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Name | Manuel L. Quezón |
Office | 2nd President of the Philippines 1st President of the Commonwealth |
Vicepresident | Sergio Osmeña |
Term start | November 15, 1935 |
Term end | August 1, 1944 |
Predecessor | Emilio Aguinaldo |
Successor | José P. Laurel(De Facto) |
Office2 | 1st President of the Senate of the Philippines |
Term start2 | August 29, 1916 |
Term end2 | November 15, 1935 |
Predecessor2 | Position established |
Successor2 | Manuel Roxas |
Office3 | Senator of the Philippines from the 5th Senatorial District |
Term start3 | October 16, 1916 |
Term end3 | November 15, 1935 Served with: Vicente Ilustre (1916–1919) Antero Soriano (1919-1925)José P. Laurel (1925-1931)Claro M. Recto (1931-1935) |
Predecessor3 | Position established |
Successor3 | Position abolished |
Office4 | Resident Commissioner to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Philippine Islands |
Term start4 | November 23, 1909 |
Term end4 | October 15, 1916 |
Predecessor4 | Pablo Ocampo |
Successor4 | Teodoro R. Yangco |
Alongside4 | Benito Legarda(1909-1913)and Manuel Earnshaw(1913-1916) |
Office5 | Majority Leader of the Philippine House of Representatives |
Term start5 | October 16, 1907 |
Term end5 | November 23, 1909As Majority Leader of the Philippine Assembly |
Office6 | Member of the Philippine Assembly from Tayabas' 1st District |
Term start6 | October 16, 1907 |
Term end6 | October 16, 1916 |
Predecessor6 | Position Established |
Successor6 | Filemon Perez |
Office7 | Governor of Tayabas |
Term start7 | 1906 |
Term end7 | 1907 |
Birth date | August 19, 1878 |
Birth place | Baler, Philippines |
Death date | August 01, 1944 |
Death place | Saranac Lake, United States |
Resting place | Quezon Memorial Circle, Quezon City, Philippines |
Party | Nacionalista Party |
Otherparty | Democratic Party |
Spouse | Aurora Aragón |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Alma mater | Colegio de San Juan de LetranUniversity of Santo Tomas |
Signature | Manuel Quezon Signature.svg }} |
Manuel Luis Quezón y Molina (August 19, 1878 – August 1, 1944) served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the Philippines.(Note: Govt. relating only to the Philippines, and not any other states that have existed centuries ago) Quezón is considered by most Filipinos to have been the second president of the Philippines, after Emilio Aguinaldo (1897–1901).
Quezón was the first Senate president elected to the presidency, the first president elected through a national election, and the first incumbent to secure re-election (for a partial second term, later extended, due to amendments to the 1935 Constitution). He is known as the "Father of the National Language".
During his presidency, Quezón tackled the problem of landless peasants in the countryside. Other major decisions include reorganization of the islands military defense, approval of recommendation for government reorganization, promotion of settlement and development in Mindanao, tackling foreign strangle-hold on Philippine trade and commerce, proposals for land reform and the tackling of graft and corruption within the government. Quezón established an exiled government in the US with the outbreak of the war and the threat of Japanese invasion. During his exile in the US, Manuel Quezón died of tuberculosis in Saranac Lake, New York.
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 system of free public education 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.
In 1898, his father Lucio and his brother Pedro were ambushed and killed by armed men while on their way home to Baler from Nueva Ecija. Some historians believe they were murdered by bandits who also robbed their money, while others believe the killings could have been related to their loyalty to the Spanish government.
In 1899 Quezon cut short his law studies at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, to participate in the struggle for independence against the United States, led by Emilio Aguinaldo. During the Philippine-American War he was an ayuda-de-campo to Emilio Aguinaldo. He rose to the rank of Major and fought in the Bataan sector. However, after Aguinaldo was captured in 1901, Quezón returned to the university and passed the bar examinations in 1903, achieving a fourth place.
He worked for a time as a clerk and surveyor, entering government service as an appointed fiscal for Mindoro and later Tayabas. He became a councilor and was elected governor of Tayabas in 1906 as an independent.
{| cellpadding="1" cellspacing="4" style="margin:3px; border:3px solid #000000;" align="left" !bgcolor="#000000" colspan="3"| |- |align="left"|OFFICE||align="left"|NAME||align="left"|TERM |- !bgcolor="#000000" colspan="3"| |- |President || Manuel L. Quezón || 1941–1944 (extended, 1943) |- |Vice President || Sergio Osmeña || 1941–1944 (extended, 1943) |- !bgcolor="#000000" colspan="3"| |- |Secretary of Justice and Finance || José Abad Santos || December 24, 1941 – March 26, 1942 |- |Secretary of Justice || José Abad Santos || March 26, 1942– May, 1942 |- |Secretary of Finance, Agriculture, and Commerce || Andrés Soriano || March 26, 1942 – July 31, 1944 |- |Secretary of National Defense, Public Works, Communications and Labor || Basilio Valdes || December 24, 1941 – August 1, 1944 |- |Secretary of Public Instruction, Health, and Public Welfare || Sergio Osmeña || December 24, 1941 – August 1, 1944 |- |Secretary to the President || Manuel Roxas || December 24, 1941– May, 1942 |- | || Arturo Rotor || May, 1942– August 1, 1944 |- |Secretary to the Cabinet || Manuel Nieto || May 19, 1944 |- |Secretary without Portfolio || Andrés Soriano || March 2–26, 1942 |- |Treasurer of the Philippines || Andrés Soriano || February 19, 1942 – March 26, 1942 |- | || Manuel Roxas || March 26, 1942 – May 8, 1942 |- |Auditor-General || Jaime Hernández (Filipino) || December 30, 1941 – August 1, 1944 |- |Resident Commissioner || Joaquín Miguel Elizalde || December 30, 1941 – August 1, 1944 (given cabinet rank, May, 1942) |- |Secretary of Information and Public Relations || Carlos P. Rómulo || 1943–1944 |}
Sources:
The Sixth Annual Report of the United States High Commission to the Philippine Island to the President and Congress of the United States, Covering the Fiscal Year July 1, 1941 to June 30, 1942 Washington D.C. October 20, 1942
Executive Orders of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, Manila, Bureau of Printing 1945
Following a rather vigorous campaign, on the day of the plebiscite, the turnout of female voters was impressive. The affirmative votes numbered 447,725, as against 44,307 who opposed the grant.
On December 1937, Quezón issued a proclamation approving the constitution made by the Institute and declaring that the adoption of the national language would take place two years hence. With the presidential approval, the Institute of National Language started to work on a grammar and dictionary of the language.
The Second National Assembly embarked on passing legislations strengthening the economy, unfortunately the cloud of the Second World War loomed over the horizon. Certain laws passed by the First National Assembly were modified or repealed to meet existing realities. A controversial immigration law that set an annual limit of 50 immigrants per country which affected mostly Chinese and Japanese nationals escaping the Sino-Japanese War was passed in 1940. Since the law bordered on foreign relations it required the approval of the U.S. President which was nevertheless obtained. When the result of the 1939 census was published, the National Assembly updated the apportionment of legislative districts, which became the basis for the 1941 elections.
To carry on the government duties in exile, President Quezon hired the entire floor of one of the wing of the Shoreham Hotel to accommodate his family and his office. On the other hand, the offices of the government were established at the quarters of the Philippine Resident Commissioner, Joaquin Elizalde. The latter was made a member of President's wartime Cabinet. Others likewise appointed were Brigadier-General Carlos P. Romulo, as Secretary of the Department of Information and Public Relations, and Jaime Hernandez as Auditor General.
On June 2, 1942, President Quezon addressed the United States House of Representatives, impressing upon them the vital necessity of relieving the Philippine front. Before the Senate, later, the Philippine President reiterated the same message and urged the senators to adopt the slogan "Remember Bataan". Despite his precarious state of health, President Quezon roamed the States to deliver timely and rousing speeches calculated to keep the Philippine war uppermost in the minds of the American nation.
Early in November 1942, President Quezon held conferences with President Roosevelt to work out a plan for the creation of a joint commission to study the economic conditions of post-war Philippines. Eighteen months later, the United States Congress would pass an Act creating the Philippine Rehabilitation Commission as an outcome of such talks between the two Presidents.
A cabinet meeting was then convened by President Quezon. Aside from Quezon and Osmeña, others present in this momentous meeting were Resident Commissioner Joaquin Elizalde, Brig.Gen.Carlos P. Romulo, and Cabinet Secretaries Andres Soriano and Jaime Hernandez. Following a spirited discussion, the Cabinet adopted Elizalde's opinion favorable the decision and announced his plan to retire in California.
After the meeting, however, Vice-President Osmeña approached the President and broached his plan to ask the American Congress to suspend the constitutional provisions for presidential succession until after the Philippines should have been liberated. This legal way out was agreeable to President Quezon and the members of his Cabinet. Proper steps were taken to carry out the proposal. Sponsored by Senator Tydings and Congressman Bell, the pertinent Resolution was unanimously approved by the Senate on a voice vote and passed the House of Representatives by the a vote of 181 to 107 on November 10, 1943.
In their column on the pronunciation of names, The Literary Digest wrote "The President and his wife pronounce the name keh'-zon. The pronunciation keh-son', although widely heard in the Philippine Islands, is incorrect." (Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)
"My loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty to my country begins."
"Social Justice is far more beneficial when applied as a matter of sentiment, and not of law."
"I would rather have a country run like hell by Filipinos than a country run like heaven by the Americans, because however a bad Filipino government might be, we can always change it."
"Pray for me so that I can return to the Philippines. I feel so weak that I'm afraid I cannot make it"
"I'd rather be called "Quezón the Letranite" than "Quezón the President"."
1. Have faith in Divine Providence that guides the destinies of men and nations.
2. Love your country for it is the home of your people, the seat of your affections, and the sources of your happiness and well-being. It's defense is your primary duty. Be ready at all times to sacrifice and die for it if necessary.
3. Respect the Constitution which is the expression of your sovereign will. The government is your government. It has been established for your safety and welfare. Obey the laws and see that they are observed by all and that public officials comply with their duties.
4. Pay your taxes willingly and promptly. Citizenship implies not only rights but also obligations.
5. Safeguard the purity of suffrage and abide by the decisions of the majority.
6. Love and respect your parents. It is your duty to serve them gratefully and well.
7. Value your honor as you value your life. Poverty with honor is preferable to wealth with dishonor.
8. Be truthful and be honest in thought and in action. Be just and charitable, courteous but dignified in your dealings with your fellowmen.
9. Lead a clean and frugal life. Do not indulge in frivolity or pretense. Be simple in your dress and modest in your behavior.
10. Live up to the noble traditions of our people. Venerate the memory of our heroes. Their lives point the way to duty and honor.
11. Be industrious. Be not afraid or ashamed to do manual labor. Productive toil is conductive to economic security and adds to the wealth of the nation.
12. Rely on your own efforts for your progress and happiness. Be not easily discouraged. Persevere in the pursuit of your legitimate ambitions.
13. Do your work cheerfully, thoroughly, and well. Work badly done is worse than work undone. Do not leave for tomorrow what you can do today.
14. Contribute to the welfare of your community and promote social justice. You do not live for yourselves and family alone. You are part of society to which you owe definite responsibilities.
15. Cultivate the habit of using goods made in the Philippines. Patronize the products and trades of your countrymen.
16. Use and develop our natural resources and conserve them for posterity. They are the inalienable heritage of our people. Do not traffic with your citizenship.
The vital lesson we must learn from our past is that we can triumph if we only persevere. The Filipino people, by grit, hard work, and faith in God, will march forward to fulfill their destiny.
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