Elpidio Quirino

Elpidio Rivera Quirino (Tagalog: [kiˈɾino]; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 6th President of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953.

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His Excellency Elpidio Quirino
6th President of the Philippines
In office April 17, 1948 – December 30, 1953
Vice President	Ramon Avanceña (1948–1949; de facto) Fernando Lopez (1949–1953)
Preceded by	Manuel Roxas
Succeeded by	Ramon Magsaysay
2nd Vice President of the Philippines
In office May 28, 1946 – April 17, 1948
President	Manuel Roxas
Preceded by	Sergio Osmeña
Succeeded by	Fernando Lopez
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
In office September 16, 1946 – January 6, 1950
President	Manuel Roxas Himself
Preceded by	Abolished Position last held by Felipe Buencamino in 1899 as Secretary of Foreign Relations
Succeeded by	Felino Neri
Secretary of Finance
In office May 28, 1946 – November 24, 1946
President	Manuel Roxas
Preceded by	Jaime Hernandez
Succeeded by	Miguel Cuaderno
In office July 25, 1934 – February 18, 1936
President	Manuel L. Quezon
Preceded by	Vicente Encarnación
Succeeded by	Antonio de las Alas
Secretary of the Interior
In office 1935–1938
President	Manuel L. Quezon
Preceded by	Severino de las Alas
Succeeded by	Rafael Alunan
President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines
In office July 9, 1945 – May 25, 1946
President	Sergio Osmeña
Preceded by	José Avelino (acting)
Succeeded by	Melecio Arranz
Senator of the Philippines
In office July 9, 1945 – May 28, 1946
In office 1925 – November 15, 1935 Serving with Isabelo de los Reyes (1925–1928) Melecio Arranz (1928–1935)
Preceded by	Santiago Fonacier
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Constituency	1st senatorial district
Member of the House of Representatives from Ilocos Sur's 1st district
In office 1919–1925
Preceded by	Alberto Reyes
Succeeded by	Vicente Singson Pablo
Personal details
Born	Elpidio Rivera Quirino (1890-11-16)November 16, 1890 Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died	February 29, 1956(1956-02-29) (aged 65) Quezon City, Philippines
Resting place	Manila South Cemetery (1956–2016) Libingan ng mga Bayani (since 2016)
Political party	Liberal (1946–1956)
Other political affiliations	Nacionalista (1919-1946)
Spouse	Alicia Syquia ​ ​ (m. 1921; died 1945)​
Relations	Cory Quirino (granddaughter)
Children	5, including Victoria Quirino González
Alma mater	University of the Philippines (LL.B)
Profession	Lawyer
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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.

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.