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The President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...

Timeline of Events

1899

1.23.1899

Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic.

1911

1.12.1911

The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.

1935

11.15.1935

Manuel L. Quezon is inaugurated as the second president of the Philippines.

1957

3.17.1957

A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.

1965

12.30.1965

Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.

1972

9.21.1972

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signs Proclamation No. 1081 placing the entire country under martial law.

9.23.1972

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos announces over television and radio the implementation of martial law.

1984

11.14.1984

Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.

1989

12.1.1989

The right-wing military rebel ''Reform the Armed forces Movement'' attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état.

2001

1.20.2001

Philippine president Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

5.1.2001

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion.

2006

2.24.2006

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.