Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina GCGH KGCR, 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. 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 City, a city in Metro Manila and Quezon Province, are named after him.
- Occupation
- politician, lawyer
- Position held
- President of the Philippines, President of the Senate of the Philippines, Member of the Senate of the Philippines, Secretary of National Defense
- Citizenship
- Philippines
- Born
