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Elpidio Quirino
Former President of the Philippines
Elpidio Rivera Quirino was a Filipino politician, and the sixth President of the Philippines. A
lawyer by profession, Quirino entered politics when he became a representative of Ilocos Sur
from 1919 to 1925.
Born: November 16, 1890, Vigan
Died: February 29, 1956, Quezon City
Presidential term: April 18, 1948 December 30, 1953
Previous office: President of the Philippines (19481953)
Quirino was married to Alicia Syquia on January 16, 1921. The couple had five children:
Tomas Quirino, Armando Quirino, Norma Quirino, Victoria Quirino-Gonzalez, and Fe
Quirino.[ His brother Antonio Quirino was the owner of Alto Broadcasting System, which later
merged with Chronicle Broadcasting Network to form ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation.[
Following his failed bid for re-election,Quirino retired to private life in Quezon city,Merto
Manila.He died of a heart attack on February 29,1956

programs Implemented

PACSA (Presidents Action Committee on Social Amelioration) - was beneficial for

financially challenged families;
ACCFA (Agricultural Credit Cooperatives Financing Administration) - aided farmers in
selling what they harvested;
Labor Management Advisory Board - guided him on matters regarding labor;
Rural Banks of the Philippines - helped countrymen in the rural areas manage their
finances;

Political Career

Applied for a position as a legal clerk in the Philippine Commission until 1916.
The transition from Philippine Commission to Philippine Bicameral Legislature gave him
the opportunity to work with Senate President Manuel L. Quezon.
He eventually became the private secretary of Quezon.
He decided to run for a congressional position in 1919.

Quezon appointed him to represent the Philippines in the International Bar Conference
in Beijing, China (1921).
His first attempt to run for a senatorial position failed when a certain Isabelo Delos
Reyes prevailed over him.
Elected as one of the delegates of Constitutional Convention in 1934, representing his
constituents in the district of Ilocos Sur.
Appointed again by Quezon as a finance secretary of Commonwealth then to
department of interior.
Ran and won for a vice-presidential post through Liberal Party.

Greatest Achievements

irrigation improved

Industrial ventures heightened

the road system developed

He also set up the Central Bank and Rural banking.

Education
He studied and graduated his elementary education to his native Caoayan, where he
became a barrio teacher. He received secondary education at Vigan High School, then
went to Manila where he worked as junior computer in the Bureau of Lands and as
property clerk in the Manila police department.
He graduated from Manila High School in 1911 and also passed the civil service
examination, first-grade.
Quirino attended the University of the Philippines. 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 in the private practice of law.

When President Manuel Roxas died on April 15, 1948, Quirino succeeded him as president of
the republic. For his weakness in tolerating rampant graft and corruption in his party, permitting
immorality in the armed forces, and neglecting the impoverished plight of the majority of
Filipinos, he was very unpopular, and in 1953 he was defeated by Ramon Magsaysay.