This document provides biographical information and accomplishments of the presidents of the Third Republic of the Philippines from Manuel Roxas to the current president Rodrigo Duterte. It outlines their backgrounds, contributions during their terms such as establishing social programs, quelling rebel movements, and promoting economic growth and trade. Major events included Martial Law under Marcos and the People Power Revolution that removed him from power.

1. PRESIDENTS OF THE THIRD
REPUBLIC
• 5th President of the Philippines and
the first president of the Third
Republic of the Philippines

2. CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
• Reconstruction from war damage
and life without foreign rule
began during his presidency
• Philippine Rehabilitation Act and
Philippine Trade Act Laws were
accepted by Congress

3. ELPIDIO QUIRINO 1948-1953
• He served as Vice President
under Manuel Roxas. When
Roxas died in 1948, Quirino
became president.

4. CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
• Hukbalhap guerrilla movement
active during his presidency
• Created Social Security Commission
• Created Integrity Board to monitor
graft and corruption
• Quezon City became capital of the
Philippines in 1948
• Created jobs by establishing
factories
• Established Hydroelectric
Powerplant at Maria Christina Falls

5. RAMON MAGSAYSAY 1953-1957
• Born in Iba Zambales
• Once a Military Governor and
Engineer
• Died in an aircraft disaster
while boarding the
presidential plane

6. CONTIRBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
• Hukbalhap movement quelled during
his presidency
• Chairman of the Committee on
Guerilla Affairs
• First President sworn into office
wearing Barong Tagalog during
inauguration
• Presidency was referred to as the
Philippines “Golden Years” for its lack
of corruption
• Philipines was ranked second in
Asia’s clean and well-governed
• Established National
Resettlement and
Rehabilitation Administration
among other agrarian
reforms

8. CARLOS P. GARCIA 1957-1961
• A lawyer, poet and teacher
• Served as a guerilla leader
during the pacific war
• Served as Vice President
under Ramon Magsaysay and
as secretary of Foreign Affairs
for four years
• He became President when
Ramon Magsaysay died in
1957

9. CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
• Known for “Filipino First Policy”
which favored Filipino businesses
over foreign investors
• Established the Austerity Program
focusing on Filipino trade and
commerce
• Known as the “Prince of Visayan
Poets” and the “Bard from Bohol
• Cultural arts was revived during his
term
• First President to have his remains

10. DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL 1961-1965
• Born in Lubao Pampanga
• He was a Lawyer and a
Professor

11. CONTRIBUTIONS AND
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Established the first Land Reform
Law, allowing for the purchase of
private farmland to be distributed in
inexpensive, small lots to the
landless
• Placed the Philippine peso on the
currency exchange market
• Declared June 12,1898 to be
Philippines Independence Day
• Signed the minimum wage law
• Created the Philippine Veteran’s Bank

12. FERDINAND MARCOS 1965-1986
• Born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte,
• He was a lawyer and Senate President
for 21 years.
• He ruled under martial law
• He was ousted out of position as
President during the People Power
Revolution I.

13. CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
• First President to win a
second term
• Declared Martial Law on
September 22, 1972
• Increased the size of
Philippine Military and armed
forces
• By 1980 the Philippine GNP
was four times greater than
1972
• 1986 the Philippines was one
of the most indebted
• The only President whose
remans are interred inside a
refrigerated crypt
• The remains were buried in
the Libingan ng mga Bayani
(2017)

15. CORAZON AQUINO (1986-1992)
• Born in Paniqui Tarlac
• The first woman president of the
Philippines and the Asian Country
• She was a prominent figure in the
People Power Revolution that brought
down Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship
• Her husband, Benigno Aquino Jr. was
a senator during the Marcos regime
and its strongest critic. He was
assassinated while Marcos was still in
power

16. CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
• 1st woman President of the
Philippines and in Asia
• Restored democracy
• Abolished the 1973 Marcos
Constitution and ushered in the
new Constitution of the
Philippines
• Reorganized the structure of the
executive branch of the
government 1191 Local
Government Code
• Signed the Family Code of 1987,
a major civil law reform
• Named “Woman of the Year” in 1986 Time
Magazine
• On the new 500-peso bill together with her
husband Benigno Aquino
• Received honors and awards including:
• 100 Women who shaped World History
• 20 most influential Asians of the 20th
Century
• 65 Great Asian Heroes
• J William Fulbright Prize for International
Understanding

18. FIDEL V. RAMOS 1992-1998
• Chief of staff of the Armed forces of
the Philippines before he became
president.
• He is also a civil engineer.
• He is the first, and so far the only,
non-Catholic President of the
Philippines
• As President, he restored economic
growth and stability in the country,
even during the Asian Financial Crisis
in 1997

19. CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
• Oversaw Philippine Economic Growth
• Presided over celebrations of
Philippine Centennial in 1998
• Received British Knighthood form the
United Kingdom by queen Elizabeth II
(Knight grand Cross of the Order of
St. Michael and St. George)
• Hosted the fourth Asia Pacific
Economic Cooperation Leader’s
Summit in the Philippines in 1996
• Philippine Stock Exchange became an
international favorite during his
• Death Penalty while he was in
office
• Signed peace agreement with
the Moro National Liberation
Front

20. JOSEPH ESTRADA 1998-2001
• Known as Erap, Joseph Estrada was
the first President who had been a
famous film actor.
• During his years in office economic
growth was slow and he faced
impeachment proceedings. He was
ousted from the presidency in 2001
(EDSA II). He was later convicted of
stealing from the government but
was pardoned(PGMA).

21. CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
• Moro Islamic Liberation Front
headquarters and camps were
captured
• Joined other leaders and politicians
to try to amend the 1987
Constitution
• Cited as one of the Three
Outstanding Senators in 1989
• Among the “Magnificent 12” who
voted to terminate the agreement
that allows for U.S. control of the
Clark Airbase and Subic Naval Base

22. GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO 2001-2010
• 14th President and during her term
the Oakwood Mutiny occurred

23. CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
• First and only female vice-president
of the Philippines so far
• First President to take oath outside
Luzon
• Former Economics Professor at the
Ateneo de Manila University where
former President Aquino III was one
of her students
• Oversaw higher economic growth
than the past three Presidents
before her
• Peso became the best-performing

24. BENIGNO SIMEON AQUINO III 2010-2016
• He Joined the House of
Representative and the Senate
before his presidency. He is
the first President who is a
bachelor.

25. ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
• Initiated K-12 education in the
Philippines
• 2013, The Philippines wins its
first investment-grade credit
rating from Fitch ratings
• Changed the Philippines
reputation as “the sick man of
Asia” to “brightest spot in Asia”
• Oversaw higher economic
growth than his predecessors
• Signed a landmark law
mandating the state provide free
contraceptive to poor couples
and teach sex education in
schools
• Filed a suit a UN-linked international
arbitration tribunal in the Hague to
invalidate China’s claim of Philippine
claimed territories in the West
Philippine Sea

27. RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE 2016-PRESENT
• Former Mayor of Davao
• Main campaign slogan was “Change
is Coming”
• Vowed to fight/eradicate criminality
and drugs within 3-6 months.

28. ACHIEVEMENTS CONTRIBUTIONS AND
LEGACIES
• Permanent Court of Arbitration
awarded a landmark victory to the
Philippines, it has won almost all of
its arguments against China
• Instigated the foreign policy shift,
from being a pro-US ally to a more
independent stance(or a pro –China
stance)