Sergio Osmea

9 September 1878 19 October 1961

Political career:

4th President of the Philippines

from 1944 to 1946
2nd President of the
Commonwealth
Vice President under Manuel
Quezons term
First Visayan President
Governor of Cebu from 1906 to
1907
Member of the First Speaker of
the Philippine House of
Representatives from 1907 to
1922
Senator from the 10th
Senatorial District for thirteen
years

Personal Data:

Born on September 9, 1878

Cebu City
Juana Suico (mother)
Don Pedro Lee Gotiaco(Father)
Studiied at University of Santo
Thomas(Philosophy and Law)
Editor of Cebu Newspaper El
Nueva Dia(New Day), 1900
Lawyer who placed second in
the 1903 Bar Examination
First Wife: Estefana Chiong
Veloso
Second Wife: Esperenza Limjap
13 children
Editor of Cebu Newspaper El
Nueva Dia(New Day), 1900
Served on the war staff of
General Emilio Aguinaldo as a
courier and journalist.

OsRox Mission

Went to the U.S as part of

the OsRox Mission to secure
the passage of the HareHawes-Cutting
Independence Bill.
Hare-Hawes-Cutting BillThe law promised Philippine
independence after 10
years, but reserved several
military and naval bases for
the United States, as well as
imposing tariffs and quotas
on Philippine exports

Vice Presidency

Nacionalista party broke out.

Quezon and Osmea again
reconciled for the 1935
Presidential Election. In 1935

Quezon and Osmea won

the Philippine's first national
presidential election.
Re-elected in 1941, Osmea
remained vice president
during the Japanese
occupation when the
government was in exile. As
Vice-President, Osmea
concurrently served as Public
Instruction Secretary from
193540, and again from
194144.
Succeeded as President after
Quezons death
Restored the Commonwealth
government after the WWII
and various executive
departments. He continued
to fight for Philippine
Independence.

Liberation and Restoration of the

Commonwealth

Osmea accompanied U.S.

General Douglas MacArthur
during the landing of U.S. forces
in Leyte on 20 October 1944.
Upon establishing the
beachhead, MacArthur
immediately transferred
authority to Osmea, the
successor of Manuel Quezon, as
Philippine Commonwealth
president.
President Osmea, after
thanking the United States
through General MacArthur,
announced the restoration of
the Government of the
Commonwealth of the
Philippines and work out the
salvation of the Philippines from
the ravages of war.

Government reorganization

The Court of Appeals was

abolished and its appellate
jurisdiction was transferred to
the supreme court.

Rehabilitation of the Philippine

National Bank

The first bill enacted was

Commonwealth Act No. 672
rehabilitating the Philippine
National Bank.
First Commonwealth Congress
earnestly took up the various
pending assignments to solve
the matters affecting the
Philippines.

United Nations Charter

The Philippines was one of the

fifty-one nations that drafted
the UN Charter.
UN Charter is the foundational
treaty of the intergovernmental
organization
Maintenance of peace and
international security and
respect for human rights

and the Office of Special

Prosecutors to deal with the
pending cases of collaboration
Foreign Relations Office

To prepare for the forthcoming

independent status of the
Philippines, he created the
Office of Foreign Relations

International Banking

Appointed Carlos P. Romulo as

his representative to accept
Philippine membership in the
International Monetary Fund in
the International Bank for
Reconstruction and
Development.

1946 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Bell Trade Act

On April 30. 1946, the United

States Congress, at last
approved the Bell Trade Act.
The Act gave the Philippines
eight years of free trade with
the United States

President Osmea tried to

prevent the split in the
Nacionalista Party by offering
Senator Roxas the position of
Philippine Regent Commissioner
to the United States but Roxas
turned down the offer.
New political organization was
born, the Liberal Wing of the
Nacionalista Party.
Lost the elections

Death
Peoples Court

The Congress enacted C.A. No.

682 creating the Peoples Court

He died of pulmonary edema at

age 83 on 19 October 1961