All Entries in the "Philippine Presidents" Category
The Presidents of the Republic of the Philippines
Presidents of the Philippines are heads of states governing the country.
Biographies of each president, from Emilio Aguinaldo to Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo first studied in San Juan de Letran. He joined the revolution in 1896 as a lieutenant under Gen. Baldomero Aguinaldo and rose to the rank of general in a few months.
He was 29 years old when he became Chief of State, first as head of the dictatorship he thought should be established [...]
Manuel Quezon
Manuel L. Quezon, Philippine statesman, born in Baler, and educated at the University of San Tomás. He cut short his law studies at the University of Santo Tomás in Manila in 1899 to participate in the struggle for independence against the United States, led by Emilio Aguinaldo. After Aguinaldo surrendered in 1901, however, Quezon [...]
Jose P. Laurel
Jose P. Laurel was the president during the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines (1943-1945).
He was born on March 9, 1891 in Tanauan, Batangas to Sotero Laurel and Jacoba Garcia.
He received his law degree from the university of the Philippines in 1915 and Yale University in 1920. He was elected to the Philippine Senate in [...]
Sergio Suico Osmeña
Sergio Osemeña Sr. was the first speaker of the National Assembly and the second president of the Philippine Commonwealth.
He was born on September 9, 1878 in Cebu City. He then studied High School at San Carlos Seminary in Cebu City. He went to Manila and enrolled at San Juan de Letran, where he met [...]