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Under the American Military Government (1898–1901) Status: Defunct Inaugural holder: Wesley Merritt During the period when the Philippine Revolution and Spanish–American War were proceeding concurrently, the U.S. established a military government from August 14, 1898, in the parts of the country under control of U.S. forces [1] On June 22, 1899, the Malolos Congress promulgated the Malolos ...
The Filipino members of the Wood cabinet, including the entire Council of State, tendered their resignations to protest Wood's actions. [73] These events, the "Cabinet Crisis of 1923", strained relations between the U.S. colonial government under Wood and Filipino leaders, which lasted until his death in 1927.
The 1919–1922 Philippine financial crisis resulted as a consequence of an economic crisis which began in 1919 along with the mismanagement of the Philippine National Bank. Due to the Wood-Forbes Mission in 1921, there were questions among Filipino politicians on who should take responsibility.
February 18, 1936 – November 15, 1938 Manuel Roxas: November 26, 1938 – August 28, 1941 Serafin Marabut: August 28, 1941 – December 29, 1941 Secretary of the Interior: Elpidio Quirino: 1935–1938 Rafael Alunan: 1938–1940 Secretary of Justice: José Yulo: November 15, 1935 – November 1938 José Abad Santos: December 5, 1938 – July ...
On July 4, 1946, the United States recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines as a separate self-governing nation. [41] On October 16, 1947, the United Kingdom transferred the administration of the Mangsee Islands and the seven Philippine Turtle Islands to the Philippines. Before that the islands were under Philippine ...
The 1st National Assembly of the Philippines (Filipino: Unang Asambleyang Pambansa ng Pilipinas) was the meeting of the legislature of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from November 25, 1935 until August 15, 1938, during the first three years of Manuel L. Quezon's presidency.
Under the Commonwealth religious freedom was guaranteed, although government and national identity remained Christian and Manila-centric. [44]: 108–109 A national curriculum similarly sought to impose a single vision of a Filipino identity across the diverse ethnolinguistic groups of the islands.
Article 7, Section 16 of the Constitution of the Philippines says that the President . shall nominate and, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, appoint the heads of the executive departments, ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, or officers of the armed forces from the rank of colonel or naval captain, and other officers whose appointments are vested in him in this ...