Jose P. Laurel
Only President of the 2nd Republic
Sept. 25, 1943 - Aug. 15, 1945

• Born: March 9, 1891
• Died: Nov. 6, 1959
• Wife: Paciencia Hidalgo
• Parents: Sotero Laurel and Jacoba Garcia
• Education: Lawyer; UP, and Yale University
• Miscellaneous: A distinguished legislator, jurist, writer and administrator during the pre-war struggle for independence. But his achievements were overshadowed by his controversial presidency during the Japanese occupation that was in conflict with the Philippine government-in-exile headed by Quezon, and then later, by Osmena. But many Filipinos believed that he used his position only to make a harsh military occupation less difficult. In view of this, he almost won the 1949 election over the incumbent Quirino.

  
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