📎General Emilio Aguinaldo
- Ang Magiting na Heneral" Emilio Aguinaldo - 1st Philippine President (January 23, 1899 - April 1, 1901)
- Controversially dubbed by some as the Philippine president who sold the Philippines independence, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo's symbolic face can be found in the old 5-peso bill which is no longer used in the Philippines.
- You can find him in the 5-peso coin where an emblem of the Philippine flag during which the celebration of the Philippine Independence Day is celebrated can also be seen. He is also known for being the first president of the Philippines under the First Republic known in Philippine history back then as the Malolos Republic.
🖋Contributions Achievements:🖋
• first president of the first republic of the Philippines (R.P.)
• youngest general of the Hukbong Sandatahan in his time and also the country's youngest president at age 28
• the longest living president who died at an old age of 94 years old
• leaders of Kataastaasang Kagalanggalangang Katipunan
• Pact of Biak na bato signatory
🖇Manuel L. Quezon
- Manuel L. Quezon (November 15, 1935 - August 1, 1944)
- As the "Father of National Language" (Ama ng Wikang Pambansa in Tagalog), Manuel Luis Quezon is Philippine president known to have died of a common man's disease, tuberculosis in his last few days in Saranac Lake, New York according to a wiki biography.
- You can find an interesting and unique memorabilia of his life-sized wax statue inside the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City, a place named after his own and called Q.C. Rotonda. With many firsts under his biography according to wikipedia, below is a list.
🖋Contributions and Achievements:🖋
• first Senate president elected as one of the Philippine Presidents in his time • won as the first president through a (nation-wide) national election
• first president under the Commonwealth
• created the National Council of Education
• initiated women's rights in the Philippines during the Commonwealth regime
• made Tagalog / Filipino as the national language of the Philippines, hence he is called "Ama ng Pambansang Wika"
• he is in the current twenty-peso bill
• to his legacy, his name was made as the remembering name of Quezon Boulevard, Quezon Avenue, Quezon province, Quezon City, Quezon Bridge and MLQU and MLQHS respectively in Manila
• his remains still lie at the Rotonda monument in Quezon Memorial Circle
🔗Jose P. Laurel
- Jose P. Laurel (October 14, 1943 - August 17, 1945)
- The 3rd among Philippine presidents to assume office during the era of the Japanese occupation of World War II, Jose P. Laurel is the only Filipino president in his time to have been shot outside of combat.
🖋Contributions and Achievements:🖋
• he organized KALIBAPI (Kapisanan sa Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas)
• he declared Martial Law in 1944
• his family became popular for establishing one of the pioneer universities in Manila
- Lyceum of the Philippines
🖇Sergio Osmeña
- Sergio Osmeña (August 1, 1944 - May 28, 1946)
Sergio Osmeña - the second Philippine president and of the Commonwealth regime whose face appears in the 50-peso bill.
🖋Contributions and Achievements:🖋
• the oldest president to resume office, this legend is already 65 when he became president of the Philippines
• he was the first Visayan to become president of the country (wikipedia)
• he joined then US Gen. Douglas McArthur in Leyte on October 20, 1944 starting the freedom of the Philippines from the Japanese during World War II - "Leyte Guld landing"
• it was during his regime, that the Philippine National Bank (PNB) has been
rehabilitated and the country joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) • during his time, the popular Bell Trade Act was approved by the US Congress
