Elpidio Quirino life

 


Elpidio Quirino (born Nov. 16, 1890, Vigan, Phil.-died Feb. 28, 1956, Novaliches) was a political leader and the second president of the independent Republic of the Philippines.


After obtaining a law degree from the University of the Philippines, near Manila, in 1915, Quirino practiced law until he was elected a member of the Philippine House of Representatives in 1919-25 and a senator in 1925-31. In 1934 he was a member of the Philippine independence mission to Washington, D.C., headed by Manuel Quezon, which secured the passage in Congress of the Tydings-McDuffie Act, setting the date for Philippine independence as July 4, 1946. He was also elected to the convention that drafted a constitution for the new Philippine Commonwealth. Subsequently he served as secretary of finance and secretary of the interior in the Commonwealth government.




He worked as a property clerk in the Manila police department and sketched and illustrated for publications to meet his expenses. After obtaining a law degree from the University of the Philippines in 1915, he served as law clerk in the Philippine Commission, the upper chamber of the legislative set-up at that time.


Quirino's six years as president were marked by notable postwar reconstruction, general economic gains, and increased economic aid from the United States. Basic social problems, however, particularly in the rural areas, remained unsolved; Quirino's administration was tainted by widespread graft and corruption.


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