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MATRIX OF THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTS | HISTORY | |

PRESIDENT | POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY | POLITICAL EXPERIENCE | ACHIEVEMENTS | STRENGHTS, WEAKNESSES, THREATS | EVALUATION | EMILIO AGUINALDOYears of Administration:March 22,1897- April 1, 1901 | Dedicated to the expulsion of the Spanish and independence of the Philippines through armed force. | He was elected cabeza de barangay of Binakayan, QuezonHe also engaged in inter-island shipping, travelling as far south as the Sulu ArchipelagoThe first person to hold the title of capitan municipal of Cavite El Viejo. | He proclaimed the Philippine Independence on June 12, 1898He made Elementary Education compulsory and free.Local Government reorganization | STRENGTH:Strong will of giving freedom to the Philippines.WEAKNESSES:Did not have enough resources to execute all his plans for the government. | President Emilio Aguinaldo succeeded with his plan in eradicating the Spaniards with the help of the Americans. Although he had limited resources, he managed to achieve his goals with the help of the Americans. | PRESIDENT | POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY | POLITICAL EXPERIENCE | ACHIEVEMENTS | STRENGHTS, WEAKNESSES, THREATS | EVALUATION | MANUEL L. QUEZONYears of Administration:November 15, 1935- August 1, 1944 | Quezon fight for political and economic independence and the other in the attempt to preserve and maintain that independence once attained. | Served as the President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines Quezón was the first Senate President elected to the presidencyIn the 1941 presidential elections, Quezón was re-elected | Government ReorganizationTackled the problem of landless peasants in the countryside. President Quezon implemented the Rice Share Tenancy Act of 1933Initiated women's suffrageRecommended that Tagalog be adopted as the basis for the national languageSocial justice program | STRENGTH: The proclamation of our national language increased the Filipino’s sense of Nationalism during that time. |

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