Presidents of the Philippines
16 Presidents of the Philippines
First Philippine Republic President (Revolutionary Government/The Philippines under Spanish colonization)
GENERAL EMILIO FAMY AGUINALDO
- President of the First Philippine Republic
- Birthdate: March 22, 1869, died- February 6, 1964
- Term: 1898- 1901
- Filipino leader who fought first against Spain and lateragainst the United States for the Independence of the Philippines.
Commonwealth of the Philippines (American Period Presidents )
MANUEL LUIS QUEZON
- First President of the Commonwealth
- Birthdate: August 19, 1878, died- August 1, 1944
- Term: November 15, 1935- August 1, 1944
- Filipino statesman, leader of the independence movement, andfirst president of the Philippine Commonwealth established under United States tutelage in 1935.
SERGIO OSMEÑA
- Second President of the Commonwealth
- Birthdate: September 9, 1878, died- October 19, 1961
- Term: August 1, 1944- May 27, 1946
- Filipino statesman, founder of the Nationalist Party (PartidoNacionalista) and President of the Philippines from 1944 to1946.
Second Philippine Republic Presidents (Japanese Occupation)
JOSE LAUREL
- President of the Japanese Sponsored Republic
- Birthdate: March 9, 1891, died- November 6, 1959
- Term: October 14, 1943- August 15, 1945
- Became the President of the Philippines during the Japaneseoccupation of World War II.
Third Philippine Republic Presidents
MANUEL ACUÑA ROXAS
- Birthdate: January 1, 1892, died- April 15, 1948
- Last President of the Commonwealth
- Term: May 28, 1946- July 4, 1946
- First President of the Third Republic of the Philippines
- Term: July 4, 1946- April 15, 1948
- Became the President of the Philippines during the Japaneseoccupation of World War II.
ELPIDIO QUIRINO
- Second President, Third Republic of the Philippines
- Birthdate: November 16, 1890
- Died: February 28, 1956
- Term: April 17, 1948- November 10, 1953
- Political leader and second president of the IndependenceRepublic of the Philippines.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
- Third President of the Third Republic of the Philippines
- Birthdate: August 31, 1907, died- March 17, 1957
- Term: December 30, 1953- March 17, 1957
- Best known for successfully defeating the communist ledHukbalahap (Huk) Movement. Idol of the masses, champion ofdemocracy, and freedom fighter.
CARLOS POLESTICO GARCIA
- Fourth President of the Third Republic of the Philippines
- Birthdate: November 4, 1896, died- June 14, 1971
- Term: March 18, 1957- December 30, 1961
- Famous for his austerity program and policy. He maintained thestrong tradition ties with the United States and sought closerrelation with non-communist Asian countries.
DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
- Fifth President of the Third Republic of the Philippines
- Term: December 30, 1961 - December 30, 1965
- Poet, politician, lawyer, diplomat, statesman, economist andintellectual, Diosdado Macapagal was born to poverty but rosedue to diligence and brilliance.
Fourth Philippine Republic Presidents (Martial Law, "The New Republic" & Parliamentary Government)
FERDINAND EDRALIN MARCOS
- Birthdate: September 11, 1917, Died- September 28, 1989
- Sixth and last President of the Third Republic of the Philippines
- Term: December 30, 1965- December 30, 1973
- President of the Fourth Republic of the Philippines
- Term: June 30, 1981 - February 25,1986
- Philippine lawyer and politician who ruled by martial law and was ousted by a peaceful People Power Revolution in 1986.
Fifth Philippine Republic Presidents (Under the new "People's Power" Constitution)
CORAZON COJUANGCO AQUINO
- First President of the Fifth Republic of the Philippines andthe first woman president of the Philippines.
- Birthdate: January 25, 1933
- Term: February 25, 1986- June 30, 1992
- Political leader and the First Woman President of thePhilippines. She succeeded her murdered husband, Benigno"Ninoy" Aquino Jr.(a popular critic of the Marcosadministration), as leader of the opposition to PresidentFerdinand Marcos.
FIDEL VALDEZ RAMOS
- Second President of the Fifth Republic of the Philippines
- Birthdate: March 18, 1928
- Term: June 30, 1992 - June 30, 1998
- As head of the State his administration centerpiece program isthe Philippines 2000; which aim to uplift the Philippines as anewly industrialized country by the year 2000.
JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
- Third President of the Fifth Republic of the Philippines
- Birthdate: April 19,1937
- Term: 1998 - 2001
- Filipino film actor and director, later politician. Heresigned after the impeachment trial against himcollapsed.
GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO
- Fourth President of the Fifth Republic of the Philippines and 14th Philippine President
- Birthdate: April 5, 1947
- Term: 2001 - June 2010
- The daughter of the late President Diosdado Macapagal. The second woman to be swept into the Presidency by a peaceful People Power revolution (EDSA II).
BENIGNO "NOYNOY" S. AQUINO III
- 15th President of the Republic of the Philippines
- Birthdate: February 8, 1960
- Term: 30 June 2010 – 30 June 2016
- His father is Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. (Vice Governor of Tarlac province) and Mother is Former President Corazon Aquino. His siblings are 5 (Noynoy is the third child and He has four sisters, Maria Elena ("Ballsy"), Aurora Corazon ("Pinky"), Victoria Eliza ("Viel"), and Kristina Bernadette ("Kris"))
RODRIGO "DIGONG" R. DUTERTE
- 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines
- Birthdate: March 28, 1945
- Term: 2016 - Present
- President Rodrigo Duterte became a mayor in Davao for 7 terms (1988 - 1998; 2001 - 2010; 2013 to present - equivalent to 22 years). His parents are Former Governor in Davao Vicente G. Duterte and Soledad "Soleng" Roa (school teacher and civic leader) (died age 95; Feb 4, 2012).