After World War II, Quirino served as secretary of state and vice president under the first president of the independent Philippines, Manuel Roxas. When Roxas died on April 15, 1948, Quirino succeeded to the presidency. The following year, he was elected president for a four-year term on the Liberal Party ticket, defeating the Nacionalista candidate. Tragically, his wife and three of his children were brutally killed by Japanese naval forces during the Battle of Manila in February 1945. During his presidency, Elpidio Quirino had his surviving daughter, Victoria, serve as his First Lady for social and ceremonial functions.
He was marked by notable postwar reconstruction, general economic gains, and increased economic aid from the United States. Basic social problems, however, particularly in the rural areas, remained unsolved; Quirino's administration was tainted by widespread graft and corruption.
Quirino's six years as president were marked by notable postwar reconstruction, general economic gains, and increased economic aid from the United States. He focused attention on two major goals: restoration of the faith of the people in the government and total economic mobilization. To achieve the first objective, he intensified house-cleaning in the government to weed out the corrupt. For his second goal, he supported the establishment of several industrial plants and projects at strategic points all over the country, thereby mobilizing its economic resources and ushering in an era of industrialization.
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https://usa.inquirer.net/160400/november-16-1890-the-birth-of-president-elpidio-quirino
http://www.ovp.50webs.com/bio/quirino.htm#:~:text=For%20his%20second%20goal%2C%20he,in%20an%20era%20of%20industrialization.
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