Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who was president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until his death in 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the entire Philippines and is considered the second president of the Philippines after Emilio Aguinaldo (1899–1901), whom Quezon defeated in the 1935 presidential election.
Quezon in 1942
Quezon as aide-de-camp of General Emilio Aguinaldo
Quezon as Resident Commissioner of the Philippines
Senate President Quezon (third from left) with representatives of the Philippine Independence Mission in 1924
Order of the Golden Heart (Philippines)
The Order of the Golden Heart is an order of the Philippines.
Grand Collar