MANUEL L. QUEZON
(1935-1944)
Date of Birth: August 19, 1878
Place of Birth: Baler, Tayabas (Province of Aurora)
Date of Death: August 1, 1944
Father: Quezon
Mother: Mari Dolores Molina
Wife: Aurora Aragon
Children:
Maria Aurora
Maria Zeneida
Luiza Corazon Paz
Manuel
Known as the father of the Filipino Language, Manuel Luis Quezon as a Filipino statesman, leader of the independence movement and first president if the Philippine Commonwealth establish under the United States in 1935.
Quezon was educated at an early age. His mother was his first teacher. She taught him Catechism and how to read and write Spanish. At age seven, Quezon already knew Latin, religion, geography and Spanish grammar.
Even though life was hard for him, Quezon strived to finish his education. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with highest honors at the San Juan de Let ran in 1894. Although he obtained his Bachelor of law degree at the University of Santo Tomas, it was cut short because of the Philippines- American War.
Quezon became a major in the troop led by General Tomas Mascardo during the Philippine-American War.
He returned to his studies after the far and graduated summa cum laude from the Santo Tomas in 1903. He also garnered fourth place in the bar examinations held that year.
Quezon started to practice law in 1903 and made a name for himself. He was a lawyer under the firm of Francisco Ortega’s.
He entered public service as provincial fiscal of Mindoro in 1904 and later as governor of Tayabas in 1905 as an independent candidate. He was elected to the Philippine Assembly under the Partido Naciolista in 1907.
In 1909, he was appointed Resident Commissioner for the Philippines in Washington D. C. Until 1916 where he pushed for and fought for Philippine independence. He returned to the Philippines after ensuring the approval of the Jones Law, which established the Senate of the Philippines.
He was elected to the Senate and become Senate President in 1923.
Quezon returned to the United State and led the first Independence Mission to the US Congress. In 1934, he succeeded in bringing home the Tidings- McDuffie Independence law. The law ensured the establishment of a Commonwealth Government in ten years time after which the Country would be given freedom, free tax importation of Philippine products like sugar, cooking oil and to the United State, and the diplomatic negotiation in the military issue.
Quezon was elected president of the Commonwealth on September 17, 1935 with Sergio Osmena as his vice president.
He was re-elected to the same post in 1941.
Quezon was the very first Filipino president to reside in Malacanang Palace.
During his administration, Quezon looked into the problems of the landless peasants, reorganization of the islands military defence and proposal for land reform among others.
Quezon issued Commonwealth Law No. 570 that initiated the official use of the national language.
Because of the Second World War, the Commonwealth Government was moved to the United States where Quezon formed a government in exile with Sergio Osmena. He governed the Philippines up to the last days of his life.
Quezon was best remembered with this words; I would prefer a worst government run by Filipino to an ideal government run by Americans.
His autobiography, titled The Good Fight, was published in 1946.
Quezon City and the Province of Quezon were named in his honor.
Manuel Luis Quezón y Molina (August 19, 1878 – August 1, 1944) served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the Philippines. Quezón is considered by most Filipinos to have been the second president of the Philippines, after Emilio Aguinaldo (1897–1901).
Quezón was the first Senate president elected to the presidency, the first president elected through a national election, and the first incumbent to secure re-election (for a partial second term, later extended, due to amendments to the 1935 Constitution). He is known as the "Father of the National Language".
During his presidency, Quezón tackled the problem of landless peasants in the countryside. Other major decisions include reorganization of the islands military defense, approval of recommendation for government reorganization, promotion of settlement and development in Mindanao, tackling foreign strangle-hold on Philippine trade and commerce, proposals for land reform and the tackling of graft and corruption within the government. Quezón established an exiled government in the US with the outbreak of the war and the threat of Japanese invasion. During his exile in the US, Manuel Quezón died of tuberculosis in Saranac Lake, New York.
EARLY LIFE AND CAREER
Quezón, was born in Baler, Tayabas (now Aurora). His Spanish mestizo parents were Lucio Quezón and María Dolores Molina. His father was a primary grade school teacher from Paco, Manila, and also a retired Sergeant in the Spanish colonial army, while his mother was a primary grade school teacher in their hometown.
Although both his parents must have contributed to his education, he received most of his primary education from the public school established by the Spanish government in his village, as part of the establishment of the system of free public education in the Philippines, as he himself testified during his speech delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States during the discussion of Jones Bill, in 1914. [1] He later boarded at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran where he completed secondary school.
In 1898, his father Lucio and his brother Pedro were ambushed and killed by armed men while on their way home to Baler from Nueva Ecija. Some historians believe they were murdered by bandits who also robbed their money, while others believe the killings could have been related to their loyalty to the Spanish government.
In 1899 Quezon cut short his law studies at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, to participate in the struggle for independence against the United States, led by Emilio Aguinaldo. During the Philippine-American War he was an ayuda-de-campo to Emilio Aguinaldo.[2] He rose to the rank of Major and fought in the Bataan sector. However, after Aguinaldo was captured in 1901, Quezón returned to the university and passed the bar examinations in 1903, achieving a fourth place.
He worked for a time as a clerk and surveyor, entering government service as an appointed fiscal for Mindoro and later Tayabas. He became a councilor and was elected governor of Tayabas in 1906 as an independent.
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Si Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (Agosto 19, 1878 – Agosto 1, 1944) ay ang ikalawang Pangulo ng Republika ng Pilipinas (Nobyembre 15, 1935–Agosto 1, 1944). Siya ang kinilala bilang ikalawang pangulo ng Pilipinas, kasunod ni Emilio Aguinaldo (na ang administrasyon ay hindi kinilala ng ibang bansa sa mga panahong iyon at hindi kinilala bilang unang pangulo sa mga kapisanang internasyunal).
BUHAY
Ipinanganak si Manuel L. Quezon sa Baler, sa lalawigan ng Tayabas (tinatawag na ngayong Aurora) noong Agosto 19, 1878. Ang tunay niyang pangalan ay Manuel Luis M. Quezon. Anak siya nina Lucio Quezon at Maria Dolores Molina, kapwa mga guro. Nagtapos siya ng pag-aaral mula sa Colegio de San Juan de Letran noong 1893. Bilang isang binata, nakilahok siya sa pag-aalsa laban sa mga Kastila. Nakipaglaban din siyang kasama ng mga Pilipinong Nasyonalista sa panahon ng Digmaang Pilipino-Amerikano, bilang katulong ni Emilio Aguinaldo. Naipakulong siya dahil sa gawaing ito. Makaraang palayain, nanumpa siya ng katapatan sa Estados Unidos.
Naging manananggol si Quezon sa Baler. Noong 1906, nahalal siya bilang gobernador ng lalawigan ng Tayabas, ngunit nagbitiw upang makapangampanya para sa Asambleya ng Pilipinas, kung saan nakamit niya ang pagiging pinuno ng Asambleya. Mula 1909 hanggang 1916, nagsilbi si Quezon sa Estados Unidos bilang naninirahang komisyonero para sa Pilipinas. Sa panahong ito naipasa ang Batas Jones (Jones Act), nagtatanggal sa Komisyon sa Pilipinas ng Estados Unidos at nagbibigay ng mas mataas na antas ng pamamahala sa mga Pilipino. Dahil dito, itinuring na bayani si Quezon nang muli siyang magbalik sa Pilipinas.
Sa sumunod na dalawang taon, naglingkod siya bilang pangulo ng Senado ng Pilipinas. Noong 1935, nanalo si Manuel L. Quezon sa unang halalan ng pagkapangulo ng Pilipinas sa ilalim ng bagong Komonwelt ng Pilipinas, laban kina Emilio Aguinaldo at Obispo Gregorio Aglipay. Muli siyang nahalal noong 1941.
Pagkaraan ng pananakop ng Hapon sa Pilipinas sa panahon ng Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig, tumakas siya papuntang Australya, at pagkaraan nagtuloy sa Estados Unidos. Sa dalawang bansang ito niya pinamunuan ang pamahalaan ng Pilipinas habang malayo sa bansa.
Nagkasakit ng tuberkulosis si Quezon at namatay sa Saranac Lake, Franklin County, New York noong Agosto 1, 1944 sa edad na 66.[1] Unang inilibing ang kanyang labi sa Arlington National Cemetery. Pagkaraan, ang kanyang labi ay inilibing muli sa Maynila, sa Manila North Cemetery at inilipat sa Lungsod Quezon sa loob ng monumento sa Quezon Memorial Circle.
Ipinangalan sa kaniya ang Lungsod ng Quezon sa Kalakhang Maynila at ang lalawigan ng Quezon.Siya rin ay tinawag bilang 'Ama ng Wika'
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