The Second President of the Philippines
Manuel
Luis Quezon y Molina was
president of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944.
He began to practice law in
1903 and was elected governor of his native province of Tayabas (now Quezon)
two years later.
He became a member of the
first Philippine assembly in 1906.
As resident commissioner to the U.S. Congress
(1909-16), he worked for Philippine independence.
He was elected the first president of the
newly formed transitional Commonwealth of the Philippines in 1935 and reelected
in 1941.
After the Japanese invasion of the Philippines
during World War II, he escaped to the U.S., where he headed the Philippine
government in exile until his death. Quezon City and Quezon Province are named
for him.
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