Manuel Luis M.

Quezon




2
nd
President of the Philippines
1
st
President of the Philippine Commonwealth

Term of office: August 29, 1916 November 15, 1935
Complete name: Manuel Luis Molina Quezon
Birthplace: Baler, Aurora
Born: August 19, 1878
Died: August 1, 1944
Resting place: Quezon City Memorial Circle
Spouse(s): Aurora Aragon
Occupation: Clerk, Surveyor, Fiscal, Councilor, Governor, Politician, Soldier, Lawyer
School Attended: Colegio de San Juan de Letran, University of Santo Tomas
Religious affiliation: Catholic
Death: Died of Tuberculosis
Children: Mara Aurora "Baby", Mara Zeneida "Nini", Luisa Corazn Paz "Nenita" and Manuel
L. "Nonong" Quezn, Jr.

Contributions and Achievements of Manuel L. Quezon:
first Senate president elected as President of the Philippines
first president elected through a national election
first president under the Commonwealth
he created National Council of Education
he initiated womens suffrage in the Philippines during the Commonwealth
he made Tagalog / Filipino as the national language of the Philippines
he appears on the twenty-peso bill
a province, a city, a bridge and a university in Manila were named after him
his body lies within the special monument on Quezon Memorial Circle