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2015, September 5.  National Teacher's Month:  President Elpidio Quirino, 125th Birth Anniversary

Litho Offset, Amstar Company, Inc.,  Perf 14

Singles (Jumbo size), Sheets of  40

                    

 

15p  Portrait, President Elpidio Quirino,  - Singles   (300,000)

 

Layout Artist:  Victorino Z. Serevo

 

 

First Day Covers:  Manila

  

         

 

 

National Teacher's Month:  Featuring President Elpidio Quirino - 125th Birth Anniversary

Elpidio Quirino – 6th President of the Philippines 

Elpidio Quirino was born on November 16, 1890, in the small city of Vigan, on Luzon Island in the Philippines. His father, Don Mariano Quirino, was a warden at a provincial jail. His mother was Dona Gregoria Mendoza Rivera Quirino. Young Elpidio graduated from elementary school in nearby Caoayan. Advanced beyond his years, Elpidio became a barrio (rural village) teacher while studying at Vigan High School.

Quirino attended the University of the Philippines. In 1915, he earned his law degree from the university's College of Law, and was admitted to the bar later that year. He was engaged in the private practice of law.

Quirino was engaged in the private practice of law until he was elected as member of the Philippine House of Representatives from 1919 to 1925,  Quirino was elected as Senator from 1925 to 1931 representing the First Senatorial District. He then served as Secretary of Finance and Secretary of the Interior in the Commonwealth government.  In 1934, Quirino was a member of the Philippine Independence mission to Washington, D.C., headed by Manuel L. Quezon, that secured the passage in the United States Congress of the Tydings–McDuffie Act. This legislation set the date for Philippine independence by 1945. Official declaration came on July 4, 1946.

Before the Second World War, Quirino was re-elected to the Senate but was not able to serve until 1945. During the Battle of Manila in World War II, his wife, Alicia Syquia, and three of his five children were killed as they fled their home.

After the war, the Philippine Commonwealth Government was restored. The Congress was likewise re-organized and in the Senate Quirino was installed was Senate President pro tempore.  In 1946, Senate President pro tempore Elpidio Quirino was nominated as the running mate by newly formed Liberal Party of presidential candidate and then-Senate President Manuel Roxas. The tandem won the election. Vice-President Quirino was later appointed as Secretary of Foreign Affairs.

Quirino assumed the presidency on April 17, 1948, taking his oath of office two days after the death of Manuel Roxas. His first official act as the President was the proclamation of a state mourning throughout the country for Roxas' death.  Quirino retired from politics to private life in 1953. He offered his dedication to serve the Filipino people, becoming the "Father of Foreign Service" in the Republic of the Philippines.

Qurino died of a heart attack during the leap year day of February 29, 1956.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpidio_Quirino

 

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