Prime Minister of the Philippines
The prime minister of the Philippines was the official designation of the head of the government of the Philippines from 1978 until the People Power Revolution in 1986. During martial law and the fourth republic, the prime minister served as the head the Armed Forces of the Philippines. A limited version of this office, officially known as the President of the Council of Government, existed temporarily in 1899 during the First Philippine Republic.
Prime Minister of the Philippines
Apolinario Mabini, first President of the Council of Government, considered as the Prime Minister's office.
Pedro A. Paterno succeeded Mabini in May 1899. His actions led to the declaration of war against the United States the next month.
Prime Minister Ferdinand Marcos and First Lady Imelda Marcos in 1979.
President of the Philippines
The president of the Philippines is the head of state, head of government and chief executive of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
President of the Philippines
Petitions were filed before the current Philippine government to recognize Andres Bonifacio as the first Philippine president.
Emilio Aguinaldo and ten of the Malolos Congress delegates that passed the Constitución Política de la República Filipina in 1899
Manuel Luis Quezon, the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth, is officially recognized as the second president of the Philippines