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Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina [b] GCGH KGCR (UK: / ˈ k eɪ z ɒ n /, US: / ˈ k eɪ s ɒ n,-s ɔː n,-s oʊ n /, Tagalog: [maˈnwel luˈis ˈkɛson], Spanish: [maˈnwel ˈlwis ˈkeson]; 19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who was president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until his death in ...
Manuel L. Quezon: President of the Senate of the Philippines, Governor of Tayabas: 3: Jose P. Laurel: Secretary of the Interior: 4: Sergio Osmeña: Governor of Cebu, Secretary of Public Instruction, Health, and Public Welfare, Vice President of the Philippines: 5: Manuel Roxas: Governor of Capiz: 6: Elpidio Quirino: Vice President of the ...
Of the individuals elected as president, three died in office: two of natural causes (Manuel L. Quezon [26] and Manuel Roxas [27]) and one in a plane crash (Ramon Magsaysay, 1953–57 [28]). The longest-serving president is Ferdinand Marcos with 20 years and 57 days in office; he is the only president to have served more than two terms.
[60] [45] Manuel L. Quezon is considered to be the first president by the United States when they gave the Philippines independence through the Tydings–McDuffie Act. [93] He is also the first to win a popular election and a nationwide election. [94] During the Second World War, the Philippines had two presidents heading two governments. [95]
Quezon's Game is a 2018 Philippine biographical drama film directed by Matthew Rosen. The film centers on Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon and his plan to shelter German and Austrian Jews in the Philippines who were fleeing Nazi Germany during the pre-World War II era.
Manuel L. Quezon: Preceded by: Juan Nolasco [b] Jorge Bocobo [c] Succeeded by: Mariano Eraña [d] Basilio Valdes [e] Carlos P. Romulo [f] 14th Secretary of Public Instruction in concurrent capacity as Vice President of the Philippines; In office November 15, 1935 – December 1, 1938: President: Manuel L. Quezon: Preceded by: Joseph R. Hayden ...
On December 10, 1941, then-Associate Justice Laurel was appointed by President Manuel L. Quezon as acting Secretary of Justice. He was later appointed Commissioner of Justice by the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Forces on January 26, 1942, but was effective three days prior.
Authorizing and Empowering Colonel Manuel Roxas, Secretary to the President, to Act for and in Behalf of the President of the Philippines March 26, 1942 [402] 1-W Amending Rules and Regulations Governing the Appointment and Supervision of Government Pensionados May 13, 1942 [403] 2-W