Biography jose p.laurel

  • José P. Laurel was a Filipino lawyer, politician, and jurist, who served as president of the Philippines (1943–45) during the Japanese.
  • José Paciano Laurel y García (March 9, 1891 – November 6, 1959) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, and judge, who served as the President of the Second.
  • After resigning from the Cabinet, Laurel opened a law office, taught in various law schools in Manila, and began his long career as a publicist in the course of.

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    President Jose P. Laurel History

    Jose P. Laurel: Biographical Sketch

    Among Filipino leaders who dominated the national stage during the first six decades of the 20th century, the one who most deserves the title of philosopher of democracy and economic nationalism is the late Dr. Jose P. Laurel. Many Filipinos in those eventful decades spoke and wrote of democracy as well as of economic nationalism, in the political, academic and educational fields, with competence and sometimes brilliance, but none presented or committed to print a whole body of ideas, beliefs, and convictions on these two great issues of the world of the 20th century better or more comprehensively than the Sage of Tanauan whose name literally became a by-word in Philippine politics, education, and economics in the years following the establishment of Philippine Independence.

    More than any of his contemporaries, Dr. Laurel understood clearly the problem that democracy must need to face in a Philippines that was

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    Jose P. Laurel

    President of the Philippines from 1943 to 1945

    Jose P. Laurel

    Laurel in 1943

    In office
    October 14, 1943 – August 17, 1945

    Serving with Manuel L. Quezon[a] (1943–1944) and Sergio Osmeña[b] (1944–1945)

    Vice President
    Preceded byManuel L. Quezon[c]
    Succeeded bySergio Osmeña[d]
    In office
    December 4, 1942 – October 14, 1943
    Presiding Officer, PECJorge B. Vargas
    Preceded byBenigno Aquino Sr.
    In office
    December 24, 1941 – December 2, 1942
    Presiding Officer, PECJorge B. Vargas
    Preceded byTeófilo Sison
    Succeeded byTeófilo Sison
    In office
    December 30, 1951 – December 30, 1957
    ConstituencyAt-large
    In office
    June 2, 1925 – June 2, 1931

    Serving with Manuel L. Quezon

    Preceded byAntero Soriano
    Succeeded byClaro M. Recto
    Constituency5th district
    In office
    February 29, 1936 –&

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    Jose P. Laurel

    Full name

    Jose Paciano Laurel

    Died

    November 6, 1959 (age 68)

    Resting place

    Tanauan, Batangas

    Term

    October 14, 1943 - August 17, 1945

    Political party

    Nacionalista
    KALIBAPI

    Spouse(s)

    Pacencia Laurel (m. 1911-1959)

    Children

    José B. Laurel Jr.
    José S. Laurel III

    Natividad Laurel-Guinto
    Sotero Laurel II
    Mariano Laurel
    Rosenda Laurel-Avanceña
    Potenciana Laurel-Yupangco
    Salvador Laurel
    Arsenio Laurel

    Alma mater

    University of the Philippines (UP)
    Yale University

    Signature

    Jose Paciano Laurel Y Garcia, was born on March 9, 1891 in Tanauan (now Tanauan City), Batangas. Since the administration of President Diosdado Macapagal(1961-1965), Laurel has been recognized as a legitimate president of the Philippines.

    Laurel's Supreme court tenure may have been over-shadowed by his presidency, yet he remains one of the most important Supreme Court justices in Philippine history. He authored several leading cases still analyzed to this day that

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