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    Manuel Quezon

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    Manuel L. Quezon was the second President of the Philippines and first President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was a lawyer, soldier, and politician who fought for Philippine independence. As President, Quezon established the Commonwealth government and oversaw steady economic growth, but his term was cut short when he died of tuberculosis in 1944.

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    Manuel L. Quezon was the second President of the Philippines and first President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was a lawyer, soldier, and politician who fought for Philippine independence. As President, Quezon established the Commonwealth government and oversaw steady economic growth, but his term was cut short when he died of tuberculosis in 1944.

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    Manuel L. Quezon was the second President of the Philippines and first President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was a lawyer, soldier, and politician who fought for Philippine independence. As President, Quezon established the Commonwealth government and oversaw steady economic growth, but his term was cut short when he died of tuberculosis in 1944.

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    Manuel L.

    Quezon

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    Second President of the Republic of the
    Philippines
    First President of Commonwealth of the
    Philippines
    (1935-1944)
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    Full name: Manuel Luís Quezon y Molina
    Profession: Lawyer, Soldier, Politician
    Birthday: August 19, 1878
    Birth Place: Baler, Aurora
    Parents: Maria Dolores Molina, Lucio Quezon
    Education: Colegio de San Juan de
    Letran, University of Santo Tomas, University
    of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law

    .
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    Died: August 1, 1944 (aged 65) at Saranac
    Lake, New York ,USA
    -Quezon Memorial Circle.
    Cause of Death: Tuberculosis

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    Quezon Memorial Circle

    5
    Personal Life
    Wife: Maria Teresa Aurora Aragon Quezon.
    Born: February 19, 1888 Baler, Aurora.
    Died: April 28, 1949 Bongabon, Nueva Ecija.

    Children:
    Ma. Aurora Quezon
    Maria Zenaida Quezon-Avanceña
    Manuel L. Quezon, Jr.
    Luisa Corazon Paz Quezon
    - Manuel L. Quezon III

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    EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

    -Secondary Education:
    Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1889)

    -Bachelor of Arts: University of Santo


    Thomas (UST)
    -Summa Cum Laude (1894)

    -Law (4th Place, 1903 Bar)


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    In 1899, Quezon left his law studies at the
    University of Santo Tomas to join the independence
    movement. During the Philippine-American War he
    was an aide-de-camp to Emilio Aguinaldo.

    He rose to the rank of Major and fought in


    the Bataan sector.

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    Quezon returned to the university and passed the bar
    examinations in 1903, achieving fourth place.

    He worked for a time as a clerk and surveyor,


    entering government service as an appointed fiscal
    (treasurer) for Mindoro and later Tayabas. He became
    a councilor and was elected governor of Tayabas in
    1906 after a hard-fought election.

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    CONGRESSIONAL CAREER
    House of Representatives
    •In 1907, he was elected to the first Philippine Assembly – later
    became the House of Representatives – where he served as
    majority floor leader and chairman of the committee on rules as
    well as the chairman also of the committee on appropriations.

    •From 1909 to 1916, he served as one of the Philippines'


    two resident commissioners to the U.S. House of
    Representatives, lobbying for the passage of the Philippine
    Autonomy Act or Jones Law.

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    Senate
     elected into the Philippine Senate as Senator and later elected
    by his peers as Senate President until 1935 (19 years),
    becoming the longest serving.
    He headed the first Independent Mission to the U.S. Congress
    in 1919 and secured the passage of the Tydings–McDuffie
    Act in 1934.
     He became the leader of the Nacionalista Party alliance.

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    Presidency
    First term:
    November15, 1935-December 30, 1941
    Second term:
    December 30, 1941-August 1, 1944
    (term extended on November 15, 1943)

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    Economic Situation of the Philippines
    Upon the creation of the Commonwealth, the
    economic condition of the nation was stable and
    promising. With foreign trade reaching a peak of four
    hundred million pesos. Indeed, the value of the
    Philippine exports reached an all high of 320,896,000
    pesos, the highest since 1929.

    Government revenues amounted to 76,675,000 pesos


    in 1936, as compared with the 1935 revenue of
    65,000,000 pesos. Gold production increased about
    37% and iron nearly 100%, while cement production
    augmented by some 14%.

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    Contribution
    A province, a city, a bridge, a private university in
    Manila and many streets are named after him.
    The highest honor conferred by the Republic of the
    Philippines is the Quezon Service Cross.
    He is also memorialized on Philippine currency. He
    appears on the Philippine twenty peso bill.
    The Quezon Island, the most developed island in the
    Hundred Islands National Park is named after him.
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    Manuel L. Quezon Memorial Bridge

    15
    Manuel L. Quezon University (MLQU)

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    Sources:
    •https://www.britannica.com/biography/Manuel-
    Quezon
    •http://pinoybloggerexpress.blogspot.com/2009/10/
    manuel-l-quezon.html

    Reported by:
    Boine Apuya & Sharomaine Salvacion Jr.

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