EDUCATION

1. PRESIDENTS
OF THE
PHILIPPINES

2. Emilio
Aguinaldo y
Famy
(March 22, 1869 - February 6, 1964)
A Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and
military leader who is the youngest
president of the Philippines (1899–1901)
and became the first president of the
Philippines and of an Asian constitutional
republic. He led the Philippine forces first
against Spain in the Philippine Revolution
(1896–1898), then in the Spanish–American
War (1898), and finally against the United
States during the Philippine–American War
(1899–1901).

3. Manuel Luis
Quezon y Molina
(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 1944.
He was the first Filipino to head a government
of the entire Philippines and is considered the
second president of the Philippines after
Emilio Aguinaldo (1899–1901), whom Quezon
defeated in the 1935 presidential election.

4. José Paciano
Laurel y García
(March 9, 1891 – November 6, 1959)
A Filipino politician, lawyer, and judge, who
served as the president of the Japanese-
occupied Second Philippine Republic, a puppet
state during World War II, from 1943 to 1945.
Since the administration of President
Diosdado Macapagal (1961–1965), Laurel has
been officially recognized by later
administrations as a former president of the
Philippines.

5. Sergio Osmeña Sr.
(September 9, 1878 – October 19, 1961)
A Filipino lawyer and politician who served as
the fourth president of the Philippines from
1944 to 1946. 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. A founder of the
Nacionalista Party, Osmeña was also the first
Visayan to become president.

6. Manuel Acuña
Roxas
(January 1, 1892 – April 15, 1948)
A Filipino lawyer and politician who served as
the fifth president of the Philippines from
1946 until his death in 1948. He served briefly
as the third and last president of the
Commonwealth of the Philippines from May
28, 1946, to July 4, 1946, and became the first
president of the independent Third Philippine
Republic after the United States ceded its
sovereignty over the Philippines.

7. Elpidio Rivera
Quirino
(November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956)
A Filipino lawyer and politician who served as
the 6th president of the Philippines from 1948
to 1953. A lawyer by profession, Quirino
entered politics when he became a
representative of Ilocos Sur from 1919 to 1925.
He was then elected as a senator from 1925 to
1935. 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 the United
States Congress. In 1935, he was also elected to
the 1935 Constitutional Convention that
drafted the 1935 Philippine Constitution for the
newly established Philippine Commonwealth.
In the new government, he served as secretary
of the interior and finance under the cabinet of
President Manuel L. Quezon.

8. Ramon del Fierro
Magsaysay Sr.
(August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957)
A Filipino statesman who served as the seventh
president of the Philippines, from December 30,
1953, until his death in an aircraft disaster on
March 17, 1957. An automobile mechanic by
profession, Magsaysay was appointed military
governor of Zambales after his outstanding
service as a guerrilla leader during the Pacific
War. He then served two terms as Liberal Party
congressman for Zambales's at-large district
before being appointed Secretary of National
Defense by President Elpidio Quirino. He was
elected president under the banner of the
Nacionalista Party. He was the youngest to be
elected as president, and second youngest to be
president (after Emilio Aguinaldo). He was the
first Philippine president born in the 20th
century and the first to be born after the
Spanish colonial era.

9. Carlos Polestico
Garcia
(November 4, 1896 – June 14, 1971)
Often referred to by his initials CPG, was a
Filipino teacher, poet, orator, lawyer, public
official, political economist, guerrilla and
Commonwealth military leader who was the
eighth president of the Philippines. A lawyer
by profession, Garcia entered politics when he
became representative of Bohol’s 3rd district
in the House of Representatives. He then
served as a senator from 1945 to 1953. In 1953
he was the running mate of Ramon Magsaysay
in the 1953 presidential election. He then
served as vice president from 1953 to 1957.
After the death of Magsaysay in March 1957,
he succeeded to the presidency. He won a full
term in the 1957 presidential election. He ran
for a second full term as president in the 1961
presidential election and was defeated by Vice
President Diosdado Macapagal.

10. Diosdado
Pangan
Macapagal Sr.
(September 28, 1910 – April 21, 1997)
A Filipino lawyer, poet and politician who
served as the ninth president of the
Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and
the sixth vice president, serving from 1957 to
1961. He also served as a member of the
House of Representatives, and headed the
Constitutional Convention of 1970. He was the
father of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who
followed his path as president of the
Philippines from 2001 to 2010.

11. Ferdinand
Emmanuel
Edralin Marcos
Sr.
(September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989)
A Filipino politician, lawyer, dictator, and
kleptocrat who served as the tenth president
of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled
under martial law from 1972 until 1981 and
kept most of his martial law powers until he
was deposed in 1986, branding his rule as
"constitutional authoritarianism“ under his
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (New Society
Movement). One of the most controversial
leaders of the 20th century, Marcos' rule was
infamous for its corruption, extravagance, and
brutality.

12. Maria Corazon
"Cory" Sumulong
Cojuangco-
Aquino
(January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009)
A Filipino politician who served as the
eleventh president of the Philippines from
1986 to 1992. She was the most prominent
figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution,
which ended the two-decade rule of President
Ferdinand Marcos and led to the
establishment of the current democratic Fifth
Philippine Republic.

13. Fidel Valdez
Ramos
(March 18, 1928 – July 31, 2022)
Popularly known as FVR and Eddie Ramos,
was a Filipino general and politician who
served as the 12th president of the Philippines
from 1992 to 1998. He was the only career
military officer who reached the rank of five-
star general/admiral de jure. Rising from
second lieutenant to commander-in-chief of
the armed forces, Ramos is credited for
revitalizing and renewing international
confidence in the Philippine economy during
his six years in office.

14. Joseph Ejercito
Estrada
(April 19, 1937)
Also known by the nickname Erap, is a Filipino
politician and former actor. He served as the
13th president of the Philippines from 1998 to
2001, the 9th vice president of the Philippines
from 1992 to 1998, and the 26th mayor of the
City of Manila, the country's capital, from
2013 to 2019. In 2001, he became the first
chief executive in Asia to be formally
impeached and resigned from power. At the
age of 86, he is currently the oldest living
former Philippine president.

15. Maria Gloria
Macaraeg
Macapagal
(April 5, 1947)
Often referred to by her initials PGMA and GMA, is a
Filipino academic and politician who previously served
as the 14th president of the Philippines from 2001 to
2010. She is the longest serving president of the
Philippines since Ferdinand Marcos. Before her accession
to the presidency, she served as the 10th vice president
of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001 under President
Joseph Estrada, making her the country's first female
vice president, despite having run on an opposing ticket.
She was also a senator from 1992 to 1998. After her
presidency, she was elected as the representative of
Pampanga's 2nd district in 2010 and later became the
speaker of the House of Representatives on 2018 to
2019. She was also serving in the congress as a Deputy
Speaker from 2016 to 2017 and from 2022 until her
removal in November 2023. She is one of the only 2
Filipinos to hold at least three of the four highest offices
in the country: vice president, president, and house
speaker, alongside former President Sergio Osmeña.

16. Benigno Simeon
Aquino III
(February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021)
Also known as Noynoy Aquino and
colloquially as PNoy,[b] was a Filipino
politician who served as the 15th president of
the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. The son of
assassinated politician Benigno Aquino Jr. and
11th president Corazon Aquino, he was a
fourth-generation politician as part of the
Aquino family of Tarlac.

17. Rodrigo Roa
Duterte
(March 28, 1945)
Also known as Digong, Rody, and by the
initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer
and politician who served as the 16th
president of the Philippines from 2016 to
2022. He is the chairperson of PDP–Laban, the
ruling political party in the Philippines during
his presidency. Duterte is the first president of
the Philippines to be from Mindanao, and is
the oldest person to assume office, beginning
his term at age 71.

18. Ferdinand
"Bongbong"
Romualdez
Marcos Jr.
(September 13, 1957)
Commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or
BBM, is a Filipino politician who is the 17th
and current President of the Philippines. He
previously served as a senator from 2010 to
2016. He is the second child and only son of
tenth President, kleptocrat and dictator
Ferdinand Marcos and former First Lady
Imelda Marcos.

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