List of presidents of the Philippines

File:Malacañang Palace (local img).jpg

Malacañang Palace in Manila is the official residence of the president.Template:Refn Built in 1750, it has become a prominent symbol of and metonym for the office.

Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists Under the Constitution of the Philippines, the president of the Philippines (Template:Langx) is both the head of state and government, and serves as the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces.<ref name="execbranch">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="1941election">Template:Harvnb</ref> The president is directly elected by qualified voters to a six-year term and must be "a natural-born citizen of the Philippines, a registered voter, able to read and write, at least forty years of age on the day of the election, and a resident of the Philippines for at least ten years immediately preceding such election". No elected president can seek re-election. Upon resignation, or removal from the office, the vice president assumes the post. A president's successor who hasn't served for more than four years can still seek a full term for the presidency.<ref name="1987con">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The incumbent president is Bongbong Marcos, who assumed office on June 30, 2022.

History

Emilio Aguinaldo became the inaugural president of the Philippines under the Malolos Republic, which was considered the First Philippine Republic.<ref name="Tuckerp8">Template:Harvnb</ref>Template:Refn He held that office until 1901 when he was captured by United States forces during the Philippine–American War (1899–1902).<ref name="execbranch"/> The American colonization of the Philippines abolished the First Republic,<ref name="FirstRep"/> which led to an American governor-general exercising executive power.<ref name="Agoncillo281">Template:Harvnb</ref>

In 1935, the United States, pursuant to its promise of full Philippine sovereignty,<ref name="commonwealth">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> established the Commonwealth of the Philippines following the ratification of the 1935 Constitution, which also restored the presidency. The first national presidential election was held,Template:Refn and Manuel L. Quezon (1935–1944) was elected to a six-year term with no provision for re-election<ref name="1941election"/> as the second Philippine president and the first Commonwealth president.Template:Refn In 1940, however, the Constitution was amended to allow re-election but shortened the term to four years.<ref name="execbranch"/> However, a change in the government occurred three years later when the Second Philippine Republic was organized with the enactment of the 1943 Constitution, which Japan imposed after the occupied the Philippines in 1942 during [[World War II|World WarTemplate:NbspII]].<ref name="RicardoJose">Template:Cite book</ref> José P. Laurel acted as puppet president of the new Japanese-sponsored government;<ref name="puppet">Template:Cite magazine</ref> his de facto presidency,<ref name="dejurefacto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> not legally recognized until the 1960s,<ref name="2ndrepog"/> overlapped with that of the president of the Commonwealth, which went into exile. The Second Republic was dissolved after the Japan surrendered to the Allies in 1945; the Commonwealth was then restored in the Philippines in the same year with the election of Sergio Osmeña (1944–1946) as president.<ref name="execbranch"/>

Manuel Roxas (1946–1948) then followed Osmeña when he won the first post-war election in 1946. He became the first president of the independent Philippines when the Commonwealth ended on [[Republic Day (Philippines)|JulyTemplate:Nbsp4]] of that year. The Third Republic was ushered in and would cover the administrations of the next five presidents, the last of which was Ferdinand Marcos (1965–1986),<ref name="execbranch"/> who performed a self-coup by imposing martial law in 1972.<ref name="martiallaw">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The dictatorship of Marcos saw the birth of the New Society (Template:Langx) and the Fourth Republic. His tenure lasted until 1986 when he was deposed in the People Power Revolution. The current constitution came into effect in 1987, marking the beginning of the Fifth Republic.<ref name="execbranch"/>

Of the individuals elected as president, three died in office: two of natural causes (Manuel L. Quezon<ref name="QuezonDeath">Template:Cite news</ref> and Manuel Roxas<ref name="RoxasDeath">Template:Cite news</ref>) and one in a plane crash (Ramon Magsaysay, 1953–1957<ref name="MagsaysayDeath2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>). The longest-serving president is Ferdinand Marcos with Template:Age in years and days in office; he is the only president to have served more than two terms. The shortest is Sergio Osmeña, who spent Template:Age in years and days in office.

Two women have held the office: Corazon Aquino (1986–1992), who ascended to the presidency upon the successful People Power Revolution of 1986, and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2001–2010), who, as vice president, ascended to the presidency upon Estrada's resignation and was elected to a full six-year term in 2004.

Presidents

No.	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term start	Term end	Term length	Party		Election	Vice president
1	File:Emilio Aguinaldo (ca. 1898).jpg	Emilio Aguinaldo (1869–1964)	January 23, 1899	April 19, 1901Template:Efn	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Nonpartisan	1899Template:Efn	Template:CNone
colspan="10" Template:CNone
2	File:Manuel L. Quezon (November 1942) (cropped).jpg	Manuel L. QuezonTemplate:Efn (1878–1944)	November 15, 1935	August 1, 1944Template:Efn	Template:Ayd	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Nacionalista	1935	Sergio Osmeña
						1941Template:Efn
3	File:Jose P. Laurel (cropped).jpg	Jose P. LaurelTemplate:Efn (1891–1959)	October 14, 1943	August 17, 1945Template:Efn	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	KALIBAPI	1943Template:Efn	Template:CNone
4	File:Sergio Osmena photo.jpg	Sergio OsmeñaTemplate:Efn (1878–1961)	August 1, 1944	May 28, 1946	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Nacionalista	Template:CNone	Template:CNone
5	File:Manuel Roxas 2.jpg	Manuel Roxas (1892–1948)	May 28, 1946	April 15, 1948Template:Efn	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Liberal	1946	Elpidio Quirino
6	File:Elpidio R Quirino.jpg	Elpidio Quirino (1890–1956)	April 17, 1948	December 30, 1953	Template:Ayd	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Liberal	Template:CNone	Template:CNone
						1949		Fernando Lopez (from 1949)
7	File:Ramon-Magsaysay-01.jpg	Ramon Magsaysay (1907–1957)	December 30, 1953	March 17, 1957Template:Efn	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Nacionalista	1953	Carlos P. Garcia
8	File:Carlos P Garcia photo.jpg	Carlos P. Garcia (1896–1971)	March 18, 1957	December 30, 1961	Template:Ayd	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Nacionalista	Template:CNone	Template:CNone
						1957		Diosdado Macapagal (from 1957)
9	File:Diosdado Macapagal photo.jpg	Diosdado Macapagal (1910–1997)	December 30, 1961	December 30, 1965	4 years	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Liberal	1961	Emmanuel Pelaez
10	File:Ferdinand E Marcos (cropped).jpg	Ferdinand Marcos (1917–1989)	December 30, 1965	February 25, 1986Template:Efn	Template:Ayd	rowspan="5" style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Nacionalista (until 1978)	1965	Fernando Lopez (until 1973)
						1969
								rowspan="5" Template:CNone
						1973Template:Efn
						1977Template:Efn
							rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" |	KBL (from 1978)
						1981
							Template:CNone
11	File:Corazon Aquino 1986.jpg	Corazon Aquino (1933–2009)	February 25, 1986	June 30, 1992	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	UNIDO (until 1987)	1986Template:Efn	Salvador Laurel
						style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent (from 1987)
12	File:Fidel Valdez Ramos Official Photo as President of the Philippines (1995) (cropped).jpg	Fidel V. Ramos (1928–2022)	June 30, 1992	June 30, 1998	6 years	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Lakas	1992	Joseph Estrada
13	File:President Joseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada, Argentine President Menem (cropped) (cropped2).jpg	Joseph Estrada (born 1937)	June 30, 1998	January 20, 2001Template:Efn	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	LAMMP	1998	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
14	File:President Arroyo (06-14-2006) (cropped).jpg	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (born 1947)	January 20, 2001	June 30, 2010	Template:Ayd	rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Lakas	rowspan="2" Template:CNone	Template:CNone
						Teofisto Guingona Jr.Template:Efn (2001–2004)
						2004		Noli de Castro (from 2004)
15	File:Benigno "Noynoy" S. Aquino III (face crop).jpg	Benigno Aquino III (1960–2021)	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2016	6 years	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Liberal	2010	Jejomar Binay
16	File:President Rodrigo Duterte portrait (cropped portrait).jpg	Rodrigo Duterte (born 1945)	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2022	6 years	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	PDP–Laban	2016	Leni Robredo
17	File:Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr (cropped2).jpg	Bongbong Marcos (born 1957)	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	PFP	2022	Sara Duterte

Unofficial presidents

Andrés Bonifacio is considered by some historians to be the first president of the Philippines. He was the third Supreme President (Spanish: Presidente Supremo; Tagalog: Kataastaasang Pangulo) of the Katipunan secret society. Its Supreme Council, led by the Supreme President, coordinated provincial and district councils. When the Katipunan went into open revolt in August 1896 (the Cry of Balintawak), Bonifacio transformed it into a revolutionary government with him as president. While the term Katipunan remained, Bonifacio's government was also known as the Tagalog Republic (Tagalog: Republika ng Katagalugan; Spanish: Republica Tagala). (Although the word Tagalog refers to a specific ethnicity, Bonifacio used it to denote all indigenous people in the Philippines in place of Filipino which had colonial origins.)<ref>Template:Harvnb (Item 3 in the list, referring to Note 41 at p.61, citing Template:Harvnb);

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Some historians contend that including Bonifacio as a past president would imply that Macario Sakay and Miguel Malvar should also be included.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Malvar continued Emilio Aguinaldo's leadership of the First Philippine Republic after the latter's capture until his own capture in 1902. Macario Sakay revived the Tagalog Republic in 1902 as a continuation of Bonifacio's Katipunan. They are still both considered by some scholars as "unofficial presidents". Along with Bonifacio, Malvar and Sakay are not recognized as presidents by the Philippine government.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Sakay1">Template:Citation</ref>

Emilio Aguinaldo is officially recognized as the first president of the Philippines, but this is based on his term of office during the Malolos Republic, later known as the First Philippine Republic. Prior to this Aguinaldo had held the presidency of several revolutionary governments which are not counted in the succession of Philippine republics.

Manuel L. Quezon delegated his presidential duties to José Abad Santos, the then-Chief Justice, when the former fled the Philippines amidst Japanese occupation of the islands to establish a government-in-exile. He is believed to have in effect become the acting president of the Philippine Commonwealth though no legal document has been retrieved detailing the official transfer of the title of President to Abad Santos.<ref name="abad">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

List

Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term start	Term end	Term length	Party		Election	Vice President	Government
File:Andrés Bonifacio photo (cropped).jpg	Andrés Bonifacio Template:Small <ref name="guerrero1996" /><ref name="guererro2">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="borromeo">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	August 24, 1896Template:Efn	March 22, 1897Template:Efn Template:Small May 10, 1897Template:Efn	Template:Age in years and days or Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	Template:CNone	Template:CNone	Template:Flagicon image Sovereign Tagalog Nation
File:Emilio Aguinaldo (ca. 1898).jpg	Emilio Aguinaldo Template:Small	March 22, 1897Template:Efn	November 1, 1897Template:Efn	Template:Age in years and days	rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	1897	Mariano Trias	Template:Flagicon image Tejeros Revolutionary Government
		November 2, 1897Template:Efn	December 14, 1897Template:Efn	Template:Age in years and days	Template:CNone		Template:Flagicon image Republic of Biak-na-Bato
		May 24, 1898	June 23, 1898Template:Efn	Template:Age in years and days	Template:CNone		Template:Flagicon image Dictatorial Government
		June 23, 1898Template:Efn<ref name="pangulo.ph/prexy_efa">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	January 23, 1899Template:Efn	Template:Age in years and days		Template:CNone		Template:Flagicon image Revolutionary Government
File:Francisco Maabulos.jpg	Francisco Makabulos Template:Small	April 17, 1898	May 19, 1898Template:Efn	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	Template:CNone	Template:CNone	Template:Flagicon image Central Executive Committee
File:Miguel malvar PG.jpg	Miguel Malvar Template:Small <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	April 19, 1901Template:Efn	April 16, 1902Template:Efn	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	Template:CNone	Template:CNoneTemplate:Efn	Template:Flagicon image First Republic
File:Macario Sacay.jpg	Macario Sakay Template:Small <ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Sacay1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	May 6, 1902Template:Efn	July 14, 1906Template:Efn	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	KatipunanTemplate:Efn	Template:CNone	Francisco Carreón	Template:Flagicon image Tagalog Republic
File:José Abad Santos.jpg	José Abad Santos Template:Small <ref name="abad" />	March 17, 1942	May 1, 1942	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	Independent	Template:CNone	Template:CNone	Template:Flagicon imageTemplate:Flagicon image Commonwealth
File:Jorge Bartolomé Vargas.jpg	Jorge B. Vargas Template:Small	January 23, 1942	October 14, 1943	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	KALIBAPI	Template:CNone	Template:CNone	Template:Flagicon image Philippine Executive Commission
File:Arturo Tolentino.jpg	Arturo Tolentino Template:Small <ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	July 6, 1986Template:Efn	July 8, 1986	Template:Age in years and days	style="background:Template:Party color" |	KBL	1986	Template:CNone	Template:Flagicon image Fourth Republic

List of presidents by age

Template:Abbr	President	Born	Age at Template:Nowrap	Age at Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap timespan	Lifespan
						Died	Age
1	Emilio Aguinaldo	March 22, 1869	Template:AydTemplate:HrJanuary 23, 1899	Template:AydTemplate:HrMarch 23, 1901	Template:Ayd	February 6, 1964	Template:Ayd
2	Manuel Quezon	August 19, 1878	Template:AydTemplate:HrFebruary 15, 1935	Template:AydTemplate:HrAugust 1, 1944	Died in office	August 1, 1944	Template:Ayd
3	Jose P. Laurel	March 9, 1891	Template:AydTemplate:HrOctober 14, 1943	Template:AydTemplate:HrAugust 17, 1945	Template:Ayd	November 6, 1959	Template:Ayd
4	Sergio Osmeña	September 9, 1878	Template:AydTemplate:HrAugust 1, 1944	Template:AydTemplate:HrMay 28, 1946	Template:Ayd	October 19, 1961	Template:Ayd
5	Manuel Roxas	January 1, 1892	Template:AydTemplate:HrMay 28, 1946	Template:AydTemplate:HrApril 15, 1948	Died in office	April 15, 1948	Template:Ayd
6	Elpidio Quirino	November 16, 1890	Template:AydTemplate:HrApril 17, 1948	Template:AydTemplate:HrDecember 30, 1953	Template:Ayd	February 29, 1956	Template:Ayd
7	Ramon Magsaysay	August 31, 1907	Template:AydTemplate:HrDecember 30, 1953	Template:AydTemplate:HrMarch 17, 1957	Died in office	March 17, 1957	Template:Ayd
8	Carlos P. Garcia	November 4, 1896	Template:AydTemplate:HrMarch 18, 1957	Template:AydTemplate:HrDecember 30, 1961	Template:Ayd	June 14, 1971	Template:Ayd
9	Diosdado Macapagal	September 28, 1910	Template:AydTemplate:HrDecember 30, 1961	Template:AydTemplate:HrDecember 30, 1965	Template:Ayd	April 21, 1997	Template:Ayd
10	Ferdinand E. Marcos	September 11, 1917	Template:AydTemplate:HrDecember 30, 1965	Template:AydTemplate:HrFebruary 25, 1986	Template:Ayd	September 28, 1989	Template:Ayd
11	Corazon Aquino	January 25, 1933	Template:AydTemplate:HrFebruary 25, 1986	Template:AydTemplate:HrJune 30, 1992	Template:Ayd	August 1, 2009	Template:Ayd
12	Fidel V. Ramos	March 18, 1928	Template:AydTemplate:HrJune 30, 1992	Template:AydTemplate:HrJune 30, 1998	Template:Ayd	July 31, 2022	Template:Ayd
13	Joseph Estrada	April 19, 1937	Template:AydTemplate:HrJune 30, 1998	Template:AydTemplate:HrJanuary 20, 2001	Living	Living	Template:Ayd
14	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	April 5, 1947	Template:AydTemplate:HrJanuary 20, 2001	Template:AydTemplate:HrJune 30, 2010	Living	Living	Template:Ayd
15	Benigno Aquino III	February 8, 1960	Template:AydTemplate:HrJune 30, 2010	Template:AydTemplate:HrJune 30, 2016	Template:Ayd	June 24, 2021	Template:Ayd
16	Rodrigo Duterte	March 28, 1945	Template:AydTemplate:HrJune 30, 2016	Template:AydTemplate:HrJune 30, 2022	Living	Living	Template:Ayd
17	Bongbong Marcos	September 13, 1957	Template:AydTemplate:HrJune 30, 2022	Incumbent	Incumbent	Living	Template:Ayd

List of presidents by offices held before presidency

Executive branch

Vice presidents

Vice President	President served under	Year(s) served	Notes
Sergio Osmeña	Manuel L. Quezon	1935–1944	Osmeña succeeded Quezon, after the latter's death
Elpidio Quirino	Manuel Roxas	1946–1948	Quirino succeeded Roxas, after the latter's death; ran and won a full term in 1949
Carlos P. Garcia	Ramon Magsaysay	1953–1957	Garcia succeeded Magsaysay, after the latter's death; ran and won a full term in 1957
Diosdado Macapagal	Carlos P. Garcia	1957–1961	Macapagal defeated Garcia in 1961
Joseph Estrada	Fidel V. Ramos	1992–1998	Estrada ran for a full term in 1998
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	Joseph Estrada	1998–2001	Arroyo succeeded Estrada, after the latter's resignation; ran and won a full term in 2004

3 other former vice presidents (S. Laurel, Binay, and Robredo) all made unsuccessful runs for the presidency.

Cabinet secretaries

The following list includes only cabinet secretaries who served full-time. Vice presidents who served concurrently as cabinet secretaries are not included.

Secretary	Office	President served under	Year(s) served
Elpidio Quirino	Secretary of Finance	Manuel Quezon	1934– 1936
	Secretary of Interior		1935–1938
Manuel Roxas			1941
Ramon Magsaysay	Secretary of National Defense	Elpidio Quirino	1935–1944
Fidel V. Ramos		Corazon Aquino	1988–1991

Other positions

Name	Office	President served under	Year(s) served
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	Undersecretary of the Department of Trade and Industry	Corazon Aquino	1987–1992

Legislative

Senators

Senator	District	Year(s) served	Notes
Manuel L. Quezon	5th	1916–1935	First president to serve as Senate president (1916–1935)
Jose P. Laurel		1925–1931	Only former president to serve as senator (1951–1957) Only senator to serve as majority floor leader (1925–1931)
Sergio Osmeña	10th	1922–1935	First president to serve as president pro tempore (1922–1934)
Manuel Roxas	At-large	1945–1946	Second president to serve as Senate president (1916–1935)
Elpidio Quirino	1st	1925–1935	Second and last president to serve as president pro tempore (1945–1946)
	At-large	1945–1946
Carlos P. Garcia		1945–1953	First president to serve as minority floor leader (1946–1953)
Ferdinand E. Marcos		1959–1965	Second president to serve as minority floor leader (1960–1962) Third and last president to serve as Senate president (1963–1965)
Joseph Estrada		1987–1992
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo		1992–1998
Benigno Aquino III		2007–2010	Did not finish term, won presidency
Bongbong Marcos		2010–2016

Congressman/Representatives/Assemblyman

Legislator	District	Lower House Name	Year(s) served	Notes
Manuel L. Quezon	Tayabas 1st	Philippine Assembly	1907–1909	First president to serve as majority floor leader (1907–1909)
Sergio Osmeña	Cebu 2nd		1907–1916	First President to serve as speaker (1907–1916)
		House of Representatives	1916–1922
Manuel Roxas	Capiz 1st		1922–1935	Second president to serve as majority floor leader. Second president to serve as speaker (1922–1934)
		National Assembly	1935–1938
Elpidio Quirino	Ilocos Sur 1st	House of Representatives	1919–1925
Ramon Magsaysay	Zambales at-large		1946–1950
Carlos P. Garcia	Bohol 3rd		1925–1931
Diosdado Macapagal	Pampanga 1st		1949–1957
Ferdinand E. Marcos	Ilocos Norte 2nd		1949–1959
Benigno Aquino III	Tarlac 2nd		1998–2007	Only president to serve as deputy speaker (2004–2006)
Rodrigo Duterte	Davao City 1st		1998–2001
Bongbong Marcos	Ilocos Norte 2nd		1992–1995; 2007– 2010

Local government

Governors

Governor	Province	Year(s) served	Notes
Manuel Quezon	Tayabas	1906–1907
Sergio Osmeña	Cebu	1904–1907
Manuel Roxas	Capiz	1919–1922
Carlos P. Garcia	Bohol	1933–1941
Bongbong Marcos	Ilocos Norte	1983–1986; 1998–2007	Only president to serve as vice governor (1980–1983)

Mayors

Mayor	City/Municipality	Year(s) served	Notes
Joseph Estrada	San Juan	1969–1986	First former president to serve as Mayor (2013–2019)
Rodrigo Duterte	Davao City	1988–1998; 2001–2010; 2013–2016	Only president to serve as vice mayor (1986–1987; 2010–2013) Second former president elected as mayor (2025)

Municipal/City Councilors

Name	Municipality/City	Province	Year(s) served
Manuel Quezon	Lucena	Tayabas	1906
Manuel Roxas	Capiz	Capiz	1917–1919

Judiciary

Name	Position	Year(s) served	President	Notes
Jose P. Laurel	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court	1936–1942	Manuel Quezon	Only president to serve on the Supreme Court

International Affairs-related

Name	Office	President served under	Year(s) served
Manuel Quezon	Resident Commissioner of the Philippines	None (Under American rule)	1909–1916

Presidents who had not previously held elective office

Without previous experience in government, but served in the military

Name	Year(s) served
Emilio Aguinaldo	1899–1901

Without previous experience in government or in the military

Name	Year(s) served
Corazon Aquino	1986–1992

List of presidents by military service

Name	Portrait	Rank	Branch	Year(s) served	Wars/Battles	Notes
Emilio Aguinaldo	File:General Emilio Aguinaldo.jpg	Generalissimo	Philippine Revolutionary Army	1896–1901	Philippine Revolution, Philippine–American War	Became Commanding General of the entire Revolutionary Army after the assassination of Gen. Antonio Luna in June 1899.
Manuel Quezon	File:Major Manuel Luis Quezon.jpg	Major	Philippine Republican Army	1899–1901	Philippine–American War	Served under Gen. Tomas Mascardo and also aide-de-camp to President Aguinaldo
Manuel Roxas	File:Brigadier General Manuel A. Roxas (1945-05-24).jpg	Brigadier General	Philippine Commonwealth Army	1941–1945	World War II	Covertly provided intelligence reports to guerilla units while acting as chief advisor to President Laurel.
Ramon Magsaysay	File:Ramon Magsaysay guerilla.jpg	Captain	Philippine Commonwealth Army	1942–1945	World War II	31st Infantry Division, present during the Battle of Bataan (1942). Later became Secretary of National Defense under President Quirino.
Ferdinand E. Marcos	File:Ferdinand Marcos as a soldier.jpg	1st Lieutenant	USAFFE	1942–1945	World War II	21st Infantry Division, present during the Battle of Bataan and the subsequent Death March (1942)
		Major	USAFIP-NL			14th Infantry Regiment
Fidel V. Ramos	File:Ramos Pentagon.jpg	General	Philippine Constabulary	1950–1988	Korean War, Vietnam War	Only former president to serve as chief of staff of the Armed Forces (1984–1985; 1986–1988), and commander of a service branch (1972–1986)

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See also

• List of vice presidents of the Philippines

References

Works cited

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External links

• Presidential Website
• Office of the President of the Philippines
• Presidential Museum and Library
• Philippines at worldstatesmen.org+