Presentation

1. VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
PHILIPPINES
ELPIDIO QUIRINO

2. Elpidio Quirino
Elpidio Quirino y Rivera (Tagalog: [ˈkiɾino]; November 16, 1890 – February
29, 1956) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the
sixth president of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953.
A lawyer by profession, Quirino entered politics when he became a
representative of Ilocos Sur from 1919 to 1925. He was then elected as a
senator from 1925 to 1935. In 1934, he became a member of the Philippine
Independence Commission that was sent to Washington, D.C., which
secured the passage of Tydings–McDuffie Act to the United States
Congress. In 1935, he was also elected to the 1935 Constitutional
Convention that drafted the 1935 Philippine Constitution for the newly
established Philippine Commonwealth. In the new government, he served
as secretary of the interior and finance under the cabinet of President
Manuel L. Quezon.

3. After World War II, Quirino was elected vice-president in
the April 1946 presidential election, consequently the second
and last for the Commonwealth and first for the Third Republic.
After the death of incumbent President Manuel Roxas in April
1948, he succeeded to the presidency. He won a full term
under the Liberal Party ticket, defeating Nacionalista former
president José P. Laurel as well as fellow Liberalista and
former Senate President José Dira Avelino.
The Quirino administration was generally challenged by
the HukBaLaHap, who ransacked towns and barrios. Quirino
ran for president again in November 1953 but was defeated
by Ramon Magsaysay in a landslide.

4. Early life and career
Elpidio Quirino y Rivera was born on November 16, 1890 at
the Vigan Provincial Jail in Vigan, Ilocos Sur. He was the
third child of Mariano Quirino y Quebral of Caoayan, Ilocos
Sur and Gregoria Rivera y Mendoza of Agoo, La
Union.[1] A Chinese mestizo descendant, Quirino was
baptized on Novembera 19, 1890.[2][3] Quirino spent his early
years in Aringay, La Union. He studied and graduated from
his elementary education to his native Caoayan, where he
became a barrio teacher. He received secondary education
at Vigan High School. He graduated from Manila High
School in 1911 and also passed the civil service
examination, first-grade.

5. Quirino attended the University of the Philippines in Manila. In
1915, he earned his law degree from the university's College of
Law, and was admitted to the bar later that year. He was engaged
into the private practice of law. During his early years as an adult he
was inducted into the Pan Xenia Fraternity, a professional trade
fraternity in the University of the Philippines, in the year 1950.[citation
needed]
His daughter, Victoria, became the youngest hostess
of Malacañang Palace, at 16 years old, when Quirino ascended to
the presidency on April 17, 1948. She married Luis M. Gonzalez in
1950, who became Philippine ambassador to Spain from 1966 to
1971.

6. Congressional career
House of Representatives
Quirino was engaged in private law
practice of until he was elected as member
of the Philippine House of
Representatives from 1919 to 1925,
succeeding Alberto Reyes. In 1925, he was
succeeded by Vicente Singson Pablo.

7. Senate
Quirino was elected as a senator in 1925 representing
the First Senatorial District, serving until 1935. He then
served as secretary of finance and of the interior under
the Commonwealth.[citation needed]
In 1934, Quirino became a member of the Philippine
Independence Commission that was sent
to Washington, D.C., headed by Manuel L. Quezon, that
secured the passage in the United States Congress of
the Tydings–McDuffie Act. This legislation set the date
for Philippine independence by 1945. Official declaration
came on July 4, 1946.

8. Before World War II, Quirino was re-elected to the
Senate, but was not able to serve until 1945.
After the war, the Philippine Commonwealth
Government was restored. The Congress was
likewise re-organized and in the Senate and Quirino
was installed was Senate President pro tempore.

9. Vice-presidency (1946–1948)
Soon after the reconstitution of the Commonwealth
Government in 1945, Senators Manuel Roxas,
Quirino and their allies called for an early national
election to choose the president and vice president
of the Philippines and members of the Congress. In
December 1945, the House Insular Affairs of
the United States Congress approved the joint
resolution setting the date of the election on not
later than April 30, 1946.

10.  Prompted by this congressional action, President Sergio Osmeña called
the Philippine Congress to a three-day special session. Congress
enacted Commonwealth Act No. 725, setting the date of the election on
April 23, 1946. The act was signed by President Osmeña on January 5,
1946.
 Prompted by this congressional action, President Sergio Osmeña called
the Philippine Congress to a three-day special session. Congress
enacted Commonwealth Act No. 725, setting the date of the election on
April 23, 1946. The act was signed by President Osmeña on January 5,
1946.

11. Presidency (1948–1953)
Quirino's five years as president were marked by
notable postwar reconstruction, general economic
gains and increased economic aid from the United
States.