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Era

Eighth President of the Philippines

Fourth President of the Third Republic

Constitution

Amended 1935 Constitution

Predecessor

Ramon Magsaysay

Successor

Diosdado Macapagal

Date Elected

March 18, 1957 (succeeded into office) November 12, 1957 ; 2,072,257 votes (41.3% of the electorate)

Inauguration

March 1, 1957 , Malacañan Palace, Manila (aged 61) December 30, 1957 , Independence Grandstand, Manila (aged 62)

Seat of Government

Quezon City

Vice President

Diosdado Macapagal (December 30, 1957-December 30, 1961)

Chief Justice

Senate President

Eulogio Rodriguez (January 22, 1957-April 5, 1963)

Speaker of the House

Daniel Z. Romualdez (January 27, 1958-December 30, 1961)

Previous Positions:

Executive

Bureaucracy: Member, Rehabilitation Commission

Provincial: Governor of Bohol (1933-1941)

Cabinet: Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1953-1957)

National: Vice President of the Philippines (1953-1957)

Legislative

Lower House: Representative of the Third District of Bohol (1925-1931)

Upper House: Senator (elected 1941 but did not assume office due to Japanese occupation) (1945-1953)

Judicial

None

Others

President, 1971 Constitutional Convention

Military: Guerilla resistance leader

Worked under other Administrations

QUEZON as Governor; Senator; Member of the Rehabilitation Commission

OSMEÑA as Senator; Member of the Rehabilitation Commission

ROXAS as Senator

QUIRINO as Senator

MAGSAYSAY as Vice President; Secretary of Foreign Affairs

Personal Details

Born

November 4, 1896

Talibon, Bohol

Died

June 14, 1971

Quezon City

Resting Place

Libingan ng mga Bayani, Taguig City

Political Parties

Nacionalista Party

Parents

Policronio Garcia

Ambrosia Polistico

Spouse

Leonila de la Serna Dimataga (1906-1994) (m. 1933)

Children

Linda Garcia-Ocampos

Education

Bachelor of Laws, Philippine Law School (1923)

Cebu Provincial High School (now Abellana National School)

Profession

High School Teacher

Poet

Lawyer

Academe

Teacher, Bohol Provincial School (1923)