Is the largest component of the national

executive branch of the government of

the Philippines.

-President

-Vice President

- Cabinet of the Philippines.

Natural born citizen of the Philippines

Registered voter

Literate (can read and write)

At least 40 years old on election day

Resident of the country for 10 years

Elected at large by plurality

Qualification
The term of the President is for six years (no
re-election)

No person who has succeeded and served as
President for four (4) years can run again

Vice-President: maximum two (2) terms
Term Limits
Appoint the heads of the different executive
departments

Appoint ambassadors, consuls and public
ministers

Appoint armed forces personnel from the rank
of colonel or naval captain

Contract / guarantee foreign loans
Presidential Priviledges
Hold any other office or enjoy any other form
of employment
Make appointments two months prior to the
next elections
Make appointments within the 4
th
civil degree
of consanguinity
Limitation on Power
Increase his/her salary or that of the Vice-
President during his/her term
Ratify foreign treaties
Grant clemency in cases of impeachment
President
Shall receive an annual salary of three
hundred thousand pesos (Php 300,000).

Vice President
Two hundred forty thousand pesos.

Salaries
March 14, 2007

President Arroyo

Implement a ten percent (10%) increase over
the basic monthly salaries of civilian
government personnel whose positions are
covered by the Compensation and Position
Classification System as of June 30, 2007
Executive Order No. 611 Department of Budget
and Management (DBM)
Philippine Presidents
and their Vice President

(1899-1901) President: Emilio F. Aguinaldo
(1897?) Vice-President: Mariano C. Trias
1935-1944) President Manuel L. Quezon
(1936-1944) Vice-President: Sergio S. Osmea,
Sr.
(1944-1946) Sergio S. Osmea, Sr.

(1943-1945) President: Jose P. Laurel
(1943-1945) Vice-Presidents: Benigno
Aquino, Sr. and Ramon Avancena
(1946-1948) President: Manuel L. Roxas (Died
of a heart attack)
(1946-1948) Vice-President: Elpidio R. Quirino
(1948-1953) President: Elpidio R. Quirino
(Assumed the remaining term & re-
elected)
(1949-1953) Vice-President: Fernando H.
Lopez


(1953-1957) President: Ramon F. Magsaysay
(Magsaysay died in an airplane crash on March
16, 1957 on Mt. Manunggal in Cebu)
(1953-1957) Vice-President: Carlos P. Garcia
(1957-1961) President: Carlos P. Garcia
(Assumed the remaining term and re-elected)
(1957-1961) Vice-President: Diosdado P.
Macapagal
(1961-1965) President: Diosdado P. Macapagal
(1961-1965) Vice-President: Emmanuel N.
Pelaez

(1965-1986) President: Ferdinand E. Marcos (the
first to win 2 presidential terms)
(1965-1972) Vice-President: Fernando H. Lopez
(1986-1992) President: Corazon
Cojuangco-Aquino
(1986-1992) Vice-President: Salvador H.
Laurel
(1992-1998) President Fidel V. Ramos
(1992-1998) Vice-President: Joseph
Ejercito Estrada

(1998-2001) President: Joseph Ejercito Estrada
(Deposed by "People Power")
(1998-2001) Vice-President: Gloria Macapagal-
Arroyo
(2001-2010) President: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
(Assumed Estrada's remaining term & re-elected)
(2001-2004) Vice-President: Teofisto T. Guingona
(2004-2010) Vice-President: Manuel "Noli" de Castro
(2010-Present) President: Benigno
Simeon "Noynoy" Cojuangco Aquino
III
(2010-Present) Vice-President: Jejomar
"Jojo" Cabauatan Binay
List of
Departments

Department Acronym Creation
Department of Agrarian Reform
Kagawaran ng Repormang Pansakahan
DAR (KRP) September 1, 1971
Department
Kagawaran ng Pagsasaka
DA (KPS) June 23, 1898
Department of Budget and Management
Kagawaran ng Pagbabadyet at Pamamahala
DBM (KPP) April 25, 1936
Department of Education
Kagawaran ng Edukasyon
DepEd (KEd) January 21, 1901
Department of Energy
Kagawaran ng Enerhiya
DOE (KEn) December 9, 1992
Department of Environment and Natural
resources
Kagawaran ng Kapaligiran at Likas na
Kayamanan
DENR (KKLK) January 1, 1917
Department of Finance
Kagawaran ng Pananalapi
DOF (KNPN) March 17, 1897
Department of Foreign Appairs
Kagawaran ng Ugnayang Panlabas
DFA (KUP) June 23, 1898
Departmetnt of Trade and Industry
Kagawaran ng Kalakalan at Industriya
DTI (KKI) June 23, 1898
Department of Transportation and
Communication
Kagawaran ng Transportasyon at
Komunikasyon
DOTC (KNTK) January 23, 1979

Department of Health
Kagawaran ng Kalusugan
DOH (KNKL) September 29, 1898
Department of Interior and Local Government
Kagawaran ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal
DILG (KIPL) March 22, 1897
Department of Justice
Kagawaran ng Katarungan
DOJ (KNKT) September 26, 1898
Department of Labor and Employment
Kagawaran ng Paggawa at Empleyo
DOLE (KNPE) December 8, 1933
Department of National Defense
Kagawaran ng Tanggulang Pambansa
DND (KTP) December 21, 1935
Department of Public Works and Highways
Kagawaran ng Pagawaing Bayan at Lansangan
DPWH (KPBL) January 30, 1987
Department of Science and Technology
Kagawaran ng Agham at Teknolohiya
DOST (KNAT) January 30, 1987
Department of Social Welfare and Development
Kagawaran ng Kagalingang Panlipunan at
Pagpapaunlad
DSWD (KKPP) November 1, 1939
Department of Tourism
Kagawaran ng Turismo
DOT (KNT) May 11, 1973