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The 1961 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on November 14, 1961. [1] Incumbent president Carlos P. Garcia lost his opportunity for a second full term as president of the Philippines to Vice President Diosdado Macapagal. [2] His running mate, Senator Gil J. Puyat, lost to Senator Emmanuel Pelaez. Six candidates ...
Presidential, legislative and local elections were held on November 14, 1961 in the Philippines. Incumbent President Carlos P. Garcia lost his opportunity for a second full term as President of the Philippines to Vice President President Diosdado Macapagal. His running mate, Senator Gil J. Puyat lost to Senator Emmanuel Pelaez. Independent ...
December 7 – Diosdado Macapagal is elected president in the presidential elections. December 30 – Macapagal takes his oath of office. December 31 – Lapu-Lapu becomes a city in the province of Cebu through ratification of Republic Act 3134 which was approved last June 17.
In 1984, another amendment reinstated the office of the vice president. The election of the vice president is similar to the United States presidential election, in which a vote for the president is also a vote for the vice president, although this was later changed to a separate vote for each position.
Carlos Polestico Garcia KR (Tagalog: [ˈkaːɾ.los poˌlɛːs.tɪˈxo gɐɾˈsiː.ɐ]; November 4, 1896 – June 14, 1971), often referred to by his initials CPG, was a Filipino teacher, poet, orator, lawyer, public official, political economist, guerrilla and Commonwealth military leader who was the eighth President of the Philippines from 1957 to 1961.
In the 1961 presidential election, Macapagal ran against Garcia's re-election bid, promising an end to corruption and appealing to the electorate as a common man from humble beginnings. [3] He defeated the incumbent president with a 55% to 45% margin. [6] His inauguration as the president of the Philippines took place on December 30, 1961. [12]
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Robert La Rue Stewart [1] (November 19, 1918 – April 6, 2006), popularly known in the Philippines as "Uncle Bob", was an American entrepreneur, TV personality, radio and TV producer in the Philippines. He founded GMA Network Inc. on June 14, 1950. Stewart came to the Philippines in 1943 as a war correspondent for United Press (UP). He fell in ...