Diosdado Macapagal
December 30, 1961 – December 30, 1965
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1951-1965
| Era | Ninth President of the Philippines |
| Fifth President of the Third Republic | |
| Constitution | Amended 1935 Constitution |
| Predecessor | Carlos P. Garcia |
| Successor | Ferdinand E. Marcos |
| Date Elected | November 14, 1961; 3,554,840 votes (55% of the electorate) |
| Inauguration | December 30, 1961, Quirino Grandstand, Manila (aged 51) |
| Seat of Government | 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) |
| Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Legal Affairs (1946) | |
| Chief Negotiator to the British Government (1947) | |
| Secretary to the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. | |
| Legislative | Lower House: Representative of the First District of Pampanga (1949-1957) |
| Judicial | None |
| Others | 1st in the Philippine Bar (1935) |
| Worked under other Administrations | QUEZON as Legal Assistant |
| LAUREL as Legal Assistant | |
| QUIRINO as Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Legal Affairs; Congressman | |
| MAGSAYSAY as Congressman; member of the Laurel Mission | |
| GARCIA as Vice President | |
| MARCOS as President of the Constitutional Convention | |
| C. AQUINO as Member of Council of State | |
| RAMOS as Head of the National Centennial Commission | |
| 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 Lim dela Rosa (c. 1900s-1943) (m. 1938) |
| Evangelina de la Cruz Macaraeg (1915-1999) (m. 1946) | |
| Children | (by Purita de la Rosa)
Cielo Macapagal-Salgado; Arturo Macapagal |
| (by Evangelina Macaraeg)
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Diosdado Macapagal Jr. |
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| Education | Pampanga High School (1929) |
| 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 Economics, University of Santo Tomas (1957) | |
| Profession | Poet |
| Reporter | |
| Lawyer | |
| Academe | Professor of Law, University of Santo Tomas (1941-1957) |
| Professor of Law, San Beda College (1948) | |
| Private Practice | Assistant Attorney of Ross, Lawrence, Selph and Carrascoso Law Firm (1937-1940) |
| 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) |
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| Jose Locsin Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources (1961-1962) |
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| 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) |
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| Jose E. Romero Secretary of Education (May 18, 1959-September 4, 1962) |
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| 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) |
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| Fernando Sison Secretary of Education (January 2, 1962-July 31, 1962) |
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| Department of Foreign Affairs | Mauro B. Mendez Secretary of Foreign Affairs (May 1964-December 1965) |
| Salvador P. Lopez Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1963-1964) |
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| Emmanuel Pelaez Secretary of Foreign Affairs (December 1961-July 1963) |
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| 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) |
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| Floro V. Dabu Secretary of Health (July 23, 1965-March 6, 1964) |
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| Francisco Q. Duque Jr. Secretary of Health (January 1962-July 22, 1963) |
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| Department of Justice | Salvador L. Marino Secretary of Justice (July 1963-December 1965) |
| Juan R. Liwag Secretary of Justice (May 1962-July 1963) |
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| Jose W. Diokno Secretary of Justice (January 1962-May 1962) |
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| 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) |
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| Paulino T. Cases Secretary of Public Works, Transportation, and Communications (January-May 1962) |
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| 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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These infographics were published as part of the Philippine Electoral Almanac, a compendium and handy resource of Philippine national elections from 1935 onwards, by the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office.
1961 Presidential Elections
1961 Vice Presidential Elections
1961 Legislative Elections
1963 Legislative Elections
1965 Presidential Elections
1965 Vice Presidential Elections
1965 Legislative Elections
Seventy-five (75) SONAs have been delivered thus far. Click here to access the full list and links to all the SONAs of the Presidents of the Philippines.
Five-Year Integrated Socio-Economic Program for the Philippines
Delivered in the Legislative Building, Manila, January 22, 1962
Second State of the Nation Address of President Diosdado Macapagal
Delivered Before the Second Session of the Fifth Congress of the Republic of the Philippines, January 28, 1963
Third State of the Nation Address of President Diosdado Macapagal
Delivered in the Legislative Building, Manila, January 27, 1964
The Philippines after Three Years (1962-1965)
Delivered in the Legislative Building, Manila, January 25, 1965
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