ELPIDIO QUIRINO Y RIVERA

He is the 2nd president in Third Republic

BORN: November 16, 1890 in Vigan, Ilocos Sur

DIED: February 29, 1956( age of 65) in Quezon City

COD: Heart attack

(he suffered a massive heart attack when was preparing to attend a meeting)

PRESIDENTIAL TERM: April 17, 1948 – December 30, 1953

WIFE: Alicia Syquia(sai kweya) (Alicia Syquia, as well as three of her siblings, were all massacred by
Japanese troops as they occupied the country during the Second World War.)

CHILDREN: Victoria Quirino-Gonzalez (Victoria "Vicky" Quirino-Gonzalez was the second daughter of
Philippine President Elpidio Quirino. Since her father was a widower, she served as First Lady of the
Philippines, becoming the youngest bearer of the title at the age of 16)

Tomas Quirino

Armando Quirino

Fe Angela Quirino

Norma Quirino

PARENTS: Don Mariano Quirino of Caoayan and Doña Gregoria Mendoza Rivera

1919-1925: (Quirino entered politics when he became a representative of Ilocos Sur. )

1925-1935: (when he's elected as a senator. )

1934 :(

he became a member of the Philippine Independence Commission

that was sent to Washington, D.C., which secured the passage of Tydings–McDuffie Act to the United
States Congress.)

1935 Constitutional Convention

(He also elected to the 1935 Constitutional Convention that drafted the 1935 Philippine Constitution for
the newly established Philippine Commonwealth)

QURINO MARKED BY

"Notable postwar reconstruction, general economic gains, and increased economic aid from the United
States."

(Quirino's six years as president were marked by notable postwar reconstruction, general economic
gains, and increased economic aid from the United States. )

During Pres. Qurino Presidential...

Hukbalahap Rebellion, also called Huk Rebellion, (1946–1954)

(Although a failure in his efforts to minimize the Huk problem, President Quirino tried his best to
improve the economic and social conditions of the country)

So he adopted a...

"Total Mobilization of Program"

(aimed at using the total resources, credit facilities, and technical knowledge to achieve economic
progress)

Among his achievements and accomplishments were the following;

1.The establishment of the Agricultural Credit Cooperative Financing Administration (ACCFA)

-which to help farmers market their

crops and save them from usurers

2.The establishments of rural banks in the provinces.

-which to give load to farmers at low interest rates.

3. The creation of new government agencies

(to handle labor problems and to take care of and distribute relief to poor families as well as to the
victims of natural disasters such as fires, floods, and typhoons.)

4.The conclusion of the Quirino-Foster Agreement

-to further intensify the economic development of the country. This agreement provided for a
Philippine-American partnership in the economic development of the country, wherein the United
States furnish funds and technical advisers, and the Philippines will furnish labor and provide
counterpart funds. All economic projects were to be jointly supervised by the Philippine Council for US
Aid and the Foreign Operations Administration (FOA).