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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.
5 Death. 6 References. ... Incoming President Manuel Quezon. President: Manuel Quezon ... January 1 – New Year's Day; February 22 – Legal Holiday;
August 1 – Manuel L. Quezon, Philippine president (born 1878) [8] August 28 – Rafael R. Roces, Jr., Filipino journalist, writer, patriot, World War II spy, hero, and martyr. (born 1912) August 30 – Manuel Arguilla, Ilokano writer in English, patriot, and martyr. (born 1911)
On his Rizal Day address on December 30, 1937, President Manuel L. Quezon declared through Commonwealth Act No. 184 the adoption of Tagalog as the national language. Under Japanese occupation during World War II , the Rizal Day program of 1942 attended by Benigno Aquino Sr. , and President Jose P. Laurel included the recital of Rizal's final ...
Attestation of the Signature of the President, and Affixing the Great Seal, on Important Documents November 20, 1935 [4] 5 Reserving a Parcel of Land in the Barrio of Julugan, Municipality of Tanza, Province of Cavite, for School Purposes [5] 6 Order of Issue of City of Manila 1935 Thirty-Year 5 Per Cent Bonds December 9, 1935 [6] 7
President Quezon and Vice President Osmeña began their second term on Corregidor on Rizal Day, December 30, 1941. [4] [5] As invading Japanese forces advanced, all United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) military personnel were removed from the major urban areas. Manila was officially declared an open city on December 26. By then ...
President: Manuel L. Quezon: 1935–1941 Vice President: Sergio Osmeña: 1935–1941 Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce: Benigno Aquino: 1938–1940 Rafael Alunan Sr. 1940–1941 Secretary of Public Instruction: Sergio Osmeña: November 15, 1935 – December 1, 1938 Manuel L. Quezon: December 1, 1938 – April 19, 1939 Jorge Bocobo