Emilio Aguinaldo (1899–1901)

 First president of the Philippines

 He waved the Philippine flag in declaring the
independence of the Philippines in 1898
 Signed the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, creating a truce
between the Spanish and Philippine revolutionaries

Manuel L. Quezon (1935-1944)

 First president to be a lawyer
 Approved Tagalog/Filipino as the national
language of the Philippines
 first president under the Commonwealth

José P. Laurel (1943–1945)

 With his family, established the Lyceum of the
Philippines
 Since the early 1960s, Laurel considered a
legitimate president of the Philippines

Sergio Osmeña(1944 -1946)

 First Visayan to become president
 Became president at 65, making him the
oldest person to hold office

Manuel Roxas (1946-1948)

 Under his term, the Philippine Rehabilitation
Act and Philippine Trade Act laws were
accepted by Congress
 The third (and last) president under the
Commonwealth
 Elpidio Quirino (1948-1953)
 Created Social Security Commission
 Created Integrity Board to monitor graft and
p corruption

Ramon Magsaysay (1953-1957)

 First president sworn into office wearing
Barong Tagalog during inauguration
 Chairman of the Committee on Guerrilla
Affairs
 Presidency referred to as the Philippines'
"Golden Years" for its lack of corruption

Carlos P. Garcia (1957-1961)

 Known for “Filipino First Policy,” which favored
Filipino businesses over foreign investors
 He became president when Magsaysay died in
1957.
 Cultural arts was revived during his term

Diosdado Macapagal (1961-1965)

 Signed the Minimum Wage Law
 Declared June 12, 1898 to be Philippines’
Independence Day

Ferdinand Marcos (1965-1986)

 First president to win a second term
 Declared Martial Law on Sept. 22, 1972
 Increased the size of Philippine military and
armed forces
Corazon Aquino (1986-1992)
 First woman to be president of the Philippines
or any Asian country
 Restored democracy
 Abolished the 1973 Marcos Constitution and
ushered in the new Constitution of the
Philippines

Fidel Ramos (1992-1998)

 Death penalty reinstated while he was in office
 Signed peace agreement with the rebel Moro
National Liberation Front

Joseph Estrada (1998-2001)

 During his presidency Moro Islamic Liberation
Front headquarters and camps were captured
 Among the “Magnificent 12” who voted to
terminate the agreement that allows for U.S.
control of Clark Airbase and Subic Naval Base

Gloria Macapagal - Aroyo (2001-2010)

 Second female president
 eVAT Law was implemented under her term

Benigno Aquino III (2010-2016)

 Created the no "wang-wang" (street siren)
 Initiated K-12 education in the Philippines
 Rodrigo Duterte (2016-Present)
 Signed Proclamation No. 216 declaring a 60-
day martial law in Mindanao following clashes
between the AFP and the Maute group in
Marawi,
 Boracay clean-up
 Support for federalism

References:

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