Manuel L. Quezon
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Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (
August 19,
1878 -
August 1,
1944) was the first president of the
Commonwealth of the Philippines. He is considered the second
President of the Philippines, after
Emilio Aguinaldo (whose administration did not receive international recognition at the time and is not considered the first president in international circles). \n
Manuel L. Quezon was born in
Baler, Tayabas province (now
Quezon),
Philippines. He fought with the Filipino Nationalists in the
Philippine-American War, serving as an aide of Emilio Aguinaldo.
In
1935 Manuel L. Quezon won the Philippine's first national presidential election against Emilio Aguinaldo and Bishop Aglipay.
After the
Japanese invasion of the Philippines during
World War II he fled to the
United States of America.
Quezon suffered from
tuberculosis and died in
Saranac Lake,
Franklin County,
New York. He was initially buried in
Arlington National Cemetery. Later his body was re-interred in
Manila, at the Manila North Cemetery and then moved to
Quezon City within the monument at the Quezon Memorial Circle.
Books by Manuel L. Quezon
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