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Manuel L. Quezon
2nd President of the Philippines
Manuel L. Quezon (born Manuel
Luís Quezon y Molina; August 19,
1878 – August 1, 1944) was a
Filipino statesman, soldier, and
politician who served as president
of the Commonwealth of the
Philippines from 1935 to 1944).
 Early life
and careers
Although both his parents must
have contributed to his education,
he received most of his primary
education from the public school
established by the Spanish
government in his village, as part
of the establishment of the free
public education system in the
Philippines,
 as he himself testified during his
speech delivered in the House of
Representatives of the United
States during the discussion of
Jones Bill, in 1914. He later
boarded at the Colegio de San
Juan de Letran where he
completed secondary school.
Maria Aurora Aragon Quezon
Lucio Quezon
 He rose to the rank of Major
and fought in the Bataan sector.
However, after surrendering in
1900 wherein he made his first
break in the American press,
Quezon returned to the
university and passed the bar
examinations in 1903, achieving
fourth place.
 He worked for a time as a clerk
and surveyor, entering
government service as an
appointed fiscal (treasurer) for
Mindoro and later Tayabas. He
became a councilor and was
elected governor of Tayabas in
1906 after a hard-fought
election.
Baler, Aurora
Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Congressional
Career
 Congressional Career
 In 1907, he was elected to the first
Philippine Assembly – later became the
House of Representatives – where he
served as majority floor leader and
chairman of the committee on rules as
well as the chairman also of the
committee on appropriations.
PERSONAL
LIFE
Quezon was married to his first
cousin, Aurora Aragón Quezon, on
December 17, 1918. The couple had
four children: María Aurora
"Baby" Quezon (September 23,
1919 – April 28, 1949), María
Zeneida "Nini" Quezon-Avancena
(born 1921), Luisa Corazón Paz
"Nenita" Quezon (February 17,
 and Manuel L. "Nonong" Quezon,
Jr. (June 23, 1926 – September 18,
1998). His adopted grandson,
Manuel L. "Manolo" Quezon III
(born May 30, 1970), a prominent
writer and current undersecretary
of the Presidential
Communications Development and
Strategic Planning Office, was
Aurora Aragon Quezon
PR
ES
ID
EN
CY
 First inauguration of Philippine
Commonwealth President Manuel
Quezon at the steps of the Legislative
Building in Manila on November 15,
 Manuel Quezon signing documents
On the other hand, government revenues amounted to
76,675,000 pesos in 1936, as compared with the 1935 revenue
of 65,000,000 pesos. Even the government companies, with
the exception of the Manila Railroad, managed to earn profits.
Gold production increased about 37% and iron nearly 100%,
while cement production augmented by some 14%.
Quezon broadcasting to his countrymen in
Manila, from Washington, D.C., April 5. For
the first 25 minutes on air, Quezon discussed
women's suffrage and urged that the 10-year
independence program be limited to a
shorter period, 4/5/1937.
 Following a rather vigorous
campaign,
 Third official language

 C.A. Dewitt and Manuel Quezon

 Government-in-exile

 President Quezon, with some of his family members,

are welcomed in Washington, D.C. by President
Roosevelt.
Talks of post-war
Philippines
 Washington, D.C. Representatives of 26
United Nations at Flag day ceremonies
in the White House to reaffirm their
pact. Seated, left to right: Francisco
Castillo Najera, Ambassador of Mexico;
President Roosevelt; Manuel Quezon,
President of the Philippine Islands; and
Secretary of State Cordell Hull.
Leg
acy
Current (New Generation series) Philippine 20 peso bill
with a portrait of Manuel L. Quezon.Quezon City, the
Quezon Province, Quezon Bridge in Manila and the
Manuel L . Quezon University, and many streets are
named after him.
The "Open Doors" is a holocaust
memorial in Rishon LeZion, Israel. Its
is a 7-meter-high sculpture designed by
Filipino artist Luis Lee Jr. and erected
in honor and thanks to President
Manuel Quezon and the Filipinos who
saved over 1,200 Jews from Nazi
Germany.
Manuel L. Quezon University
Quezon Bridge in Manila
“Open Doors"
Service Cross
Quezon Province
EDUCATIONAL

BACKGROUND
-Secondary Education: Colegio
de San Juan de
Letran (1892)
-Bachelor of Arts:
University of Santo
Thomas (1894)
-Occupational: Land Surveyor
Lawyer ( 4th Place,
(1903 Bar)
SENATE
 Quezon returned to Manila in 1916 to be
elected into the Philippine Senate as
Senator and later elected by his peers as
Senate President, serving continuously
until 1935 (19 years), becoming the longest
serving. He headed the first Independent
Mission to the U.S. Congress in 1919 and
secured the passage of the Tydings–
McDuffie Act in 1934. In 1922, Quezon
became the leader of the Nacionalista
Party alliance.
1937 Chrysler Airflow
 Death
 Quezon have tuberculosis that expends his last
year at a cottage in Saranac Lake in New York
were he died in August 1, 1944. He was buried at
Arlington National Cemetery in Estados Unidos.
His body afterwards was buried again in Cemetery
North in Manila in the 17 day of July 1946 before
Quezon was transferred in the Memorial Circle in
the 19 day of August 1979.
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