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Elpidio Rivera Quirino (Tagalog:; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 6th President of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953. A lawyer by profession, Quirino entered politics when he became a representative of Ilocos Sur from 1919 to 1925.
Elpidio Quirino, the President of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953, was alleged to have own a golden arinola [a] and was subject to controversy. The controversy was tackled in Senate, with Quirino's political opponents unsuccessfully using the scandal as grounds for the president's impeachment. The scandal however is attributed to one of the ...
The 1949 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on November 8, 1949. Incumbent President Elpidio Quirino won a full term as President of the Philippines after the death of President Manuel Roxas in 1948. His running mate, Senator Fernando Lopez, won as Vice President. Despite factions created in the administration ...
Elpidio Quirino, president from 1948 to 1953. Quirino assumed the presidency on April 17, 1948, taking his oath of office two days after the death of Manuel Roxas. In 1949 the wartime president, Jose P. Laurel of the Nacionalista Party, ran against Quirino in what has been described as a particularly corrupt and venal exercise in democracy ...
The 1946 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on April 23, 1946, according to Commonwealth Act No. 725. Incumbent president Sergio Osmeña ran for a full term but was defeated by Senator Manuel Roxas. Meanwhile, senator Elpidio Quirino defeated fellow senator Eulogio Rodriguez to become vice president.
The State of the Nation Address that was picked up was delivered on 10:00 am of January 23, 1950. [ 1] Elpidio Quirino was then in the United States, confined at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. [ 2][ 3] He was recovering from a heart ailment. [ 4] Radio Computing Services was responsible for relaying the radio broadcast from Quirino in ...
Three vice presidents have succeeded to the presidency due to the death of presidents: Sergio Osmeña in 1944, [13] Elpidio Quirino in 1948, [14] and Carlos P. Garcia in 1957. [15] Fernando Lopez was the longest-serving vice-president, who served for a combined total of almost 11 years.
1949 →. The first inauguration of Elpidio Quirino as the sixth president of the Philippines took place on April 17, 1948 at the Council of State Room of the Malacañan Palace in Manila, following the death of President Manuel Roxas two days earlier of a heart attack after delivering a speech at Clark Air Base in Pampanga.