# Portrait Name
(birth–death)
Term of office Time in office Political party Vice president Period
1 Emilio Aguinaldo

(1869–1964)

23 January 1899 23 March 1901[1] 2 years, 59 days Nonpartisan Vacant (23 January 1899 – 23 March 1901) First Republic
1897 – 57.03%
Term began with the formal establishment of the Malolos Republic. The Malolos Republic, an independent revolutionary state that is actually the first constitutional republic in Asia, remained unrecognized by any country until the Philippines acknowledged the government as its predecessor, which it also calls the First Philippine Republic. Aguinaldo was consequently counted as the country's first president. Aguinaldo had previously held the presidency of other short-lived national governments that preceded the Malolos Republic.
American Governor-Generals, appointed by the President of the United States, governed the Philippines as an Insular Area.
2 Manuel L. Quezon

(1878–1944)

15 November 1935 1 August 1944 8 years, 260 days Nacionalista Sergio Osmeña Commonwealth
1935 – 67.99%
1941 – 81.78%
Sought an election for a full term, but was unsuccessful.
3 Jose P. Laurel

(1891–1959)

14 October 1943 17 August 1945 1 year, 307 days KALIBAPI Vacant Second Republic
1943
Term began with the establishment of Japan's puppet Second Republic after it occupied the Philippines during World War II. The Commonwealth continued its existence as a government in exile in Australia and the United States. The Philippines had two concurrent presidents by this time: a de jure (the Commonwealth president) and a de facto (Laurel). Because of his status, he was not considered a legitimate president until the 1960s.
4 Sergio Osmeña

(1878–1961)

1 August 1944 28 May 1946 1 year, 300 days Nacionalista Vacant Commonwealth
The Liberal Party was not yet a party in itself at the time, but only a wing of the Nacionalista Party. It split and became a separate party by 1947.
5 Manuel Roxas

(1892–1948)

28 May 1946 15 April 1948 1 year, 323 days Liberal Elpidio Quirino Third Republic
1946 – 53.94%
Died, in office, of a heart attack in Clark Air Base, Pampanga.
6 Elpidio Quirino

(1890–1956)

15 April 1948 30 December 1953 5 years, 259 days Liberal[4] Vacant Third Republic
1949 – 50.93% Fernando Lopez
The Liberal Party was split into two opposing wings for the 1949 election: the Avelino wing, led by presidential aspirant José Avelino, and the Quirino wing.
7 Ramon Magsaysay

(1907–1957)

30 December 1953 17 March 1957 3 years, 77 days Nacionalista Carlos P. Garcia Third Republic
1953 – 68.90%
Died, in office, in a plane crash in Mount Manunggal, Cebu.
8 Carlos P. Garcia

(1896–1971)

18 March 1957 30 December 1961 4 years, 287 days Nacionalista Vacant Third Republic
Diosdado Macapagal
1957 – 41.28%
9 Diosdado Macapagal Diosdado Macapagal

(1910–1997)

30 December 1961 30 December 1965 4 years, 0 days Liberal Emmanuel Pelaez Third Republic
1961 – 55.00%
10 Ferdinand Marcos

(1917–1989)

30 December 1965 25 February 1986[5] 20 years, 57 days Nacionalista

KBL

Fernando Lopez Martial law

Fourth Republic

Vacant
1965 – 51.94%
1969 – 61.47%
1981 – 88.02%
Imposed martial law, as a self-coup, on 23 September 1972, through Proclamation No. 1081, shortly before the end of his second and final term in 1973. General Order No.1, which detailed the transfer of all powers to the president, was also issued, enabling Marcos to rule by decree. Served concurrently as prime minister from 12 June 1978, to 30 June 1981. Deposed in the People Power Revolution.
11 Corazon Aquino

(1933–2009)

25 February 1986 30 June 1992 UNIDO[6] Salvador Laurel Fifth Republic
1986 – 46.10%
Assumed presidency by claiming victory in the disputed 1986 snap election.
12 Fidel V. Ramos

(born 1928)

30 June 1992 30 June 1998 Lakas Joseph Estrada Fifth Republic
1992 – 23.58%
13 Joseph Estrada

(born 1937)

30 June 1998 20 January 2001[7] LAMMP Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Fifth Republic
1998 – 39.86%
Deposed after the Supreme Court declared Estrada as resigned, and, as a result, the office of the president vacant, after the Second EDSA Revolution.[1]
14 Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

(born 1947)

20 January 2001 30 June 2010 Lakas[8] Vacant Fifth Republic
Teofisto Guingona Jr.
Noli de Castro
2004 – 39.99%
15 Benigno Aquino III

(born 1960)

30 June 2010 30 June 2016 Liberal Jejomar Binay Fifth Republic
2010 – 42.08%
16 Rodrigo Duterte

(born 1945)

30 June 2016 Incumbent PDP–Laban Leni Robredo Fifth Republic
2016 – 39.00%

References

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  1. ^ Calica, Aurea (January 21, 2001). "SC: People's welfare is the supreme law". The Philippine Star. Retrieved June 18, 2016.