Elpidio Quirino | |
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| 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 | |
| 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 1919–1922 | |
| Preceded by | Alberto Reyes |
| Succeeded by | Vicente Singson Pablo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elpidio Rivera Quirino November 16, 1890 Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish East Indies |
| Died | February 29, 1956 (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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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.
A lawyer by profession, Quirino entered politics when he became a representative of Ilocos Sur's 1st district from 1919 to 1922. 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.