Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
Effectuating the Purposes of General Ruling No. 5, June 6, 1940, of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Approved June 6, 1940, by the President of the United States, Under Section 5 (B) of the Act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 411), as Amended, Executive Order No. 8389 of April 10, 1940, as Amended, of the President of the United ...
Manuel L. Quezon: 1906 – 1907 Nacionalista: Baler: 5 Alfredo Castro 1907 – 1908 Nacionalista: Atimonan: 6 Domingo Lopez 1908 – 1909 Nacionalista: Tayabas: 7 Primitivo San Agustin 1909 – 1912 Nacionalista: Tayabas: 8 Vicente Lukban: 1912 – 1916 Nacionalista: Lucban (Labo, Camarines Norte) 9 Maximo Rodríguez 1916 – 1922 Nacionalista ...
José Dira Avelino Sr. (August 5, 1890 – July 21, 1986), was the first president of the Senate of the Third Republic of the Philippines and the second president of the Liberal Party. He was Senate President pro tempore to President Manuel Quezon prior to the establishment of the Commonwealth .
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 the new government, he served as secretary of the interior and finance under the cabinet of President Manuel L. Quezon. After World War II, Quirino was elected vice-president in the April 1946 presidential election , consequently the second and last for the Commonwealth and first for the Third Republic .
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.
He studied at Mapua Institute of Technology and Manuel L. Quezon University and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Drawn to the Filipino literature that focused on the reality of life, especially about the workers and peasants and the downtrodden or the oppressed, Ordoñez concentrated in writing instead of practicing his degree.