EMILIO F. AGUINALDO
QUEZON
1899-1901
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy, QSC CCLH was a
Filipino revolutionary, politician and a military
leader who is officially inaugurated as the
first and the youngest President of the
Philippines and first president and dictator of
the Philippine Republic in January of 1899.
MANUEL L.
1935-1944
Manuel L. Quezon was a Filipino statesman,
soldier and politician who served as President of
the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was the
first president of the Philippine Commonwealth
established under U.S. tutelage in 1935, and is
considered to have been the second President of
the Philippines, after Emilio Aguinaldo.
 JOSE P. LAUREL
1943-1945
Jose P. Laurel, CCLH was a Filipino politician
and judge. He was the president of the
Second Philippine Republic a Japanese puppet
state when occupied during World War II
from 1943 to 1945.
SERGIO OSMEÑA, SR.
1944-1946
Sergio Osmeña Sr., PLH, was a Filipino politician who
served as the third President of the Philippines from
1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L.
Quezon. Upon Quezon’s sudden death in 1944,
Osmeña succeeded him, at age 65, becoming the
oldest holder of the office. A founder of the
Nacionalista Party and was also the first Visayan to
become president.

MANUEL A. ROXAS
1946-1948
Manuel Acuña Roxas was the fifth President of the
Philippines who served from 1946 until his death in
1948. He briefly served as the third and last President
of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, subsequently
becoming the first president of the independent Third
Philippine Republic after the United States ceded its
sovereignty over the Philippines.
ELPIDIO R. QUIRINO
1948-1953
Elpidio R. Quirino was a Filipino politician of ethnic
Ilocano descent who served as the sixth President of
the Philippines from 1948 to 1953. He was the second
president of the Independent Republic of the
Philippines. He was elected to the Philippine Congress
in 1919. He then served as vice president under
Manuel Roxas, becoming president upon Roxas’ death
in 1948. For six years, he oversaw postwar
reconstruction, but his administration suffered from
corruption.

RAMON F. MAGSAYSAY
1953-1957
Ramon del Fiero Magsaysay Sr. was a Filipino
politician who was the seventh President of
the Philippines, serving from December 330,
1953 until his death in an aircraft disaster in
1957.
CARLOS P. GARCIA
1957-1961
Carlos Polestico Garcia was a Filipino teacher, poet,
orator, lawyer, public official, political economist,
organized guerilla and Commonwealth military leader.
He became the eighth President of the Philippines in
March 1957, upon the death of Pres. Ramon
Magsaysay, and was elected to a full-year term the
same year.
 DIOSDADO P. MACAPAGAL
1961-1965
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal was the ninth President of
the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the
sixth Vice-President serving from 1957 to 1961. He
also served as a member of the House of
Representative, and headed the Constitutional
Convention of 1970. A reformist president of the
Philippines.
FERDINAND E. MARCOS, SR.
1965-1986
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. was a Filipino
politician and kleptocrat who was the tenth President
of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. A leading
member of the far-right New Society Movement, he
ruled as a dictator under martial law from 1972 until
1981. His regime was infamous for its corruption,
extravagance and brutality.