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  2. Politics of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Politics in the Philippines are governed by a three-branch system of government. The country is a democracy, with a president who is directly elected by the people and serves as both the head of state and the head of government. The president serves as the leader of the executive branch and is a powerful political figure.

  3. Political history of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    [12]: 12–14 A changing economy also brought poverty, which led to raiding and the founding of the Civil Guard. Education reforms in the 1860s expanded access to higher education. [10]: 144 The 19th century also saw further attempts to establish control of the mountain tribes of the interior, although success remained limited.

  4. Timeline of Philippine political history - Wikipedia

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    June 12, 1898 – Independence is proclaimed in Kawit by the Dictatorial Government of the Philippines. [16] June 18 – Aguinaldo proclaims dictatorial government. [17] [18] June 23, 1899 – Aguinaldo issues proclamation replacing his dictatorial government with a revolutionary one. [19] [20] January 22, 1899 – Promulgation of the Malolos ...

  5. Government of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The government of the Philippines (Filipino: Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic constitutional republic in which the president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform ...

  6. Elections in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Elections in the Philippines are of several types. The president, vice-president, and the senators are elected for a six-year term, while the members of the House of Representatives, governors, vice-governors, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial board members), mayors, vice-mayors, members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod/members of the Sangguniang Bayan (city/municipal councilors ...

  7. History of the Philippines (1898–1946) - Wikipedia

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    The interim U.S. military government of the Philippine Islands experienced a period of great political turbulence, characterized by the Philippine–American War. Beginning in 1906, the military government was replaced by a civilian government—the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands —with William Howard Taft serving as its first ...

  8. List of sovereign state leaders in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The types of sovereign state leaders in the Philippines have varied throughout the country's history, from heads of ancient chiefdoms, kingdoms and sultanates in the pre-colonial period, to the leaders of Spanish, American, and Japanese colonial governments, until the directly elected president of the modern sovereign state of the Philippines.

  9. 2024 constitutional reform attempts in the Philippines

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    The political dispute has been characterized by the conflict between the upper and lower houses of the Congress of the Philippines. The House of Representatives is in favor of amending the constitution, while the Senate is opposed to it, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] with the latter being supported by several high profile politicians such as former president and ...