The Philippine Presidents

FIRST REPUBLIC (Revolutionary Government/The Philippines under Spanish rule)

(1899-1901) President: Emilio F. Aguinaldo

(1897?) Vice-President: Mariano C. Trias (elected VP during the Tejeros assembly)

COMMONWEALTH PERIOD (American Period

(1935-1944) President Manuel L. Quezon (Died in exile in the U.S.)

(1936-1944) Vice-President: Sergio S. Osmeña, Sr.

(1944-1946) President: Sergio S. Osmeña, Sr. (Assumed the presidency upon the death of Quezon while the Philippine Commonwealth government is in exile in the U.S.)

SECOND REPUBLIC (Japanese Occupation)

(1943-1945) President: Jose P. Laurel

(1943-1945) Vice-Presidents: Benigno Aquino, Sr. and Ramon Avancena

THIRD REPUBLIC

(1946-1948) President: Manuel L. Roxas (Died of a heart attack)

(1946-1948) Vice-President: Elpidio R. Quirino

(1948-1953) President: Elpidio R. Quirino (Assumed the remaining term & re-elected)

(1949-1953) Vice-President: Fernando H. Lopez

(1953-1957) President: Ramon F. Magsaysay

(Magsaysay died in an airplane crash on March 16, 1957 on Mt. Manunggal in Cebu)

(1953-1957) Vice-President: Carlos P. Garcia

(1957-1961) President: Carlos P. Garcia (Assumed the remaining term and re-elected)

(1957-1961) Vice-President: Diosdado P. Macapagal

(1961-1965) President: Diosdado P. Macapagal

(1961-1965) Vice-President: Emmanuel N. Pelaez

(1965-1972) President: Ferdinand E. Marcos (the first to win 2 presidential terms)

(1965-1972) Vice-President: Fernando H. Lopez

FOURTH REPUBLIC (Martial Law, "The New Republic" & Parliamentary Government

(1972-1986) President: Ferdinand E. Marcos (unseated by the People Power Revolution )

(Marcos died in exile in Hawaii on September 28, 1989 of Lupus complications)

(1981-1986) Prime Minister Cesar E. A. Virata

(1986) Vice-President: Arturo M. Tolentino (proclaimed but did not serve due to the revolt)

FIFTH REPUBLIC (Under the new "People Power" Constitution)

(1986-1992) President: Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino

(1986-1992) Vice-President: Salvador H. Laurel

(1992-1998) President Fidel V. Ramos

(1992-1998) Vice-President: Joseph Ejercito Estrada

(1998-2001) President: Joseph Ejercito Estrada (Deposed by "People Power")

(1998-2001) Vice-President: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

(2001-2010) President: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Assumed Estrada's remaining term & re-elected)

(2001-2004) Vice-President: Teofisto T. Guingona (1st term of Arroyo)

(2004-2010) Vice-President: Manuel "Noli" Leuterio de Castro (2nd term of Arroyo)

(2010-Present) President: Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Cojuangco Aquino III

(2010-Present) Vice-President: Jejomar "Jojo" Cabauatan Binay