Sergio Osmeña

Sergio Osmeña Born: 9-Sep-1878
Birthplace: Cebu City, Philippines
Died: 19-Oct-1961
Location of death: Manila, Philippines
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, North Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State
Nationality: Philippines
Executive summary: 4th President of the Philippines
Co-Founder of the Nacionalista Party.
Editor of El Nuevo Día newspaper, from 1903.
Died at Veteran's Memorial Hospital in Quezon City, Manila.
Mother: Juana Osmeña y Suico
Son: Sergio Osmeña Jr. (Philippine Senator)
University: University of San Carlos (1892)
University: San Juan de Letran College, Manila

President of the Philippines 1-Aug-1944 to 28-May-1946

A lawyer and newspaper editor, Osmeña became the Government of Cebu in 1904. He resigned in 1906 and was elected to the new Philippines Assembly, where he served as founding Speaker until his election to the Senate in 1922. He also founded the Nacionalista Party, which went on to dominate domestic politics, In 1935, he was elected Vice-President of the Philippine Commonwealth. In exile with Quezon, he succeeded as President of the Commonwealth upon the latter’s death in 1944. He famously “returned” with General Douglas MacArthur and worked towards the rehabilitation of the war-torn country.