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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 ...
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.
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
In 1944, following the death of Manuel L. Quezon, Sergio Osmeña became the first vice president to succeed to the presidency On August 1, 1944, following the death of President Manuel L. Quezon due to tuberculosis, Vice President Sergio Osmeña took his oath of office and became the second president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines ...
The government in exile also published a news magazine in the United States called Philippines. President Quezon was invited by President Roosevelt to join the Pacific War Council, and was asked to sign the United Nations Pact for the Philippines; in doing so, Quezon became a signatory of the Atlantic Charter. [12]
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).
The 1935 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on September 16, 1935. This was the first election since the enactment of the Tydings–McDuffie Act, a law that paved the way for a transitory government, as well as the first nationwide at-large election ever held in the Philippines.
President: Manuel L. Quezon: Preceded by: Juan Nolasco [b] Jorge Bocobo [c] Succeeded by: Mariano Eraña [d] Basilio Valdes [e] Carlos P. Romulo [f] Secretary of Public Instruction in concurrent capacity as Vice President of the Philippines; In office November 15, 1935 – December 1, 1938: President: Manuel L. Quezon: Preceded by: Joseph R ...