Shairalyn Moral

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Born:
August 31, 1907 in Iba,
Zambales.
Died:
March 17, 1957 due to
plane crash at Mount
Manunggal ,Asturias in
Cebu Province.
Buried on March 22,1957 at the
Manila North Cemetery; 2
million People attend his
funeral.
 Parents

Perfecta del Fierro

(dry goods business
owner)

Exequiel Magsaysay
(Industrial Arts Teacher, farmer,
blacksmith)
 Spouse

 Teresita,

 Milagros,

 Ramon Jr.
(Representative,
Zambales, later
Senator)
Luz Banzon
(December 30, 1953 --- March 17,
1957)
Vice President:
Carlos Polistico Garcia
Age upon assumption of Office:
46
Occupation prior to presidency:
Buss Shop Superintendent;
Branch Manager of Bus Liner
Sworn into office at:
Independence Grandstand
( now Quirino Grandstand)
Manila on December 30, 1953
 o Liberal Party
(1947-1953)
o Nacionalista Party
(1953-1957)
Presidential Political Opponent:
Elpidio Rivera Quirino
Ethnic Identity:

Ilocano
 Magsaysay went to high
school in Zambales
Academy and graduated
Salutatorian;
 enrolled pre-law at U.P. in
1927 and shifted to
engineering while working as
chauffeur;
 transferred to Jose Rizal
College (now JRU) and
graduated with the degree in
commerce in 1933.
Magsaysay worked as:
o Superintendent of Bus Shop;
o Branch Manager of Bus Liner;
o guerilla with the rank of major and
supply officer for Col. Gyles Merrill,
1942-1945;
o as military governor ,Zambales 1945;
o Representative, Zambales
(1947-1950) ;
o Chairman ,
o National Defense Committee;
o Secretary of national Defense,
under President Quirino(1950-
1953).
 Magsaysay gained popularity when
he was appointed Secretary of
National Defense by President
Quirino in 1950, with the task to
quell the Huk Movement.
He was successful in
destroying the Peoples
Liberation Army of the Huk
Movement.
Many of the Huk Leaders
were exterminated; several of
them were arrested, while
some others surrender
voluntarily to the government.
April 1952 – William Pomeroy,
an American ideologist and
leader of the Huk Propaganda
Corps were captured in Nueva
Ecija.
Luis Taruc - the Leader of the Huk
movement , surrendered to the
government.
As part of Magsaysay peace
processes ,there were 978 Huk
returnees who were recommended to
resettle in EDCOR Agricultural
Camps in Mindanao and Isabela
provinces in order for them to live
Normal lives.
February 28, 1953 –
Magsaysay charged his
immediate superior president
Quirino with incompetence and
graft and corruption, which
compelled him to resign
from the cabinet.
For the first time,
Magsaysay introduced new
strategy in winning the hearts of
the People during the elections
by waging a door to door and
bario-to-bario campaign
shaking the hands of the
ordinary people and chatting
with the common tao.
He was the first President to
wear barong Tagalog while
taking his oath of office in front
of the common tao.
Magsaysay made part of the
protocol of his administration
the use of barong Tagalog in
official occasions and social
functions.
Magsaysay first act was his
proclamation declaring that
malacanang Palace is literally
the House of the People by
opening its gates to the public
without .security inspection.
Magsaysay urged
Congress to pass a law
providing for the greater
protections of tenants And
as a result the following
Law was enacted.
 Agricultural Tenancy
Act of 1954
 R.A. No. 1400 or The
Land Reform Act of
1955
 R.A. No. 1292
Death of President Magsaysay
March 16, 1957 – the presidential plane with
Magsaysay on board left Manila for Cebu for a
speaking engagement at an educational institution.

It was customary for Magsaysay

that for every engagement he
made, he ha to go back to
malacanang to see his wife kids
before retiring at night.
It was this practice that
forced Magsaysay to order the
pilot of Presidential Plane Mt.
Pinatubo to head back to Manila
despite the bad weather.
In the cold morning of March 17,1957 the
presidential plane was reported missing; the late in
the afternoon it was reported that it crashed in Mt.
Manunggal, in the town Austrias in Cebu.

All those aboard the plane

were killed except, Naster
Mata, a Journalist.
Magsaysay was buried on March 22, 1957 in the
Manila North Cemetery with full honors of a state
funeral .

The very loyal gray horse

owned by Magsaysay was
following the military cart; it was
observed that the pair of boots
of Magsaysay were tied on the
left side of the saddle while his
hat which he used to wear
during his sorties in the barrios
was placed on top of the saddle.
The people viewed his short sized coffin laid on top
of military cart drawn by one red-colored horse.
President Garcia assumed office on March 23, 1957, almost
seven days after Magsaysay’s death. The family of President
Magsaysay should leave Malacanang Palace in favor of the
incoming Presidential family.

The widow of Magsaysay Luz Banzon and

kids were reported to be misty-eyed for
they have no Mansion to transfer to after
Malacanang Magsaysay prioritized the
common tao forgetting to build a house for
his family.

Fortunately, the good friends of

Magsaysay extended their assistance to
her surviving widow Luz Banzon and the
three kids.
THANK YOU!!!