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• Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay
Sr. QSC GCGH KGE GCC (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957)
was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh president of
the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in
an aircraft disaster on March 17, 1957. An automobile mechanic
by profession, Magsaysay was appointed military governor of
Zambales after his outstanding service as a guerrilla leader
during the Pacific War. He then served two terms as Liberal
Party congressman for Zambales's at-large district before being
appointed Secretary of National Defense by President Elpidio
Quirino. He was elected president under the banner of
the Nacionalista Party. He was the youngest to be elected as
president, and second youngest to be president (after Emilio
Aguinaldo). He was the first Philippine president born in the 20th
century and the first to be born after the Spanish colonial era.
• Early life of Ramon Magsaysay. Part I.
• Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay, of mixed Filipino Spanish,
and Chinese descent, was born in Iba, Zambales on August 31, 1907, to
Exequiel Magsaysay y de los Santos (April 18, 1874 in San
Marcelino, Zambales – January 24, 1969 in Manila), a blacksmith, and
Perfecta del Fierro y Quimson (April 18, 1886 in Castillejos, Zambales –
May 5, 1981 in Manila), a Chinese mestizo schoolteacher, nurse.
• Early life of Ramon Magsaysay. Part II
• He spent his grade school life somewhere in Castillejos and his high
school life at Zambales Academy in San Narciso, Zambales. After college,
Magsaysay entered the University of the Philippines in 1927, where he
enrolled in a Mechanical Engineering course. He first worked as a
chauffeur to support himself as he studied engineering; and later, he
transferred to the Institute of Commerce at José Rizal College (now José
Rizal University) from 1928 to 1932, where he received a baccalaureate in
commerce. He then worked as an automobile mechanic for a bus
company and shop superintendent.
• Ramon Magsaysay ‘s Career before president.
• At the outbreak of World War II, he joined the motor pool of the 31st
Infantry Division of the Philippine Army.
• When Bataan surrendered in 1942, Magsaysay escaped to the hills,
narrowly evading Japanese arrest on at least four occasions. There he
organized the Western Luzon Guerrilla Forces, and was commissioned
captain on April 5, 1942. For three years, Magsaysay operated under
Col. Frank Merrill's famed guerrilla outfit and saw action at Sawang, San
Marcelino, Zambales, first as a supply officer codenamed Chow and later
as commander of a 10,000-strong force.
• Magsaysay was among those instrumental in clearing the Zambales coast
of the Japanese prior to the landing of American forces together with
the Philippine Commonwealth troops on January 29, 1945.
• Presidency of Ramon Magsaysay.
• In the election of 1953, Magsaysay was decisively elected president over the
incumbent Elpidio Quirino. He was sworn into office wearing the Barong
Tagalog, a first by a Philippine President. He was then called "Mambo
Magsaysay". Also dressed in Barong Tagalog was the elected vice-
president Carlos P. Garcia. As President, he was a close friend and
supporter of the United States and a vocal spokesman against communism
during the Cold War. He led the foundation of the Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization, also known as the Manila Pact of 1954, that aimed to defeat
communist-Marxist movements in Southeast Asia, South Asia and the
Southwestern Pacific.
• During his term, he made Malacañang literally a "house of the people",
opening its gates to the public. One example of his integrity followed a
demonstration flight aboard a new plane belonging to the Philippine Air
Force (PAF): President Magsaysay asked what the operating costs per hour
were for that type of aircraft, then wrote a personal check to the PAF,
covering the cost of his flight. He restored the people's trust in the military
• Ramon Magsaysay’s Death in Mar 17, 1957, Balamban.
• He made the Philippines a member of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization,
which was established in Manila on Sept. 8, 1954. Before the expiration of his
term as president, Magsaysay was killed in an airplane crash; he was succeeded by
the vice president, Carlos P. Garcia.Dec.