Life Story of Elpidio Quirino

 

From 1948 to 1953, Filipino politician and lawyer Elpidio Rivera Quirino presided as the country's sixth president. Quirino, a lawyer by trade, entered politics in 1919 and served as a representative for Ilocos Sur from 1919 until 1925. From 1925 to 1935, he was elected to the Senate. He was chosen to the convention that wrote the 1935 constitution for the newly formed Commonwealth in 1935. In 1934, he joined the Philippine Independence Commission, which was dispatched to Washington, D.C., to ensure that the Tydings-McDuffie Act was passed by the US Congress. He held the positions of secretary of finance and interior in the cabinet of President Manuel Quezon's new administration.

In the 1946 election following World War II, Quirino was chosen as the Commonwealth's second and final vice president and the third republic's first. He took over as president in 1948 following the passing of Manuel Roxas, the incumbent. He defeated former president and vice president José P. Laurel of the Nacionalista and former Senate President José Avelino to win the presidency on the Liberal Party platform.

During his six years in office, Quirino oversaw significant postwar reconstruction, overall economic growth, and an increase in US financial assistance. However, fundamental social issues remained unresolved, especially in rural regions; pervasive corruption and bribery marred Quirino's administration..

In addition, President Quirino established the Social Security Commission and named Social Welfare Commissioner Asuncion Perez as its head. The PACSA was thus established, tasked with providing loans, relief, and assistance to those who were less fortunate.

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