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• He waved the Philippine flag in declaring the independence of the Philippines in 1898.

  Emilio Aguinaldo
• He was the first (and only) president of the First Republic (Malolos Republic)

  Emilio Aguinaldo
• The youngest Filipino president, taking office at age 29

  Emilio Aguinaldo
• The longest-lived president of the Philippines passed away at the age 94

  Emilio Aguinaldo
• He led the proclamation of the Philippine Independence on June 12, 1898, in his ancestral home in Kawit, Cavite.

  Emilio Aguinaldo
• first president of the Philippines First Republic

  Emilio Aguinaldo
• Featured in the front and back of the Philippine 5-peso bill (not circulated anymore)

  Emilio Aguinaldo
• He led the country in the Spanish-Philippine War and the American-Philippine War

  Emilio Aguinaldo
• He led the proclamation of the Philippine Independence

  Emilio Aguinaldo
• Known as the President of the Revolutionary Government

  Emilio Aguinaldo
• Signed the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, creating a truce between the Spanish and Philippine revolutionaries

  Emilio Aguinaldo
• He was a well-known entrepreneur, soldier, and politician

  Emilio Aguinaldo
• had a Bachelor of Arts (college preparatory) at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in 1880

  Emilio Aguinaldo
• 2nd president of the Philippines and the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth or the Commonwealth Government

  Manuel Roxas
• 2nd president of the Philippines and the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth or the Commonwealth Government

  Manuel Quezon
• He’s known as the “Father of National Language” (Ama ng Wikang Pambansa)


  Manuel Quezon
• He died of tuberculosis in Saranac Lake, New York.

  Manuel Quezon
• The First President elected through a national election

  Manuel Quezon
• First Senate President elected as President of the Philippines

  Manuel Quezon
• The first president of the Philippines under the Commonwealth

  Manuel Quezon
• Initiated women’s suffrage in the Philippines during the Commonwealth

  Manuel Quezon
• He created the National Council of Education

  Manuel Quezon
• He approved Filipino as the national language of the Philippines

  Manuel Quezon
• Studied Bachelor of Arts at Colegio de San Juan de Letran

  Manuel Quezon
• A province, a city, a bridge, and a university in Manila are named after him

  Manuel Quezon
• He fought for the passage of the Tydings-McDuffie Act (1934)

  Manuel Quezon
• His body rests peacefully inside the special monument on Quezon Memorial Circle

  Manuel Quezon
• Featured in the 20-peso bill, for the Declaration of Filipino as the national language

  Manuel Quezon
• First Filipino featured on the cover of TIME Magazine

  Manuel Quezon
• 3rd president of the Philippines and the first president of the Second Philippine Republic known as the “Puppet Republic”

  Jose P. Laurel
• the only Philippine president who served the three branches of government – he became a senator-congressman, associate justice, and president

  Jose P. Laurel
• Since the early 1960s, Laurel was recognized as a legitimate president of the Philippines

  Jose P. Laurel
• He’s the Founder of the Lyceum of the Philippines

  Jose P. Laurel
• Organized KALIBAPI (Kapisanan sa Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas, or Association for Service to the New Philippines), a provisional government during the Japanese occupation

  Jose P. Laurel
• He’s the Founder of the Lyceum of the Philippines

  Jose P. Laurel
• He’s a Law genius, ranked 2nd in the Philippine Bar Exam in 1915

  Jose P. Laurel
• Earned a Doctorate in Civil Law from Yale University in 1920

  Jose P. Laurel
• He was assassinated twice, but he survived and recovered

  Jose P. Laurel
• 4th president of the Philippines and the 2nd president of the Commonwealth

  Sergio Osmeña
• He succeeded in the presidency after the death of former President Manuel L. Quezon


  Sergio Osmeña