Sergio Osmeña

Sergio Osmeña
4th President of the Philippines
In office
August 1, 1944  May 28, 1946
Serving with Jose P. Laurel (1944–1945)
Preceded byManuel L. Quezon
Jose P. Laurel (de facto)
Succeeded byManuel Roxas
1st Vice President of the Philippines
In office
November 15, 1935  August 1, 1944
PresidentManuel L. Quezon
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byElpidio Quirino
2nd Secretary of Public Instruction, Health, and Public Welfare
in concurrent capacity as Vice President of the Philippines
In office
December 24, 1941  August 1, 1944
PresidentManuel L. Quezon
Preceded byJuan Nolasco
Jorge Bocobo
Succeeded byMariano Eraña
Basilio Valdes
Carlos P. Romulo
14th Secretary of Public Instruction
in concurrent capacity as Vice President of the Philippines
In office
November 15, 1935  December 1, 1938
PresidentManuel L. Quezon
Preceded byJoseph R. Hayden
Succeeded byManuel L. Quezon
1st and 3rd President of the Nacionalista Party
In office
1944–1953
Preceded byManuel L. Quezon
Succeeded byEulogio Rodriguez
In office
1907–1935
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byManuel L. Quezon
Political offices 19041935
2nd Senate President pro tempore of the Philippines
In office
October 27, 1922  July 16, 1934
Preceded byEspiridion Guanco
Succeeded byJosé Clarín
Senator of the Philippines from the 10th district
In office
June 6, 1922  November 15, 1935
Serving with
Celestino Rodriguez (1922–1925)
Pedro Rodriguez (1925–1931)
Manuel Briones (1931–1935)
Preceded byFilemon Sotto
Succeeded byPosition abolished
1st Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives
Speaker of the Philippine Assembly (1907–1916)
In office
October 16, 1907  June 6, 1922
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byManuel Roxas
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Cebu's 2nd district
Member of the Philippine Assembly (1907–1916)
In office
October 16, 1907  June 6, 1922
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byVicente Sotto
3rd Governor of Cebu
In office
1904  October 16, 1907
Preceded byJuan F. Climaco
Succeeded byDionisio A. Jakosalem
Personal details
Born
Sergio Osmeña

(1878-09-09)September 9, 1878
Cebu, Cebu, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish East Indies
DiedOctober 19, 1961(1961-10-19) (aged 83)
Quezon City, Philippines
Resting placeManila North Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines
Political partyNacionalista (1907–1961)
Spouses
Estefania Chiong Veloso
(m. 1901; died 1918)
    (m. 1920)
    Children13, including Sergio Jr.
    Alma materColegio de San Juan de Letran (AB)
    University of Santo Tomas (LL.B)
    ProfessionLawyer, soldier
    Signature
    Military service
    Allegiance First Philippine Republic
    Philippine Commonwealth
    Branch/servicePhilippine Revolutionary Army
    Philippine Commonwealth Army
    Years of service1899–1900
    1941–1945
    RankCommander-in-Chief
    Battles/warsPhilippine–American War
    World War II
    * Philippines Campaign (1941–1942)
    * Japanese Occupation of the Philippines (1942–1945)
    * Philippines Campaign (1944–1945)
    Chinese name
    Traditional Chinese吳文釗
    Simplified Chinese吴文钊
    Transcriptions
    Standard Mandarin
    Hanyu PinyinWú Wénzhāo
    Southern Min
    Hokkien POJGô͘ Bûn-chiau

    Sergio Osmeña Sr. CCLH (Spanish: [ˈseɾxjo osˈmeɲa], Tagalog: [ˈsɛɾhjo ʔosˈmɛɲa]; Chinese: 吳文釗; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Bûn-chiau; September 9, 1878 – October 19, 1961) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fourth president of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946 and as the first vice president of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He served the shortest term as president of the Philippines, lasting for only 1 year and 300 days. He was vice president under Manuel L. Quezon. Upon Quezon's sudden death in 1944, Osmeña succeeded him at age 65, becoming the first vice president to succeed to the Philippine presidency and the oldest person to assume it until Rodrigo Duterte took office in 2016 at age 71. He was the founder of the Nacionalista Party.

    Osmeña was also the first Visayan to become president, and regarded as the "Grand Old Man" of Cebu.

    Prior to his accession in 1944, Osmeña served as governor of Cebu from 1906 to 1907, member and first speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives from 1907 to 1922, and senator from the 10th senatorial district for thirteen years, in which capacity he served as Senate president pro tempore. In 1935, he was nominated to be the running-mate of Senate President Manuel L. Quezon for the presidential election that year. The duo were overwhelmingly re-elected in 1941.

    He was the patriarch of the prominent Osmeña family, which includes his son, former senator Sergio Osmeña Jr., and his grandsons, former senators Sergio Osmeña III and John Henry Osmeña, ex-governor Lito Osmeña, and former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña.