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Elpidio Rivera Quirino ( Tagalog: [kiˈɾino]; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 6th President of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953. A lawyer by profession, Quirino entered politics when he became a representative of Ilocos Sur from 1919 to 1925.
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.
Si Elpidio Rivera Quirino (16 Nobyembre 1890 – 29 Pebrero 1956) ay ang ika-6 na Pangulo ng Republika ng Pilipinas (17 Abril 1948 – 30 Disyembre 1953). Isinilang si Elpidio Rivera Quirino sa Vigan, Ilocos Sur noong Nobyembre 16, 1890.
Feb 29, 2016 · He was the sixth President of the Republic and after 60 years, he is getting the burial he deserves. On Monday, President Benigno Aquino III led the re-interment of the remains of President Elpidio Quirino at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City.
The story of Elpidio Quirino is a one of hope and inspiration, hatred and forgiveness, challenge and triumph. His life and career bear the hallmarks of his cardinal values: tolerance, goodwill and love.
May 23, 2018 · Elpidio Quirino (1890-1956) was the second president of the Philippine Republic. During his administration, the Philippines passed through a period of revolutionary turmoil marked by widespread corruption, demoralization, economic crisis, and political terrorism.
Born to a family of modest means in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Elpidio Quirino was a self-made man of firm determination and burning ambition. While studying in Vigan High School, the young Elpidio taught in Barrio Caparia-an of the adjacent town of Caoayan.
To write the Centennial Biography of Elpidio Quirino, President of the Republic of the Philippines (1948-1953) is a privilege that in the very nature of things temporal, comes but once in a lifetime. The occasion is at once an opportunity, a challenge and a privilege – an opportunity to sort out the tangled skein of truth that has twisted
Nov 4, 2015 · Elpidio Quirino was the leader of a war-torn nation, but he also exemplified Philippine ideals of forgiveness and compassion. He had been devastated by the war on a deeply personal level, witnessing the deaths of his wife, Alicia, and three children during the Battle of Manila in 1945.
Elpidio Quirino was a Filipino political leader and the sixth president of the Philippines (1948–1953). Elpidio was a lawyer when he decided to jump into politics. He started as a representative of Ilocos Sur, a province in the Philippines, in 1919.
