Quezon, Manuel Luis, 1878-1944

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Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, KR (19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also referred to by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino statesman, soldier and politician who served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the entire Philippines (as opposed to the government of previous Philippine states), and is considered to have been the second president of the Philippines, after Emilio Aguinaldo (1899–1901), whom Quezon defeated in the 1935 presidential election.

During his presidency, Quezon tackled the problem of landless peasants in the countryside. His other major decisions include the reorganization of the islands' military defense, approval of a recommendation for government reorganization, the promotion of settlement and development in Mindanao, dealing with the foreign stranglehold on Philippine trade and commerce, proposals for land reform, and opposing graft and corruption within the government. He established a government-in-exile in the U.S. with the outbreak of World War II and the threat of Japanese invasion.

It was during his exile in the U.S. that he died of tuberculosis at Saranac Lake, New York. He was buried in the Arlington National Cemetery until the end of World War II, when his remains were moved to Manila. His final resting place is the Quezon Memorial Circle.

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creatorOf Manuel Luis Quezon papers, 1909-1944 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Joseph Ralston Hayden Papers, 1854-1975 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Marquardt, Frederic Sylvester, 1905-. Frederic S. Marquardt papers, 1920-1981. Bentley Historical Library
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Quezon, Manuel Luis, 1878-1944. Manuel Luis Quezon papers, 1909-1944. Bentley Historical Library

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Place Name Admin Code Country
Manila NCR PH
Saranac Lake NY US
Baler 03 PH
Province of Quezon 40 PH
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Birth 1878-08-19

Death 1944-08-01

Spaniards,

Filipinos

Spanish; Castilian,

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