List of Presidents of the Philippines

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This a complete list of Presidents of the Philippines that consists of the 14 heads of state in the history of the Philippines. The list includes Presidents who were inaugurated as President of the Philippines following the ratification of a constitution that explicitly declares the existence of the Philippines.

Prior to the arrival of the Spaniards, the archipelago was ununited and was splintered into different barangays headed by a datu. After the Spanish conquest, the de jure head of state of the country the King of Spain. When the Americans bought the islands from Spain, the head of state became the President of the United States. These heads of state were represented by governor-generals.

Note that the Presidents under the Commonwealth of the Philippines were under American sovereignty, and that of the Second Republic is considered to be a puppet government of the Japanese during World War II. Thus the Philippines had three Presidents during that war - one de facto and two de jure.

The First Republic and the Second Republic are not a part of the existing Constitutional succession (begun in 1935), and as such not counted in the order of terms.

The colors indicate the political party or coalition of each President at Election Day.

Contents 1 List of Presidents 1.1 Notes 2 Statistics 3 References 4 See also

[edit] List of Presidents

#	President			Took office	Left office	Party	Vice President	Term	Era
1		Emilio Aguinaldo		January 23, 1899	April 1, 1901[1]	none (Magdalo faction of the Katipunan)	none (The 1899 Constitution did not provide for a Vice President)	-	First Dictatorship
									First Republic
2		Manuel L. Quezon		November 15, 1935	August 1, 1944[2]	Nacionalista	Sergio Osmeña	1	Commonwealth
								2
3		José P. Laurel		October 14, 1943	August 14, 1945[3]	Kalibapi[4] (Caretaker government under Japanese occupation)	none (The 1943 Constitution did not provide for a Vice President.)	-	Second Republic
4		Sergio Osmeña		August 1, 1944	May 28, 1946	Nacionalista	vacant	2	Commonwealth (Restored)
5		Manuel Roxas		May 28, 1946	April 15, 1948[5]	Liberal	Elpidio Quirino	3
									Third Republic
6		Elpidio Quirino		April 17, 1948	December 30, 1953	Liberal	vacant
							Fernando Lopez	4
7		Ramon Magsaysay		December 30, 1953	March 17, 1957[6]	Nacionalista	Carlos P. Garcia	5
8		Carlos P. Garcia		March 18, 1957	December 30, 1961	Nacionalista	vacant
							Diosdado Macapagal	6
9		Diosdado Macapagal		December 30, 1961	December 30, 1965	Liberal	Emmanuel Pelaez	7
10		Ferdinand Marcos		December 30, 1965	February 25, 1986[7]	Nacionalista	Fernando Lopez	8
								9
						Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	vacant	10	Second Dictatorship "The New Society"
								11	Fourth Republic
							Arturo Tolentino	12
11		Corazon Aquino		February 25, 1986[8]	June 30, 1992	United Nationalists Democratic Organizations	Salvador Laurel
									Fifth Republic
12		Fidel V. Ramos		June 30, 1992	June 30, 1998	Lakas-National Union of Christian Democrats-United Muslim Democrats of the Philippines	Joseph Estrada	13
13		Joseph Estrada		June 30, 1998	January 20, 2001[9]	Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (Partido ng Masang Pilipino-led coalition)	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo	14
14		Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo		January 20, 2001	Present	Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats	vacant Teofisto Guingona
						Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (Lakas-CMD-led coalition)	Noli de Castro	15

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[edit] Notes

[edit] Statistics

• Vice Presidents who succeeded to the Presidency
  1. Sergio Osmeña (1944)
  2. Elpidio Quirino (1948)
  3. Carlos P. Garcia (1957)
  4. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2001)

• Presidents who have been re-elected
  1. Manuel L. Quezon (1941)
  2. Ferdinand Marcos (1969, 1981, 1986)

• Presidents who were elected after serving the remaining term of predecessor
  1. Elpidio Quirino (1949)
  2. Carlos P. Garcia (1957)
  3. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2001)

• Longest serving President: Ferdinand Marcos (5,259 days)
• Shortest serving President: Jose P. Laurel (479 days)

[edit] References

• Office of the (Philippine) President
• The Philippine Presidency Project

[edit] See also

• Vice President of the Philippines
  • List of Vice Presidents of the Philippines
• Prime Minister of the Philippines (presently defunct)
• Seal of the President of the Philippines

Presidents of the Philippines - List
Aguinaldo | Quezon | Osmeña | Laurel | Roxas | Quirino | Magsaysay     Garcia | Macapagal | Marcos | Aquino | Ramos | Estrada | Arroyo

Lists of Presidents and Vice Presidents of the Philippines

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