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Elpidio Quirino

His Excellency
Elpidio Quirino
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6th President of the Philippines
In office
April 17, 1948 – December 30, 1953
Vice President None (1948–1949)
Fernando López (1949–1953)
Preceded by Manuel Roxas
Succeeded by Ramon Magsaysay
2nd Vice President of the Philippines
In office
May 28, 1946 – April 17, 1948
President Manuel Roxas
Preceded by Sergio Osmeña
Succeeded by Fernando López
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
In office
September 16, 1946 – April 17, 1948
President Manuel Roxas
Preceded by Post established
Succeeded by Vacant
Post later held by Joaquín Miguel Elizalde
Secretary of Finance
In office
May 28, 1946 – November 24, 1946
President Manuel Roxas
Preceded by Jaime Hernandez
Succeeded by Miguel Cuaderno
In office
July 25, 1934 – February 18, 1936
President Manuel L. Quezon
Preceded by Vicente Encarnacion
Succeeded by Antonio de Las Alas
Secretary of Interior
In office
1935–1938
President Manuel L. Quezon
Preceded by Severino de las Alas
Succeeded by Rafael Alunan
4th President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines
In office
July 9, 1945 – May 25, 1946
President Sergio Osmeña
Preceded by José Avelino (acting)
Succeeded by Melecio Arranz
Senator of the Philippines
In office
July 9, 1945 – May 28, 1946
Senator of the Philippines from the First Senatorial District
In office
1925 – November 15, 1935
Served with:
Isabelo de los Reyes (1925–1928)
Melecio Arranz (1928–1935)
Preceded by Santiago Fonacier
Succeeded by Position abolished
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Ilocos Sur's 1st District
In office
1919–1925
Preceded by Alberto Reyes
Succeeded by Vicente Singson Pablo
Personal details
Born Elpidio Quirino y Rivera
(1890-11-16)November 16, 1890
Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died February 29, 1956(1956-02-29) (aged 65)
Quezon City, Philippines
Resting place Heroes' Cemetery, Taguig, Philippines
Political party Liberal Party
Nacionalista Party
Spouse(s) Alicia Syquia (m. 1921; d. 1945)
Relations Monique Lagdameo (great-granddaughter)
Children Tomas Quirino
Armando Quirino
Norma Quirino
Victoria Quirino-Gonzalez
Fe Angela Quirino
Alma mater University of the Philippines
Profession Lawyer
Religion Roman Catholicism
Signature
Presidential styles of
Elpidio R. Quirino
President of the Philippines Seal 1947-1951.svg
Reference style His Excellency
Spoken style Your Excellency
Alternative style Mr. President
Office Name Term
President Elpidio Quirino 1948–1953
Vice-President Fernando López 1949–1953
Secretary of Foreign Affairs Elpidio Quirino (acting) April 17, 1948 – January 6, 1950
Felino Neri January 6, 1950-May 1950
Carlos P. Romulo May 1950 – 1951
Joaquín Miguel Elizalde April 18, 1952 – December 30, 1953
Secretary of the Interior Sotero Baluyut September 21, 1948 – 1951
Secretary of Finance Miguel Cuaderno April 17, 1948 – January 2, 1949
Pío Pedrosa January 5, 1949 – September 12, 1951
Aurelio Montinola, Sr. April 18, 1952 – December 30, 1953
Secretary of Justice Roman Ozaeta May 28, 1946 – September 1948
Sabino Padilla September 17, 1948 – June 1949
Ricardo Nepomuceno July 1949 – July 1950
Jose Bengzon December 15, 1950 – September 1951
Oscar Castelo April 18, 1952 – August 1953
Roberto Gianzon August 1953 – December 30, 1953
Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources Plácido Mapa September 21, 1948 – 1950
Fernando López December 14, 1950–1953
Secretary of Public Works and Communications Ricardo Nepumoceno April 17, 1948 – 1949
Prospero Sanidad February 21, 1950 -1951
Sotero Baluyot January 6, 1951 – 1952
Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications Pablo Lorenzo May 6, 1952 – 1953
Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports Prudencio Langcauon September 1948 – September 13, 1950
Pablo Lorenzo September 14, 1950 – April 3, 1951
Teodoro T. Evangelista Sr. May 18, 1951 – September 30, 1951
Cecilio Putong April 18, 1952 – December 30, 1953
Benito Pangilinan September 22, 1953
Secretary of Labor Primitivo Lovina September 21, 1948 – December 21, 1950
Jose Figueras December 21, 1950 – December 30, 1953
Secretary of National Defense Ruperto Kangleon April 17, 1948 – August 31, 1950
Ramon Magsaysay December 14, 1950 – February 28, 1953
Oscar T. Castelo March 1, 1953 – December 19, 1953
Secretary of Health and Public Welfare Antonio Villarama April 17, 1948 – December 31, 1949
Juan S. Salcedo December 14, 1950 – November 10, 1953
Administrator of Social Services Asunción A. Pérez May 6, 1952 – 1953
Secretary of Trade and Industry Cornelio Balmaceda September 21, 1948 – February 12, 1949
Placido L. Mapa February 12, 1949 – December 30, 1953
Executive Secretary Emilio Abello April 21, 1948 – September 14, 1948
Teodoro T. Evangelista Sr. September 16, 1948 – May 8, 1951
Marciano Roque February 2, 1952 – December 29, 1953
Budget Commissioner Pío Joven 1948–1953
Economy of the Philippines under
President Elpidio Quirino
1948–1953
Population
1948 19.23 million
Gross Domestic Product
1948 IncreasePhp 99,628 million
1953 IncreasePhp 146,070 million
Growth rate, 1948–53 9.32 %
Per capita income
1948 IncreasePhp 5,180
1953 IncreasePhp 7,596
Total exports
1948 IncreasePhp 35,921 million
1953 DecreasePhp 34, 432 million
Exchange rates
1 US US$ = Php 2.00
1 Php = US US$ 0.50
Sources: Philippine Presidency Project
Malaya, Jonathan; Eduardo Malaya. So Help Us God... The Inaugurals of the Presidents of the Philippines. Anvil Publishing, Inc. 

Elpidio Rivera Quirino (born Elpidio Quirino y Rivera; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Filipino politician of ethnic Ilocano descent who served as the sixth President of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953.

A lawyer by profession, Quirino entered politics when he became a representative of Ilocos Sur from 1919 to 1925. He was then elected as senator from 1925–1931. In 1934, he became a member of the Philippine independence commission that was sent to Washington, D.C., which secured the passage of Tydings–McDuffie Act to American Congress. In 1935, he was also elected to the convention that drafted the 1935 constitution for the newly established Commonwealth. In the new government, he served as secretary of the interior and finance under President Manuel Quezon's cabinet.

After World War II, Quirino was elected vice-president in the 1946 election, consequently the second and last for the Commonwealth and first for the third republic. After the death of the incumbent president Manuel Roxas in 1948, he succeeded the presidency. He won the president's office under Liberal Party ticket, defeating Nacionalista vice president and former president José P. Laurel as well as fellow Liberalista and former Senate President José Avelino.

The Quirino administration was generally challenged by the Hukbalahaps, who ransacked towns and barrios. Quirino ran for president again in the 1953 presidential election, but was defeated by Nacionalista Ramon Magsaysay.


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