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| Date of birth | November 16, 1890 | | Place of birth | Vigan, Philippines | | Date of death | February 29, 1956(age 65) | | Place of death | Quezon City, Philippines | | Resting place | Manila South Cemetery, Makati City, Philippines | | Political party | Liberal Party | | Spouse | Alicia Syquia | | Alma mater | University of the Philippines College of Law | | Profession | Lawyer | | Religion | Roman Catholicism | | In office | April 17, 1948 - December 30, 1953 | | President | None (1948 � 1949)
Fernando López (1949 � 1953) | | Vice President | None (1948 � 1949)
Fernando López (1949 � 1953) | | Succeeded by | Ramon Magsaysay | | Preceded by | Manuel Roxas | | In office | May 28, 1946 - April 17, 1948 | | President | Manuel Roxas | | Succeeded by | Fernando López | | Preceded by | Sergio Osmeña | | In office | September 16, 1946 - April 17, 1948 | | President | Manuel Roxas | | Succeeded by | Vacant
Post later held by Joaquin Miguel Elizalde | | Preceded by | Post established | | In office | July 9, 1945 - May 28, 1946 | | President | Sergio Osmeña | | Succeeded by | Melecio Arranz | | Preceded by | Jose Avelino (acting) | | In office | July 9, 1945 - May 28, 1946 | | In office | 1935 - 1936 | | President | Manuel Quezon | | Succeeded by | Antonio de las Alas | | In office | 1935 - 1938 | | President | Manuel Quezon | | Succeeded by | Rafael Alunan | | In office | 1925 - November 15, 1935
Served with:
Isabelo de los Reyes (1925 � 1928)
Melecio Arranz (1928 � 1935) | | Succeeded by | Position abolished | | Preceded by | Santiago Fonacier |
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| | Title | Economy of the Philippines under
President Elpidio Quirino
1948 � 1953 |
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| Header1 | Population |
| Label2 | 1948 |
| Data2 | 19.23 million |
| Header3 | Gross Domestic Product |
| Label4 | 1948 |
| Data4 | (+) Php 99,628 million |
| Label5 | 1953 |
| Data5 | (+)Php 146,070 million |
| Label6 | Growth rate, 1948 � 53 |
| Data6 | 9.43 % |
| Header7 | Per capita income |
| Label8 | 1948 |
| Data8 | (+) Php 5,180 |
| Label9 | 1953 |
| Data9 | (+) Php 7,596 |
| Header10 | Total exports |
| Label11 | 1948 |
| Data11 | (+) Php 35,921 million |
| Label12 | 1953 |
| Data12 | (-) Php 34, 432 |
| Header13 | Exchange rates |
| Data14 | 1 US US$=Php 2.00
1 Php=US US$ 0.50 |
| Data15 | Sources: Project
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Elpidio Rivera Quirino (November 16, 1890 � February 29, 1956) was a Filipino politician, and the sixth President of the Philippines.
A lawyer by profession, Quirino entered politics when he became a representative of Ilocos Sur from 1919 to 1925. He was then elected as senator from 1925 � 1931. In 1934, he became a member of the Philippine independence commission that was sent to Washington, D.C., which secured the passage of Tydings-McDuffie Act to American Congress. In 1935, he was also elected to become member of the convention that will write the draft of then 1935 constitution for the newly-established Commonwealth. At the new government, he served as secretary of the interior and finance under Quezon's cabinet.
After the war, Quirino was elected vice-president in 1946 election, consequently the second and last for the Commonwealth and first for the third republic. After the death of the incumbent president Manuel Roxas in 1948, he succeeded the presidency. In what was claimed to be a dishonest and fraudulent 1949 presidential election, he won the president's office under Liberal Party ticket, defeating Nacionalista vie and former president José P. Laurel as well as fellow Liberalista and former Senate President José Avelino.
The Quirino administration was generally challenged by the Hukbalahaps, who ransacked towns and barrios. Quirino ran for president again in the 1953 presidential election, but was defeated by Nacionalista Ramon Magsaysay.
After his term, he retired to his new country home in Novaliches, Quezon City, where he died of a heart attack on February 29, 1956.
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