ELPIDIO RIVERA QUIRINOPERSONAL PROFILESixth President of the PhilippinesSecond President of the Third RepublicBorn: Nov. 16,1890Birthplace: Vigan, Ilocos Sur; native of Caoayan,Ilocos SurFather: Mariano Quirino(provincial jail warden ) Mother: Gregoria Rivera (barrio school teacher )Wife: Alicia Syquia Children: Tomas, Armando, Victoria Quirino-Delgado(1931–2006),Fe Angela

Died: Feb. 29, 1956Cause of death: Heart FailureLocation of death: Manila, Philippines

EDUCATIONAL & CAREER PATHElementary: Caoyan, Ilocos SurSecondary: Ilocos Sur High School; Manila High School

- Served as barrio school master in Caoayan, Ilocos Sur while enrolled in ISHS

- worked as junior computer in the Bureau of Lands

- Performed clerical works in Manila Police Department

(1911) – finished his secondary education at the age of twenty

Tertiary: University of the Philippines (College of Law) and earned his Law Degree on March 15, 1915 and was admitted to the bar later that year. He was engaged in the private practice of law.

PROGRESS AND PROGRAMS1. President's Action Committee on Social

Amelioration or PACSA - beneficial for financially challenged families

2. Agricultural Credit Cooperatives Financing Administration or ACCFA -to help the farmers market their crops and save them from loan sharks

3. Rural Banks of the Philippines -to facilitate credit utilities in rural areas

4. Established the Central Bank of the Philippines to stabilize the Philippine currency

PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGESUnabated rampage of graft and corruption in his

government, as revealed in the Tambobong-Buenavista scandal, the Import Control Anomalies, the Caledonia Pile Mess and the Textbook Racket;

Wasteful spending of the people's money in extravagant junkets abroad;

Failure of government to check the Huk menace which made travel in the provinces unsafe, as evidenced by the killing of former First Lady Aurora Quezon and her companions on April 28, 1949 by the Huks on the Bongabong-Baler road, Baler, Tayabas (now part of Aurora province).

Economic distress of the times, aggravated by rising unemployment rate, soaring prices of commodities, and unfavorable balance of trade. Quirino's vaunted "Total Economic Mobilization Policy" failed to give economic relief to the suffering nation.

Frauds and terrorism committed by the Liberal Party moguls in the 1947, 1949 and 1951 elections.

10 THINGS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT1. He succeeded to the presidency upon Manuel

Roxas's death in 1948 and won a full term in 19492. In the 1953 elections he lost to Ramon Magsaysay3. 1st president to undergo an impeachment trial

because he allegedly purchased a very expensive Golden Orinola using government money

4. critiqued for permitting immorality in the armed forces & neglecting the problems of the masses

5. Involved himself to the American government which made him compliant to international economies

6.  he became the Father of Foreign Service