  Manuel Quezon
"My loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty to my country begins."
Manuel L. Quezon
became the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth established by
the United States of America in 1935. He was born in Tayabas, a small
town in Baler province. His parents were Lucio Quezon and Maria Dolores
Molina.
In 1941, Quezon
was reelected as president. The Japanese invasion of the Philippines in
1942 made the Americans decide to bring Quezon and his staff to the
United States where he established a government in exile. He was a
member of the Pacific War Council and was a signatory to the United
Nations declaration against fascism.
President
Quezon's term would have expired on December 30, 1943 but the Congress
of the United States of America passed Joint Resolution No. 95 extending
his term of office until the Japanese were driven out of the
Philippines. He died of tuberculosis on August 1, 1944 in Saranac Lake,
New York. President Manuel Quezon is popularly known as the "Father of
Philippine Language." |
  President Manuel Quezon Born: August 19, 1878
Died: August 1, 1944
First President of the Commonwealth
(Term: November 15, 1935 - August 1, 1944)
Vice President: Sergio Osmeña Sr. |
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