Elpidio Quirino
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His Excellency Elpidio Quirino |
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| 6th President of the Philippines | |
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In office April 17, 1948 – December 30, 1953 |
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| Vice President |
None (1948–1949) Fernando López (1949–1953) |
| Preceded by | Manuel Roxas |
| Succeeded by | Ramon Magsaysay |
| 2nd Vice President of the Philippines | |
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In office May 28, 1946 – April 17, 1948 |
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| President | Manuel Roxas |
| Preceded by | Sergio Osmeña |
| Succeeded by | Fernando López |
| Secretary of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office September 16, 1946 – April 17, 1948 |
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| President | Manuel Roxas |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Vacant Post later held by Joaquín Miguel Elizalde |
| Secretary of Finance | |
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In office May 28, 1946 – November 24, 1946 |
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| President | Manuel Roxas |
| Preceded by | Jaime Hernandez |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Cuaderno |
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In office July 25, 1934 – February 18, 1936 |
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| President | Manuel L. Quezon |
| Preceded by | Vicente Encarnacion |
| Succeeded by | Antonio de Las Alas |
| Secretary of Interior | |
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In office 1935–1938 |
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| President | Manuel L. Quezon |
| Preceded by | Severino de las Alas |
| Succeeded by | Rafael Alunan |
| 4th President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines | |
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In office July 9, 1945 – May 25, 1946 |
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| President | Sergio Osmeña |
| Preceded by | José Avelino (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Melecio Arranz |
| Senator of the Philippines | |
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In office July 9, 1945 – May 28, 1946 |
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| Senator of the Philippines from the First Senatorial District | |
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In office 1925 – November 15, 1935 Served with: Isabelo de los Reyes (1925–1928) Melecio Arranz (1928–1935) |
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| Preceded by | Santiago Fonacier |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Ilocos Sur's 1st District | |
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In office 1919–1925 |
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| Preceded by | Alberto Reyes |
| Succeeded by | Vicente Singson Pablo |
| Personal details | |
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Elpidio Quirino y Rivera November 16, 1890 Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Died | February 29, 1956 (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 |
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Presidential styles of Elpidio R. Quirino |
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| Reference style | His Excellency |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Alternative style | Mr. President |
| Office | Name | Term |
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| 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 |
| Population | |
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| 1948 | 19.23 million |
| Gross Domestic Product | |
| 1948 |
 Php 99,628 million |
| 1953 |
Php 146,070 million |
| Growth rate, 1948–53 | 9.32 % |
| Per capita income | |
| 1948 |
Php 5,180 |
| 1953 |
Php 7,596 |
| Total exports | |
| 1948 |
Php 35,921 million |
| 1953 |
 Php 34, 432 million |
| Exchange rates | |
| 1 US US$ = Php 2.00 1 Php = US US$ 0.50 |
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Sources: Philippine Presidency Project Malaya, Jonathan; Eduardo Malaya. So Help Us God... The Inaugurals of the Presidents of the Philippines. Anvil Publishing, Inc. |
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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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