Emilio Aguinaldo (1869 - 1964)

1st President of the Philippines

Term of office : June 12 , 1898 to April 01, 1901Vice President: Mariano Trias (1901)Birth : March 22, 1869Place: Kawit CaviteDeath: February 6, 1964

The president of the first Philippine republic (1899). He started as a member of the Magdalo Chapter of the Katipunan in Cavite, then was elected president of the revolutionary government at the Tejeros Convention on March 22,1897, and, later, Biak-na-Bato Republic. He proclaimed Philippine independence at Kawit on June 12, 1898. His capture foreshadowed the end of large-scale armed resistance to American rule.

Manuel L. Quezon (1878-1944)

2nd President of the Philippines

Term of office : November 15, 1935 – August 1, 1944Vice President: Sergio OsmenaBirth : August 19, 1878Place: Baler, TayabasDeath: August 1, 1944

The first Filipino president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines under American rule. He was president of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. For advocating Filipino-language amendments to the 1935 Constitution, he is known as the "Father of the National Language."

Jose P. Laurel (1891 - 1939)

3rd President of the Philippines

Term of office : October 14, 1943 – August 15, 1945Vice President: NoneBirth : March 9, 1891Place: Tanauan, BatangasDeath: November 6, 1959

President of the Second Republic from 1943 to 1945. He had been secretary of the interior (1923), senator (1925 - 1931), delegate to the Constitutional Convention (1934), and chief justice during the commonwealth. When World War II broke out, he was instructed by Quezon to stay in Manila and deal with the Japanese to soften the blow of enemy occupation.  As president, he defended Filipino interests and resisted Japanese efforts to draft Filipinos into the Japanese military service. Upon return of the American forces, Laurel was imprisoned in Japan when Douglas Macarthur occupied that country He was returned to the Philippines to face charges of treason, but these were dropped when

President Roxas issued an amnesty proclamation. In the Third Republic, he was elected senator and negotiated the Laurel-Langley Agreement.

Sergio Osmeña, Sr. (1878 - 1961)

4th President of the PhilippinesTerm of office : August 1, 1944 – May 28, 1946Vice President: NoneBirth : September 9, 1878Place: Cebu city, cebuDeath: October 19, 1961

The first Filipino national leader under the American regime as speaker of the Philippine assembly and the second president of the Philippines (1944-1946).

Manuel Roxas (1892 - 1948)

5th President of the Philippines

Term of office : May 28, 1946 – April 15, 1948Vice President: Elpidio QuirinoBirth : January 4, 1892Place: Roxas City, CapizDeath: April 15, 1948

The last president of the Philippine Commonwealth and the first president of the 3rd republic (1946 - 1948). Roxas served

as President from his election in 1945 to April 15, 1948, when, during a speech in Clark Air Base, a heart attack felled him. Thus ended the life and career of one of the most brilliant leaders in Philippine History.

Elpidio Quirino (1890—1956)

6th President of the Philippines

Term of office : April 17, 1948 – December 30, 1953Vice President: Fernando LopezBirth : November 16, 1890Place: Vigan, Ilocos SurDeath: February 20, 1956

President of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953. As vice president during Manuel Roxas’s term, he was also secretary of foreign affairs. He became president when Roxas died in 1948. He was elected president in his own right in 1949.

Ramon Magsaysay (1907 - 1957)

7th President of the Philippines

Term of office : December 30, 1953 – March 17, 1957Vice President: Carlos GarciaBirth : August 31, 1907

Place: Iba, ZambalesDeath: March 17, 1957

President of the Philippines from 1953 to 1957. He had been President Quirino’s secretary of defense who was instrumental is suppressing the HUK rebellion. As president, he persuaded Congress to pass the Agricultural Tenancy Act (1954). It was during his term that the Retail Trade Nationalization Act was passed. He secured revisions in the Bell Trade Act and was the first president to revise the US Military Bases agreement to bring it more in line with Philippine interests. 

Carlos P. Garcia (1896 - 1971)

8th President of the Philippines

Term of office : March 18, 1957 – December 30, 1961Vice President: Diiosdado MacapagalBirth : November 4, 1896Place: Talibon, BoholDeath: June 14, 1971

President of the Philippines from 1957 to 1961. Remembered for his Filipino First Policy. He was among the founders of the Association for Southeast Asia (1963), the precursor of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Diosdado Macapagal (1910 - 1997)9th President of the Philippines

Term of office : December 30, 1961 – December 30, 1965Vice President: Emmanuel PelaezBirth : September 28, 1910 Place: Lubao, PampangaDeath: April 21, 1997

President of the Republic of the Philippines from 1961 to 1965. He asked Congress to pass the Agricultural Land Reform Code, which abolished share tenancy and installed a leasehold system in its place; it finally passed on August 8, 1963. This was a significant step toward resolving the agrarian problem. It was during his presidency that Independence Day was moved from July 4 to June 12, the date when General Aguinaldo proclaimed Philippine independence in Cavite.

Ferdinand Marcos (1917 - 1989)

10th President of the Philippines

Term of office : December 30, 1965 - February 25, 1986

(The first to win 2 presidential terms)

Vice President: Fernando Lopez (1965-1972), Arturo Tolentino (1986)

Prime Minister: Prime Minister Cesar E. A. Virata (1981-1986)Birth : September 11, 1917Place: Sarrat, Ilocos NorteDeath: September 28, 1989

President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. Declared martial law on September 21, 1972. After the People Power revolution in February 1986, he was ousted from power and lived in exile in Honolulu, Hawaii.

 

Corazon Cojuangco Aquino (1933 - 2009 )

11th President of the PhilippinesFirst Woman President of the Republic of the Philippines

Term of office : February 25, 1986 – June 30, 1992Vice President: Salvador H. LaurelBirth : January 25, 1933Place: TarlacDeath: August 1, 2009

President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. With Salvador Laurel as running mate, she led the opposition that overthrew the authoritarian government of Marcos, who went into exile after the successful People’s Power revolution of 1986. She first established a revolutionary government under the Freedom Constitution, later replaced by the Constitution of 1987, which served as the basis for reestablishing democracy

Joseph Estrada (1937 - )

Term of office : June 30, 1998 - January 20, 2001 (Deposed by "People Power")Vice President: Gloria Macapagal ArroyoBirth : April 19, 1937Place: Tondo, Manila Death: Still Living

President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001.  During his term in office, he was arrested and stood trial at a congressional impeachment hearing on charges of accepting bribes and corruption. While this trial was aborted when the senators voted 11 to 10 not to open incriminating evidence against him, he was ousted from power anyway as a peaceful People’s Power II revolution arose and called for his resignation

Fidel V. Ramos (1928 –)12th President of the PhilippinesTerm of office : June 30, 1992-June 30, 1998Vice President: Joseph EstradaBirth : March 18, 1928Place: Lingayen, PangasinanDeath: Still LivingPresident of the Philippines from 1992 to 1997. As head of the Constabulary under President Marcos, he was instrumental in helping to design and implement martial law. Together with General Ponce Enrile

and the RAM, he defected from the government in 1986 and joined the People’s Power revolution that ousted Marcos from power. His presidency is remembered for better integrating the national economy in the global scheme.

Benigno Simeon Aquino III(1960 - )

Term of office : June 30, 2010 - PresentVice President : Jejomar Binay Birth : February 8, 1960 Place: ManilaDeath: Still Living

When Pres. Benigno Aquino III took his oath as the Philippines 15th chief executive on June 30, 2010, he promised to effect “radical changes” and to make the people his “ONLY BOSS”as he rallied them to unite since “we are all in this together.”

Benigno Aquino is the only son of Pres. Cory Aquino and his namesake father, Slain Sen. Benig no Aquino.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (1947 - )Term of office : January 20, 2001 - Vice President : Teofisto Guingona (2001-2004),

Noli de Castro (2004-2011)Birth : April 5, 1947Place: San Juan, Metro ManilaDeath: Still Living

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo or GMA was born on April 5, 1947. His parents were former President Diosdado Macapagal and Dr. Eva Macaraeg. She grew up in Iligan City..  She served as vice president under President Estrada and became president when he was forced to step down for malfeasance, through the People’s Power II revolution. PGMA has confronted some of the same obstacles as did her father, President Diosdado Macapagal, when he tried to clean up corruption in government. Her government continues enjoy political legitimacy in the face of opposition.