Philippine President Trivia: Here's What Many Filipinos Actually Don't Know

Check Here the List of Philippines Presidents Trivia that may get you Truly Surprised

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT TRIVIA – Here are some surprising information about the Chief Executives of the Philippines that many people don’t know.

The Philippines’ presidential term is six years. There has been several individuals who has served as the chief executive of the country and each of them come unique.

Yes, many people had the chance to lead the Philippines as its chief executive. However, despite their prominence as presidents of the country, there are still a lot of things that many people don’t know about these individuals. Here are some Philippine presidents trivia which you may yet to know:

The first Philippine President, Emilio Aguinaldo, was only aged 29 when he became president of the country. He holds the record as the youngest president in the Philippines.

Emilio Aguinaldo was a dropped out student of Colegio de San Juan de Letran. He was in his third year in high school when he got dropped out from school.

In 1935, Aguinaldo took the presidential race but it was a landslide victory for Manuel L. Quezon.

Manuel L. Quezon is the first president of the Philippines who was elected through a national election.

The late former Pres. Manuel L. Quezon was married to his first cousin, Aurora Aragon. She was the first wife of a president to be called “First Lady”.

The Philippine guerillas has shot former Pres. Jose Laurel was shot 4 times but he survived the unfortunate incidents. He’s the only president of the country to have been shot by the guerillas outside of combat.

While Aguinaldo was the youngest to become president, Sergio Osmeña is the oldest to become the chief executive of the country. He was aged 65 when he became president following the death of Quezon.

Among the many Philippine presidents, Manuel Roxas had the shortest term. He was president of the country for only a year, 10 months, and 18 days.

The late former Pres. Ramon Magsaysay was the first chief executive of the country who wore Barong Tagalog when he sworn into office.

Most of the Philippine presidents died of diseases aside from Ramon Magsaysay whose cause of death is accident.

It was during the term of former Pres. Ramon Magsaysay when the gates of Malacañang literally opened to the people. During his term, the Palace was called “house of the people”.

Also one of the Philippine presidents trivia is that Ramon Magsaysay is the youngest president to die. He was only 49 years old when he passed away.

Another item in this list of Philippine presidents trivia is that former Pres. Carlos P. Garcia is the first chief executive of the country to have been buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

The longest-serving presidents in the Philippines is Ferdinand Marcos Sr. who was the country’s chief executive for over 20 years.

Marcos Sr. was supposedly set to graduate as magna cum laude but he only finished as cum laude after he was imprisoned in 1939 over the death case of Julio Nalundasan.

One of the known Philippine presidents trivia is that the late former Pres. Corazon Aquino is the first female chief executive of the country.

Most of the Philippine presidents were Catholic and former Pres. Fidel V. Ramos is the first member of the Protestant United Church of Christ in the Philippines to become chief executive of the country.