Presidents of the Republic of the Philippines

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTS of the republic of the Philippines- - - FIRST REPUBLIC (Revolutionary Government/The Philippines under Spanish rule) Emilio Aguinaldo - - - (1899-1901) President: Emilio F. Aguinaldo (1897?) Vice-President: Mariano C. Trias (elected VP during the Tejeros assembly) - - - COMMONWEALTH PERIOD (American Period) Manuel L. Quezon - - - (1935-1944) President Manuel L. Quezon (Died in exile in the U.S.) (1936-1944) Vice-President: Sergio S. Osmeña, Sr. - - - Sergio Osmenia, Sr. (1944-1946) President: Sergio S. Osmeña, Sr. (Assumed the presidency upon the death of Quezon while the Philippine Commonwealth government is in exile in the U.S.) - - - SECOND REPUBLIC (Japanese Occupation) Jose P. Laurel (1943-1945) President: Jose P. Laurel (1943-1945) Vice-Presidents: Benigno Aquino, Sr. and Ramon Avancena - - - THIRD REPUBLIC Manuel A. Roxas - - - (1946-1948) President: Manuel L. Roxas (Died of a heart attack) (1946-1948) Vice-President: Elpidio R. Quirino - - - Elpidio R. Quirino (1948-1953) President: Elpidio R. Quirino (Assumed the remaining term & re-elected) (1949-1953) Vice-President: Fernando H. Lopez - - - Ramon Magsaysay, Jr. (1953-1957) President: Ramon F. Magsaysay (Magsaysay died in an airplane crash on March 16, 1957 on Mt. Manunggal in Cebu) (1953-1957) Vice-President: Carlos P. Garcia - - - Carlos P. Garcia (1957-1961) President: Carlos P. Garcia (Assumed the remaining term and re-elected) (1957-1961) Vice-President: Diosdado P. Macapagal- - - - Diosdado Macapagal (1961-1965) President: Diosdado P. Macapagal (1961-1965) Vice-President: Emmanuel N. Pelaez- - - - Ferdinand Marcos (1965-1972) President: Ferdinand E. Marcos (the first to win 2 presidential terms) (1965-1972) Vice-President: Fernando H. Lopez- - - FOURTH REPUBLIC (Martial Law, "The New Republic" & Parliamentary Government) Ferdinand Marcos - - - (1972-1986) President: Ferdinand E. Marcos (unseated by the People Power Revolution) (Marcos died in exile in Hawaii on September 28, 1989 of Lupus complications) (1981-1986) Prime Minister Cesar E. A. Virata (1986) Vice-President: Arturo M. Tolentino (proclaimed but did not serve due to the revolt)- - - FIFTH REPUBLIC (Under the new "People Power" Constitution) President Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino - - - (1986-1992) President: Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino (1986-1992) Vice-President: Salvador H. Laurel- - - Pres. Fidel Valdez Ramos (1992-1998) President Fidel V. Ramos (1992-1998) Vice-President: Joseph Ejercito Estrada- - - Joseph Ejercito Estrada (1998-2001) President: Joseph Ejercito Estrada (Deposed by "People Power") (1998-2001) Vice-President: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo - - - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2001-2010) President: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Assumed Estrada's remaining term & re-elected) (2001-2004) Vice-President: Teofisto T. Guingona (1st term of Arroyo) (2004-2010) Vice-President: Manuel "Noli" Leuterio de Castro (2nd term of Arroyo)- - - Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III, a.k.a. Noynoy Aquino (2010-Present) President: Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Cojuangco Aquino III (2010-Present) Vice-President: Jejomar "Jojo" Cabauatan Binay- - - Not one of these presidents was an atheist. All were Catholics, except one. All of these presidents took advantage of the power of prayer to God. They all prayed daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly to God. Especially to help them as president to straighten out the social, political, economical, religious, and governmental mess throughout the country. Especially since the Philippines is the only Catholic country in Asia since the 16th century. Soon, next year, we will have a new Catholic president. Again, it is highly expected, that he or she will continue to faithfully pray to God to help fix once and for all the social, political, economical, religious, and governmental mess out of our poor and sick and corrupt and backward country. For my part, as an atheist, I hope, this time, finally, God will listen to the old prayers of the new President of the Republic of the Philippines.- Poch Suzara Twitter# Facebook# Google#