Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who was president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until his death in 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the entire Philippines and is considered the second president of the Philippines after Emilio Aguinaldo (1899–1901), whom Quezon defeated in the 1935 presidential election. Quezon City, a city in Metro Manila, is named after him.
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Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina 19 August 1878 Baler, Philippines
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1 August 1944 (aged 65) Saranac Lake, New York, United States
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Zodiac | Leo |
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