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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.
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
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
He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon. Upon Quezon's sudden death in 1944, Osmeña succeeded him at age 65, becoming the oldest person to assume the Philippine presidency until Rodrigo Duterte took office in 2016 at age 71.
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, then a government-in-exile in the United States.
Aurora Antonia Aragon Quezon (born Aurora Antonia Aragón y Molina; February 19, 1888 – April 28, 1949) was the wife of Philippine President Manuel Luis Quezon and the First Lady of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944.