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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 ...
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
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.
In October 1935, Manuel L. Quezon was elected the first president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, which had been established, still under United States sovereignty, under a constitution ratified on May 14 of that year. [66] During its first five years, the president could serve for a six-year term that cannot be renewed. [67]
First president to have assumed the presidency upon the death of his predecessor (Manuel L. Quezon). First president to be sworn in as president overseas (United States). First president to be defeated in a presidential election in his incumbency . First and only president who is an illegitimate child. [14]
Cartoon of Osmeña and Quezon receiving bribes from the Philippine National Bank, published by Bag-ong Kusog, March 7, 1924. If Osmeña controlled the Philippine National Bank, then Senate President Manuel Quezon was seen as the main supporter of the Manila Railroad Company (MRC).
Senate President Manuel Luis Quezon Senate President pro tempore Sergio Osmeña After the passage of the Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act in the United States in 1933, only requiring approval of the Philippine legislature, the Nacionalista Party was split between the Quezon and Osmeña factions. [ 2 ]