Name of President Birth Place Birth Date Accomplishments

Manuel Roxas Capiz, Capiz January 1, 1892 President Roxas, with

bold steps, met the
situation with the
same confidence he
exuded in his
inaugural address,
when he said: "The
system of free but
guided enterprise is
our system". Among
the main remedies
proposed was the
establishment of the
Philippine
Rehabilitation
Finance Corporation.
This entity would be
responsible for the
construction of twelve
thousand houses and
for the grant of easy-
term loans in the
amount of
177,000,000 pesos.
Another proposal was
the creation of
the Central Bank of
the Philippines to help
stabilize the
Philippine dollar
reserves and
coordinate and the
nations banking
activities gearing
them to the economic
progress.
Elpidio Quirino Vigan, Ilocos Sur November 16, 1890 In 1934, he became a
member of the
Philippine
independence
commission that was
sent to Washington,
D.C., which secured
the passage of
Tydings–McDuffie
Act to American
Congress. In 1935, he
was also elected to
the convention that
drafted the 1935
constitution for the
 newly established
Commonwealth.
Ramon Magsaysay Iba, Zambales August 31, 1907 Best known for
successfully defeating
the communist-led
Hukbalahap (Huk)
movement. The son
of an artisan,
Magsaysay was a
schoolteacher in the
provincial town of Iba
on the island of
Luzon
Diosdado Macapagal Lubao, Pampanga September 28, 1910 Macapagal served as
President to combat
bribery and corruption
while also boosting
the Philippine
economy. He enacted
the country's first land
reform law,
liberalized foreign
exchange and import
controls, and placed
the peso on the free
currency exchange
market.
Ferdinand E. Marcos Sarrat, Ilocos Norte September 11, 1917 He became the
Liberal Party's
executive vice
president in and
served as the party's
president from 1961
to 1964. He served as
Senate President from
1963 to 1965. He is
the Philippines' most
recent Senate
President to become
President.