First President of the Philippine Commonwealth
November 15, 1935- August 1, 1944
Personal
Data of Birth: August 19, 1878
Place of Birth: Baler, Tayabas
Father: Lucio Quezon
Mother: Maria Dolores Molina
Spouse: Aurora Aragon
Children:Maria
Aurora, Zenaida and Manuel Jr.
Date of Death: August 1, 1944
Place of Death: Saranac Lake, New York, US
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
Age of Death: 66
Education
Elementary and Secondary
Colegio de San Juan de Letran
College
Bachelor of Arts, Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1894) Bachelor of Law, University of Santo Tomas
Important Notes in History
He was called "Ama ng Wikang Pambansa"because of his campaign for Filipino as the National Language Worked as manservant of Rev. Father Teodoro Fernandez, in a church in Intramuros Finished Bachelor of Arts at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran at the age of 16 Started law practice in 1903 Elected governor of Tayabas (now Quezon) in 1905 He never tasted defeat in politics Was a member of the first Philippine assembly in 1906 As resident commissioner in the U.S. Congress (1909-1916), he strongly fought for Philippines Independence. Was designated Lieutenant, Captain and Major in the Army during the Philippine Revolution and the Filipino- American War Served under the leadership of General Emilio Aguinaldo and General Tomas Mascardo Represented the Philippines in the International Congress of Navigation in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1908 Chairman of the majority group, First Philippine Assembly. Returned from the United States after the passing of the Jones Law in 1916, the law which states the Philippines would be given independence if the Filipinos could prove that the had the capability to run their own government. Was Senate President in 1923 Assured the Passing of the Tydings-McDuffie Law which provides for a 10year moratorium for the Independence of the Philippines and which allows for the holding of a Constitutional Convention. Elected President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines on September 17, 1935 The first Filipino Leader to reside at the Malacañang Palace Initiated the Offficial use of the national language through the Commonwealth Law No. 570 After the Japanese Regime, he fled to the United States where he governed the Philippines up to the last days of his life According to him, he would prefer a worst government run by Filipinos to an ideal government run by Americans.
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