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• José Paciano Laurel was born

  March 9, 1891
• José Paciano Laurel's parents were Sotero Laurel, Sr. and Jacoba García
• José Paciano Laurel's father was an official in the revolutionary government of Emilio Aguinaldo and a signatory to the 1898 Malolos Constitution
• José Paciano Laurel's father died in captivity in 1902 when Jose was only 11 years old
• José Paciano Laurel worked as an altar boy and chorister, later as a part-time laborer at the Bureau of Forestry when he turned 18 to continue his studies
• José Paciano Laurel became a clerk for the Code Committee and met Thomas Atkins Street, a future member of the Philippine Supreme Court and his mentor
• José Paciano Laurel graduated from Manila High School (now Araullo High School) in 1911
• José Paciano Laurel eloped with Paciencia Hidalgo
• José Paciano Laurel earned his doctorate in Philosophy from the University of the Philippines College of Law
• José Paciano Laurel ranked second in his class of 60 and in the 1915 Bar Examinations
• José Paciano Laurel received his law degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law in 1915
• José Paciano Laurel obtained a Licenciado en Jurisprudencia degree from the Escuela de Derecho in Manila and a Master of Laws degree from University of Santo Tomas in 1919
• José Paciano Laurel obtained a Doctorate of Law from Yale Law School in 1919
• José Paciano Laurel took special courses in international law at Oxford University in England and the University of Paris in France
• José Paciano Laurel was the president of the Republic of the Philippines, a Japanese-sponsored administration during World War II, from 1943 to 1945
• Since the administration of President Diosdado Macapagal (1961–1965), José Paciano Laurel had been recognized as a legitimate president of the Philippines
• After retiring from politics, José Paciano Laurel focused on managing the Lyceum of the Philippines, which he founded on 7 July 1952
• José Paciano Laurel served as the president of the Philippine Banking Corporation
• José Paciano Laurel had nine children with wife Paciencia, several of which would also enter politics
• José Paciano Laurel died of a massive heart attack and stroke


  November 6, 1959