BSCA 2-2 March 6, 2013
Presidents of the Philippine Republic President | Birthday | Native Land | Term of Office | AKA/ Alias | Distinction | Greatest Achievement/ Legacy | Downfall | Cause of Death | Remarks | 1. Emilio Aguinaldo | March 22, 1869 | Kawit, Cavite | January 20, 1899–April 1,1901 | Heneral Miong | * He was the youngest (at age 28) to have become the country's preside * The longest-lived former president (having survived to age 94) | * Gained the freedom of the Philippines from the Spaniards. * The Philippines’ first President | * The invasion of the Americans | (February 6, 1964 )Coronary thrombosis | * He is still a good president of the Philippines even though there are lots of controversies about him. He did his best to protect his people from the invaders. | 2. Manuel L. Quezon | August 19, 1878 | Baler, Aurora | November 15, 1935-August 1, 1944 | Nonong | * He is the president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines | * Father of the National Language * He appears on the Philippine twenty peso bill | | (August 1, 1944)Tuberculosis | * He did a great job to improve the economy. | 3. Jose P. Laurel | March 9, 1891 | Tanauan, Batangas | December 4, 1942 – October 14, 1943 | JPL | * The puppet president of the Philippines. He was controlled by the Japanese in heading the country | * He was selected, by the National Assembly, under vigorous Japanese influence, to serve as President. | * He violated his Oath of Office and headed an illegal government of the Philippines. | (November 6, 1959)Unspecified | * I cannot say that Laurel is a good leader in the country because there are many wrong doings that he did. He was also been accused as a traitor. | 4. Sergio Osmeña | September 9, 1878 | Cebu City, Cebu | August 1, 1944-May 28, 1946 | SO | * The first Visayan to become President of the Philippines. |