Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 1946 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on April 23, 1946, according to Commonwealth Act No. 725. Incumbent president Sergio Osmeña ran for a full term but was defeated by Senator Manuel Roxas .
The election was generally peaceful and orderly except in some places where passions ran high, especially in the province of Pampanga.According to the controversial decision of the Electoral Tribunal of the House of Representatives on Meliton Soliman vs. Luis Taruc, Pampanga was under the terroristic clutches and control of the Hukbalahaps.So terrorized were the people of Arayat, at one time ...
The Prime Minister of the Philippines (Spanish: Primer Ministro de Filipinas; Tagalog: Punong Ministro ng Pilipinas) was the official position of the head of the government (whereas the President of the Philippines was the head of state) of the Philippines. The position existed in the country from 1978 to 1986, as well as a limited version of ...
1945–1946 Second president served as Senate President (1916–1935) Elpidio Quirino: 1st: 1925–1935 Second and last president served as President pro tempore (1945–1946) At-large 1945–1946 Carlos P. Garcia: 1945–1953 First President served as Minority Floor Leader (1946–1953) Ferdinand E. Marcos: 1959–1965
Manuel Roxas, president from 1946 to 1948. When the Congress of the Philippines was convened in 1945, the legislators elected in 1941 chose Manuel Roxas as Senate President. In the Philippine national elections of 1946, Roxas ran for president as the nominee of the liberal wing of the Nacionalista Party. He had the staunch support of General ...
April 23 – Manuel Roxas is elected as the first president of the Third Republic of the Philippines in the presidential elections, as well as the last president (equivalent to governor) of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, defeating incumbent Sergio Osmeña in advance of scheduled independence. [2] April 28 – The University of Batangas is ...
Before parliament was elected referendums in 1973 and 1977 affirmed that Marcos will stay as president and prime minister even after parliament has been organized. In 1981, via constitutional amendment , the president is again elected via popular vote, with a term of office of six years starting at the thirtieth of June of the year of the election.
Economy of the Philippines under President Manuel Roxas 1946–1948; Population; 1948: 19.23 million: Gross Domestic Product (1985 constant prices) 1947: Php 85,269 million: Growth rate, 1947–48: 39.5%: Per capita income (1985 constant prices) 1947: Php 4,434: Total exports; 1947: Php 24, 824 million: Exchange rates; 1 US$ = Php 2.00 1 Php ...