ELPIDIO QUIRINO

The Sixth President of the Philippines

BIOGRAPHY
• Birthdate: November 16, 1890 ( Vigan, Ilocos Sur )
• Parents: Don Mariano Quirino and Doña Gregoria Mendoza
Rivera
• Wife: Alicia Syquia
• Children: Fe, Armando, Norma, Thomas
and Victoria
• Education:  
• High School: Vigan High School
• High School:Manila High School (1911)
• Law School: University of the Philippines (1915)
• University of Manila - Doctor of Laws honoris
causa (April 16, 1948)
• Death: February 29, 1956 ( Heart Attack )
President Aquino’s children: (Left – Right) Victoria,
Conchita, Thomas
Elpidio Quirino and his wife
POLITICS
• 1919 to 1925 - Member of the Philippine House of
Representatives
• 1925 to 1931 - Member of the Philippine Senate
• 1931 - Secretary of Finance and then Secretary of Interior
• 1934 - Member of the Philippine Independence Mission to
Washington, D.C.
• 1943 - his wife and 3 of his children were killed during the
Battle of Manila
• 1946 - Elected Vice-President and appointed Foreign Affairs
Secretary
• 1949 - Elected as President of the 3rd Republic of the
Philippines
ADMINISTRATION
Quirino assumed the presidency on April 17, 1948,
taking his oath of office two days after the death of Manuel
Roxas. His first official act as the President was the
proclamation of a state mourning throughout the country for
Roxas' death.
ADMINISTRATION
• Upon assuming the office of presidency, Quirino
presented his plan for a better government. His agenda is
centered on two main objectives:
• Unity among the Filipinos through the establishment of peace and
order
• Maintanence of the people’s faith in the efficiency and sincerity of
the government
• The Quirino administration also paid attention to the
growth of the economy through the process called
industrialization
PROGRAMS FOR DEVELOPMENT
• Improvement of the Economy
• establishement of farm-to-market roads
• establishment of the Central Bank of the Philippines
• Making the Magna Carta of Labor at Minimum Wage Law which
aims to give the laborers a better life
• Increased tariff rates in order to earn more dollars.
• Quirino launched and Economic Mobilization Program to
industrialize the country and give more jobs to the Filipinos.
PROGRAMS FOR DEVELOPMENT
• Quirino-Foster Agreement
• Signed by President Quirino and G. William Foster of the United
States
• Under this agreement, the United States and the Philippines would
cooperate to develop the economy of the nation.
• The United States would provide funds and technology while the
Philippines would supply manpower.
PROGRAMS FOR DEVELOPMENT

• Amnesty for the Huks

• Ramon Magsaysay was appointed by the president to combat the HUK
insurgency. With his witty strategy, he made Luis Taruc surrender to
the government
• President Quirino negotiated with Luis Taruc in Malacanang
• The Economic Development Corps (EDCOR) was established. It
stated that all those who will surrender will be forgiven by the
government and will be provided by land for farming
 Philippine Expeditionary Forces To Korea (PEFTOK)

• In 1950, at the onset of

the Korean War, Quirino
authorized the deployment of over
7,450 Filipino soldiers to Korea,
under the designation of
the Philippine Expeditionary
Forces to Korea or PEFTOK.

• Fidel V. Ramos was one of the

soldiers deployed in the war

• The Philippines, thus, became the

first country to join the United
States in the offer of military
assistance to beleaguered South
Korea.
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Passed the economic mobilization program in
industrializing the country through the opening of some
industries
• Increased economic aid from the United States
• Established the Central Bank of the Philippines in order to
stabilize the currency of our country
• Created the president’s action committee on social
amelioration to alleviate the life condition of the poor
especially in the rural areas
• Established the hydroelectric project in Lanao and the
Burgos irrigation project in Zambales
POST-PRESIDENCY
• Much as he tried to become a good president, Quirino failed to
win the people's affection. Several factors caused the
unpopularity of his administration, namely:
• Unabated rampage of graft and corruption in his government, as
revealed in the Tambobong-Buenavista scandal, the Import Control
Anomalies, the Caledonia Pile Mess and the Textbook Racket;
• Wasteful spending of the people's money in extravagant junkets abroad;
• Failure of government to check the Huk menace which made travel in
the provinces unsafe, as evidenced by the killing of former First
Lady Aurora Quezon and her companions on April 21, 1949 by the Huks
on the Bongabong-Baler road, Baler, Tayabas
• Economic distress of the times, aggravated by rising unemployment rate,
soaring prices of commodities, and unfavorable balance of trade.
Quirino's vaunted "Total Economic Mobilization Policy" failed to give
economic relief to the suffering nation.
FACT

• He was first president to undergo an

impeachment trial because he allegedly
purchased a very expensive Golden Orinola
using government money.
END.