philippine Executive Commission
Legislative Upper House: Senator of the 5th Senatorial District (Batangas, Mindoro, Tayabas, Cavite, and Marinduque) (1925-1931)
Upper House: Senator (1951-1957)
Judicial Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1936-1941) Others
Delegate, 1934 Constitutional Convention
President, 1943 Preparatory Committee on Philippine Independence
Chairman, 1954 Economic Mission to the United States Founder, Lyceum of the Philippines
Personal Details Born
March 9, 1891 Tanauan, Batangas
Died
November 6, 1959 Tanauan, Batangas
Resting Place Tanauan, Batangas Political Parties Nacionalista Party (1925-1941)
KALIBAPI (1943-1945) Nacionalista Party (1945-1959)
Parents
Sotero Laurel Jacoba Garcia
Spouse Pacencia Hidalgo y Valencia
Children Speaker of the House Jose B. Laurel Jr.
Ambassador Jose S. Laurel III
Senator Sotero Laurel
Natividad Laurel Guinto
Potenciana Laurel Ypuangco
Mariano Laurel
Vice President Salvador H. Laurel
Arsenio Laurel
Rosenda Laurel Avancea
Alma Mater
Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines (1915)
Master of Laws, Escuela de Derecho (1919)
Doctor of Civil Laws, Yale University (1920)
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Santo Tomas (1936)
Honoris Causa, Tokyo University (1938) Occupation
Lawyer
Professor
Manuel Roxas First term: May 28, 1946 July 4, 1946 Second term: July 4, 1946 April 15, 1948 Era Fifth President of the Philippines
Third and last President of the Commonwealth
First President of the Third Republic
Constitution Amended 1935 Constitution
Predecessor Sergio Osmea
Successor Elpidio Quirino
Inauguration May 28, 1946, Legislative Building, Manila (aged 54)
July 4, 1946, Independence Grandstand, Manila (aged 54)
Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines (1913)
Occupation Lawyer
Law professor
Elpidio Quirino First term: April 17, 1948-December 30, 1949 (succeeded) Second term: December 30,1949-December 30, 1953 (elected) Era Sixth President of the Philippines
Second President of the ThirdRepublic
Constitution Amended 1935 Constitution
Predecessor Manuel Roxas
Successor Ramon Magsaysay
Inauguration April 17, 1948, Malacaan Palace, Manila (aged 57)
December 30, 1949, Independence Grandstand, Manila (aged 58)
Capital Manila, Quezon City Vice-President: Fernando Lopez (December 30, 1949-December 30, 1953)
Chief Justice Ricardo M. Paras (April 2, 1951-February 17, 1961)
Manuel V. Moran (July 9, 1945-March 20, 1951)
Senate President Mariano Jess Cuenco (February 21, 1949-December 30, 1951)
Quintin Paredes (March 5, 1952-April 17, 1952)
Camilo Osas (April 17, 1952-April 30, 1952; April 17, 1953- April 30, 1953)
Speaker of the House Eugenio Perez (July 5, 1946-December 30, 1953)
Previous Positions Executive Cabinet: Secretary of the Interior (1935-1938)
Cabinet: Secretary of Finance (1934-1936)
Cabinet: Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1946-1950)
National: Vice-President of the Philippines (May 28, 1946-April 17, 1948)
Legislative Lower House: Representative of the First District of Ilocos Sur, Philippine Assembly (1919-1925)
Upper House: Senator (1925-1931)
Upper House: Private secretary to Senate President Manuel Quezon (1916-1935)
Judicial None
Others Member, Council of State (Magsaysay administration)
Delegate, 1935 Constitutional Convention
Personal Details Born November 16, 1890
Vigan, Ilocos Sur
Died February 29, 1956
Novaliches, Quezon City
Resting Place Manila South Cemetery, Makati City
Political Parties Nacionalista Party (1919-1946)
Liberal Party (1946-1953)
Parents Mariano Quirino.
Gregoria Rivera
Spouse Alicia Syquia
Children Tomas Quirino
Armando Quirino
Norma Victoria Quirino Delgado
Fe Angela Quirino
Alma Mater Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines (1915)
Occupation Lawyer
Dean, College of Law, Adamson University
Ramon Magsaysay December 30, 1953-March 17, 1957 Era Seventh President of the Philippines
Third President of the Third Republic
Constitution Amended 1935 Constitution
Predecessor Elpidio Quirino
Successor Carlos P. Garcia
Inauguration December 30, 1953, Independence Grandstand, Manila (aged 46)
Capital Quezon City
Vice-President Carlos P. Garcia (December 30, 1953-March 17, 1957)
Chief Justice Ricardo M. Paras (April 2, 1951-February 17, 1961)
Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez (January 25, 1954-December 30, 1957)
Speaker of the House Jose B. Laurel Jr. (January 25, 1954-December 30, 1957)
Previous Positions Executive Cabinet: Secretary of National Defense (December 14, 1950- February 28, 1953)
Legislative Lower House: Representative, Lone District of Zambales (1946-1950)
Judicial None
Others Military: Captain, Philippine Army
Personal Details Born August 31, 1907
Iba, Zambales
Died March 17, 1957
Mount Manunggal, Asturias, Cebu
Resting Place Manila North Cemetery, Manila
Political Parties Liberal Party (1946-1953)
Nacionalista Party (1953-1957)
Parents Exequiel Magsaysay
Perfecta del Fierro
Spouse Luz Banzon
Children Teresita Magsaysay Vargas
Milagros Magsaysay Valenzuela
Senator Ramon Magsaysay Jr.
Alma Mater Bachelor of Arts in Commerce, Jose Rizal College (1932)
Occupation Mechanic
Bus Shop Superintendent
Bus Line Branch Manager
Carlos P. Garcia First term: March 18, 1957-December 30, 1957 (succeeded) Second term: December 30, 1957-December 30, 1961 (elected) Era Eighth President of the Philippines
Fourth President of the Third Republic
Constitution Amended 1935 Constitution
Predecessor Ramon Magsaysay
Successor Diosdado Macapagal
Inauguration March 1, 1957, Malacaan Palace, Manila (aged 61)
December 30, 1957, Independence Grandstand, Manila (aged 62)