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US President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office, evidently receiving a cane as a gift from the Philippine President Elpidio Quirino as Ambassador Joaquín Elizalde looks on. Quirino's administration excelled in diplomacy, impressing foreign heads of states and world statesmen by his intelligence and culture.
Malacañang Palace in Manila is the official residence of the president. [note 1] Built in 1750, it has become a prominent symbol of and metonym for the office.Under the Constitution of the Philippines, the president of the Philippines (Filipino: Pangulo ng Pilipinas) is both the head of state and government, and serves as the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces.
This is a list of the current and former Philippine presidents by previous executive experience before they became president of the Philippines. Executive experience is defined as having been something where one is the top decision-maker in a company, a regional constituency, a military unit, or something similar.
Ferdinand Marcos is the longest-serving president, having been in office for 20 years, 57 days (7,362 days). Due to Martial Law and subsequent political maneuvers, Marcos stayed in power until he was ousted in 1986.
A list of birthplaces of presidents of the Philippines. As of December 2024, 13 modern-day provinces, along with the National Capital Region, claim the distinction of being the birthplace of a president. The number of presidents born per modern-day province are:
The President of the Philippines in Filipino is referred to as Ang Pangulo or Pangulo ("Presidente," informally). The executive power is vested in the President of the Philippines. Andrés Bonifacio was President (titled Supremo) of the Tagalog Republic's revolutionary government from 1896 to 1897. Emilio Aguinaldo was President of the ...
The 1965 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on November 9, 1965. Incumbent President Diosdado Macapagal lost his opportunity to get a second full term as president of the Philippines to Senate President Ferdinand Marcos. His running mate, Senator Gerardo Roxas, lost to former vice president Fernando Lopez.
Emmanuel Neri Pelaez (November 30, 1915 – July 27, 2003) was a Filipino public servant and politician who served as the 6th Vice President of the Philippines from 1961 to 1965. Early life and career