Diosdado Macapagal
December 30, 1961 – December 30, 1965

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    Era Ninth President of the Philippines
    Fifth President of the Third Republic
    Constitution Amended 1935 Constitution
    Predecessor Carlos P. Garcia
    Successor Ferdinand E. Marcos
    Inauguration December 30, 1961, Quirino Grandstand, Manila (aged 51)
    Capital Quezon City
    Vice-President Emmanuel Pelaez (1961-1965)
    Chief Justice Cesar Bengzon (April 28, 1961-May 29, 1966)
    Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez (January 22, 1957-April 5, 1963)
    Ferdinand E. Marcos (April 5, 1963-December 30, 1965)
    Speaker of the House Daniel Z. Romualdez (January 22, 1962-March 9, 1962)
    Cornelio T. Villareal (March 9, 1962-December 30, 1965)

    Previous Positions

    Executive Legal Assistant (Quezon and Laurel administrations)
    Chief of the Law Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs
    Chief negotiator in the administration-to-administration transfer of the Turtle Islands from the United Kingdom
    Secretary to the Philippine Embassy in Washington, DC
    Legislative Lower House: Representative of the First District of Pampanga (1949-1957)
    Judicial None
    Others None

    Personal Details
    Born September 28, 1910
    Lubao, Pampanga
    Died April 21, 1997
    Makati City
    Resting Place Libingan ng mga Bayani, Taguig City
    Political Parties Liberal Party
    Parents Urbano Macapagal
    Romana Pangan
    Spouse Purita de la Rosa
    Evangelina Macaraeg
    Children (by Purita de la Rosa)
    Pampanga Vice-Governor Cielo Macapagal-Salgado
    Arturo Macapagal
    (by Evangelina Macaraeg)
    President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
    Diosdado Macapagal Jr.
    Alma Mater Associate in Arts, University of the Philippines (1933)
    Bachelor of Laws, University of Santo Tomas (1936)
    Master of Laws, University of Santo Tomas (1941)
    Doctor of Civil Laws, University of Santo Tomas (1947)
    Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University of Santo Tomas (1957)
    Occupation Lawyer

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    Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Jose Feliciano
    Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources
    (1963-1965)
    Benjamin Gozon
    Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources
    (1962-1963)
    Jose Locsin
    Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources
    (1961-1962)
    Budget Commission Faustino Sy-Changco
    Commissioner
    (February 15, 1960-1965)
    Department of Education Alejandro Roces
    Secretary of Education
    (December 30, 1961-September 7, 1965)
    Jose Tuason
    Secretary of Education
    (September 5, 1962-December 31, 1962)
    Jose E. Romero
    Secretary of Education
    (May 18, 1959-September 4, 1962)
    Department of Finance Rufino G. Hechanova
    Secretary of Finance
    (January 8, 1964-December 13, 1965)
    Rodrigo Perez
    Secretary of Finance
    (August 1, 1962-January 7, 1964)
    Fernando Sison
    Secretary of Education
    (January 2, 1962-July 31, 1962)
    Department of Foreign Affairs Mauro B. Mendez
    Secretary of Foreign Affairs
    (May 1964-December 1965)
    Salvador P. Lopez
    Secretary of Foreign Affairs
    (1963-1964)
    Emmanuel Pelaez
    Secretary of Foreign Affairs
    (December 1961-July 1963)
    Department of Health Manuel A. Cuenco
    Secretary of Health
    (December 13, 1964-December 29, 1965)
    Rodolfo T. Canos
    Secretary of Health
    (May 1, 1964-June 20, 1965)
    Floro V. Dabu
    Secretary of Health
    (July 23, 1965-March 6, 1964)
    Francisco Q. Duque Jr.
    Secretary of Health
    (January 1962-July 22, 1963)
    Department of Justice Salvador L. Marino
    Secretary of Justice
    (July 1963-December 1965)
    Juan R. Liwag
    Secretary of Justice
    (May 1962-July 1963)
    Jose W. Diokno
    Secretary of Justice
    (January 1962-May 1962)
    Department of National Defense Macario Peralta Jr.
    Secretary of National Defense
    (December 30, 1961-December 30, 1965)
    Department of Public Works, Transportation, and Communications Jorge Abad
    Secretary of Public Works, Transportation, and Communications
    (1964-1965)
    Brigido R. Valencia
    Secretary of Public Works, Transportation, and Communications
    (1962-1963)
    Paulino T. Cases
    Secretary of Public Works, Transportation, and Communications
    (January-May 1962)
    Marciano D. Bautista
    Secretary of Public Works, Transportation, and Communications
    (1961-1962)
    • Executive Orders: 1-229 (total: 229)
    • Administrative Orders: 1-191 (total: 191)
    • Memorandum Orders: 1-136 (total: 136)
    • Memorandum Circulars: 1-53 (total: 53)
    • Proclamations: 1-530 (total: 530
    • Population: 29.2 million (1962)
    • Gross Domestic Product: P234,428 million (1962)
    • Gross Domestic Product: P273,769 million (1965)
    • GDP Growth Rate: 5.15% (1962-1965 average)
    • Income Per Capita: P8,042 (1962)
    • Income Per Capita: P8,617 (1965)
    • Total Exports: P46,177 million (1962)
    • Total Exports: P66,216 million (1965)
    • Unemployment Rate: 8.00% (1962)
    • Unemployment Rate: 7.2% (1965)
    • Peso-Dollar Exchange Rate: $1 = P.3.80 (1962)
    • Peso-Dollar Exchange Rate: $1 = P3.90 (1965)

    Source: National Statistical Coordination Board, National Accounts of the Philippines, National Statistics Office, Philippine Statistical Yearbook

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