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    Elpidio Quirino

    President of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953

    In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Rivera and the surname or paternal family name is Quirino.

    Elpidio Quirino

    In office
    April 17, 1948 – December 30, 1953
    Vice PresidentRamon Avanceña(1948–1949; de facto)
    Fernando Lopez(1949–1953)
    Preceded byManuel Roxas
    Succeeded byRamon Magsaysay
    In office
    May 28, 1946 – April 17, 1948
    PresidentManuel Roxas
    Preceded bySergio Osmeña
    Succeeded byFernando Lopez
    In office
    September 16, 1946 – January 6, 1950
    PresidentManuel Roxas
    Himself
    Preceded byAbolished
    Position last held by Felipe Buencamino in 1899 as Secretary of Foreign Relations
    Succeeded byFelino Neri
    In office
    May 28, 1946 – November 24, 1946
    PresidentManuel Roxas
    Preceded byJaime Hernandez
    Succeeded byMiguel Cuaderno
    In office
    July 25,

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    Elpidio Quirino

    His Excellency


    Elpidio R. Quirino

    In office
    April 17, 1948 – December 30, 1953
    Vice PresidentNone(1948–1949)
    Fernando Lopez(1949–1953)
    Preceded byManuel Roxas
    Succeeded byRamon Magsaysay
    In office
    May 28, 1946 – April 17, 1948
    PresidentManuel Roxas
    Preceded bySergio Osmeña
    Succeeded byFernando Lopez
    In office
    September 16, 1946 – April 16, 1948
    PresidentManuel Roxas
    Preceded byPost established
    Succeeded byVacant
    Post later held bygd Joaquín Miguel Elizalde
    In office
    May 28, 1946 – November 24, 1946
    PresidentManuel Roxas
    Preceded byJaime Hernandez
    Succeeded byMiguel Cuaderno
    In office
    July 25, 1934 – February 18, 1936
    PresidentManuel L. Quezon
    Preceded byVicente Encarnacion
    Succeeded byAntonio dem las Alas
    In office
    1935–1938
    PresidentManuel L. Quezon
    Preceded bySeverino dem las Alas
    Succee
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    President Quirino was born in Vigan, Ilocos Sur on November 16, 1890 to Mariano Quirino, a commissioned officer in the Spanish army, and Gregoria Rivera. He received his first schooling from his parents. After they moved to his mother's home province, he enrolled in a private school to study English grammar. He then transferred to the Aringay Elementary School and later studied in the provincial school of San Fernando, La Union. In 1904 the family returned to Vigan. Pidiong then continued his studies in the town's high school, after which he applied for a teaching job at the Capariaan barrio school.

    Fired with a high ambition, Elpidio continued his studies in Manila as a working student. His oratorical ability was developed when he enrolled as a sophomore at the Manila High School. 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 Philippine