Manuel L. QuezonPersonal detailsBornManuel Luis Quezon y Molina(1878-08-19)19 August 1878Baler, El Príncipe, Nueva Écija, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish East Indies (now Baler, Aurora, Philippines)Died1 August 1944(1944-08-01) (aged 65)Saranac Lake, New York, U.S.Cause of deathTuberculosisResting placeArlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia (1944–1946)Manila North Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines (1946–1979)Quezon Memorial Shrine, Quezon City, Philippines (since 1979)PartyNacionalista (1907–1944)SpouseAurora Aragon(m. 1918)Children4RelativesManuel L. Quezon III (grandson)EducationUniversity of Santo TomasColegio de San Juan de LetranSignatureMilitary serviceAllegianceFirst Philippine RepublicPhilippine CommonwealthUnited StatesBranch/servicePhilippine Republican ArmyPhilippine Commonwealth ArmyYears of service1899–19001941–1944RankCommander-in-ChiefMajorBattles/warsPhilippine–American WarWorld War IIPhilippines campaign (1941–1942)Japanese occupation of the PhilippinesSpeech as senate president commenting on the passage of the Tydings-McDuffie Act (Recorded in 1934)Manuel Luis Quezon y MolinaGCGHKGCR (19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who served as the second president of the Philippines from 1935 until his death in 1944.
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