Sergio Osmeña (1944-1946)
                                             "Fourth president of the Philippines"
 
 -Filipino statesman, founder of the Nationalist Party (PartidoNacionalista) and President of the Philippines from 1944 to1946

-Sergio Osmeña was the second president of the Commonwealth. During his presidency, the Philippines joined the International Monetary Fund.

- In 1907 he was elected delegate to the Philippine National Assembly and founded the Nationalist Party, which came to dominate Philippine political life.

        Contributions and Achievements:

• became president at 65, making him the oldest person to hold office

• first Visayan to become president

• joined with U.S. Gen. Douglas McArthur in Leyte on October 20, 1944 to begin restoration of Philippine freedom after Japanese occupation

• Philippine National Bank was rehabilitated and the country joined the International Monetary Fund during his presidency

• Bell Trade Act was approved by the U.S. Congress during his presidency

• appears on the 50-peso bill 

             Did you know that? 

                                                  Sergio Osmeña was an illegitimate child.


President Sergio Osmeña had the problems of public order, lack of community cooperation, regaining the people's trust in government to deal with during his presidency. And sometimes because of that issues, a leader will not show his skills, talents, and the love to our nation. We will not be united in one goal because of that matter. If we are united, we will be as one and we will obtain our one desire.

"The program of independence, initially written with the blood of the heroes and martyrs of our history [...] is a program definitely accepted by the Filipino people [...] So I say to every Filipino and to tell other elements in our state, that the die is cast. Our course is straight and inflexible. We are going forward to the achievement of our national aspiration."

                                                                      -  Sergio Osmeña