This document contains summaries of four past presidents of the Philippines: 1. Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina was the second president of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944, succeeding Emilio Aguinaldo. 2. Corazon Aquino was the first female president of the Philippines, leading the 1986 People Power Revolution that ousted Ferdinand Marcos. She is considered the Mother of Asian Democracy. 3. Carlos Polistico Garcia was the eighth president from 1957 to 1961, implementing a "Filipino First" policy. 4. Elpidio Rivera Quirino was the sixth president from 1948 to 1953, having a career in law and politics prior to becoming president.

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2. Si Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina[1] (19
Agosto 1878 – 1 Agosto 1944) ay ang
ikalawang Pangulo ng Republika ng
Pilipinas (15 Nobyembre 1935 – 1 Agosto
1944). Siya ang kinilala bilang
ikalawang pangulo ng Pilipinas,
kasunod ni Emilio Aguinaldo (na ang
administrasyon ay hindi kinilala ng
ibang bansa sa mga panahong iyon at
hindi kinilala bilang unang pangulo sa
mga kapisanang internasyunal).

3. Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong
Cojuangco Aquino (January 25,
1933 – August 1, 2009) was
a Filipina politician who served as
the 11th President of the
Philippines and the first woman to
hold that office. She is widely
accredited as the Mother of Asian
Democracy. The first female
president in the Philippines,
Aquino was the most prominent
figure of the 1986 People Power
Revolution, which toppled the 21-
year rule of President Ferdinand
Marcos. She was
named Timemagazine's "Woman of
the Year" in 1986. Prior to this, she
had not held any other elective
office. She is the leader of the
world's most successful non-violent
and bloodless peace revolution
against a dictatorial regime.

4. Si Carlos Polistico Garcia (4
Nobyembre 1896 - 14 Hunyo
1971) ay
isang Pilipinong makata at
politiko at ang
ikawalong Pangulo ng Republ
ika ng Pilipinas (23 Marso
1957–30 Disyembre 1961).
Naging pangalawang pangulo
at miyembro ng gabinete
ni Ramon Magsaysay si
Garcia. Nanumpa siya
bilang pangulo nang
mamatay si Magsaysay.
Kilala si Garcia kanyang
pagpapatupad ng patakarang
"Pilipino Muna" ("Filipino
First").

5. Elpidio Rivera Quirino (born Elpidío
Quiríno y Rivera; November 16, 1890 –
February 29, 1956) was a Filipinopolitician
of ethnic Ilocano descent who served as the
sixth President of the Philippines from
1948 to 1953.
A lawyer by profession, Quiríno entered
politics when he became a representative
of Ilocos Sur from 1919 to 1925. He was
then elected as senator from 1925–1931.
In 1934, he became a member of the
Philippine independence commission that
was sent to Washington, D.C., which
secured the passage of Tydings–McDuffie
Act to American Congress. In 1935, he was
also elected to the convention that drafted
the 1935 constitution for the newly
established Commonwealth. In the new
government, he served as secretary of the
interior and finance under President
Manuel Quezon's cabinet.

6. Gen. Fidel Valdez Ramos, AFP (Ret.)
CCLH GCMG (Hon.) (Spanish: [fiˈðel
βalˈdes ra.mos]: born Fidel Ramos y
Valdez; March 18, 1928),[2] popularly
known as FVR and Eddie, is a retired
Filipino general and politician who served
as the 12th President of the Philippines
from 1992 to 1998. During his six years in
office, Ramos was widely credited and
admired by many for revitalizing and
renewing international confidence in the
Philippine economy. At age 90, he is
currently the oldest living former
Philippine President.
Prior to his election as president,
Ramos served in the cabinet of President
Corazón Aquino, first as chief-of-staff of
the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),
and later as Secretary of National Defense
from 1986 to 1991.[3] He was the father of
the Philippine Army's Special Forces and
the Philippine National Police Special

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Kalinangan 8 (Workteks sa Filipino) pahina 29-49