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Elpidio Quirino

1890 - 1956

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Elpidio Rivera Quirino (Tagalog: [kiˈɾino]; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the sixth president of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953. A lawyer by profession, Quirino entered politics when he became a representative of Ilocos Sur's first district from 1919 to 1922. He was then elected as a senator from 1925 to 1935. 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 the United States Congress. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elpidio Quirino is the 6,482nd most popular politician (up from 6,992nd in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Philippines (down from 17th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Filipino Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Elpidio Quirino ranks 6,482 out of 19,576. Before him are William II, Duke of Bavaria, Bushra al-Assad, Michael of Chernigov, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Gundemar. After him are Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza, Emperor Go-Murakami, Andronikos Doukas Angelos, Valamir, Tai Geng, and Ḫattušili II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Elpidio Quirino ranks 66. Before him are Adolf Schärf, Géza Lakatos, Victor Serge, Walter Krüger, Prince Joachim of Prussia, and Zeki Velidi Togan. After him are Bechara El Khoury, Vannevar Bush, Seiichi Itō, Andriy Melnyk, Grigory Kulik, and Max Immelmann. Among people deceased in 1956, Elpidio Quirino ranks 58. Before him are Chandrashekhar Agashe, Savielly Tartakower, Erich Kleiber, Pío Baroja, Hiram Bingham III, and Hermann Abendroth. After him are Thomas J. Watson, Mahmud Barzanji, Nikolaj Velimirović, Art Tatum, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, and Guido Cantelli.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Elpidio Quirino ranks 24 out of 155. Before him are Jose P. Laurel (1891), Diosdado Macapagal (1910), Ramon Magsaysay (1907), Manuel Roxas (1892), Pedro Calungsod (1654), and Andrés Bonifacio (1863). After him are Isabel Preysler (1951), Carlos P. Garcia (1896), Efren Reyes (1954), Sara Duterte (1978), Manny Pacquiao (1978), and Benigno Aquino III (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In Philippines

Among politicians born in Philippines, Elpidio Quirino ranks 18. Before him are Emilio Aguinaldo (1869), Jose P. Laurel (1891), Diosdado Macapagal (1910), Ramon Magsaysay (1907), Manuel Roxas (1892), and Pedro Calungsod (1654). After him are Carlos P. Garcia (1896), Sara Duterte (1978), Benigno Aquino III (1960), Leni Robredo (1965), Juan Ponce Enrile (1924), and Florencio Campomanes (1927).

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