Diosdado Macapagal
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A physician by profession, she founded several health and education centers for the poor throughout the country such as the Elsie Gaches Village, a center for the underprivileged in the south of Manila, and financially supported the Medical Research Foundation of the Philippines.
- Hilaria Del Rosario-Aguinaldo
- Aurora Aragon-Quezon
- Paciencia Hidalgo Laurel
- Esperanza Limjap Osmeña
- Trinidad de Leon-Roxas
- Victoria Syquia Quirino
- Luz Banzon-Magsaysay
- Leonila Dimataga-Garcia
- Evangelina Macaraeg-Macapagal
- Imelda Romualdez-Marcos
First lady to President Emilio Aguinaldo(1869 – 1964). Interesting facts: 1. Hilaria del Rosario-Aguinaldo (1877 – 1921) became the wife of Philippines’ first President at a time when the title “first lady”was still not widely recognized in the country. 2. Hilaria lost her second babywhile escaping capture by American soldiers. On March 6, 1921, sh...
First lady to President Manuel L. Quezon(1878–1944). Interesting facts: 1. Atang de la Rama, also known in history as the first Filipina actress to appear in the movies, became Manuel Quezon’s “singing telegram.”She was hired and brought to Baler, Quezon to sing for Aurora as part of Quezon’s courtship. 2. Aurora Quezon was the first Chairman of th...
First lady to President José P. Laurel(1891–1959). Interesting facts: 1. Paciencia Laurel (1889-1960) was the first First Lady to serve in Malacañang under the Japanese occupation during World War II. 2. In April 1911, Paciencia married Jose P. Laurelwho was three years her junior and a fresh high school graduate at that time. 3. During her husband...
First lady toPresident Sergio Osmeña (1878–1961). Interesting facts: 1. Esperanza Escolar Limjap (1896-1978) was the daughter of Mariano Limjap, a Filipino-Chinese who selflessly gave his financial support to the Philippine Revolution. 2. Esperanza was a “runner-up” during the 1915 Manila Carnival Queen. The said beauty contest was the highlight of...
First lady toPresident Manuel Roxas (1892–1948). Interesting facts: 1. Also known by her nickname “Trining,” then 19-year-old Trinidad Roura De Leon was crowned Queen of the Orient at the 1920 Manila Carnival. She shared the crowned with the American beauty named Virginia Harrison. It was the first time since 1908 that the event held a dual coronat...
First lady toPresident Elpidio Quirino (1890–1956) Interesting facts: 1. Victoria “Vicky” Quirino (1931-2006) was only 16 when her father, then Vice President Elpidio Quirino, assumed the presidencyafter the death of President Manuel Roxas. And since President Quirino lost his wife, Alice Syquia, and three of his children during the Battle of Manil...
First lady to President Ramon Magsaysay(1907–1957). Interesting facts: 1. Luz Banzon (1915-2004) was the daughter of a wealthy family from Bataanwho were already good friends with the Magsaysays even before the couple first met. 2. In a 1965 interview with Nicanor Patricio for the Daily Magazine, Luz Banzon-Magsaysay revealed that she and Monching ...
First lady toPresident Carlos P. Garcia (1896–1971) Interesting facts: 1. Known as “Inday” to her friends,Leonila Dimataga-Garcia (1906-1994) was a licensed pharmacist. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of Santo Tomas. 2. Leonila met the young lawyer Carlos P. Garcia while working as a pharmacist in Bohol. Th...
First lady toPresident Diosdado Macapagal (1910–1997). Interesting facts: 1. Lifestyle columnist Jaime Picornell first met the First Lady Eva Macapagal in 1964. He was working for the Morning Times at that time and Mrs. Eva was visiting Cebu together with her husband. Picornell described the first lady as frank, refined, well-educated, and with a s...
First lady to President Ferdinand Marcos (1917–1989). Interesting facts: 1. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino once dated Imelda Romualdez. During some of his interviews, Ninoy described “Meldy” as “the most beautiful woman” who “looked like the Virgin Mary.” Imelda, on the other hand, once stated that he hated Aquino because he dropped her “like a hot potato ...
May 1, 2020 · Evangelina de la Cruz Macaraeg, also known as "Eva," was born in Binalonan, Pangasinan on 1 November 1915. She was the second wife of Diosdado Macapagal, whom she married in Manila on 4 May 1946. They had two surviving children during their marriage.
- Female
- November 1, 1915
- Diosdado Pangan Macapagal
- May 16, 1999
Evangelina Macaraeg Macapagal, Doctor of Medicine. Once logged in, you can add biography in the database
Jul 11, 2023 · Eva Macapagal. Evangelina “Eva” Macapagal was the second wife of Diosdado Macapagal, who served as president from 1961 to 1965.
native of Lubao, Pampanga, Macapagal graduated from the University of the Philippines and University of Santo Tomas, after which he worked as a lawyer for the government. He first won election in 1949 to the House of Representatives, representing a district in his home province of Pampanga.
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Diosdado Macapagal implemented the Education Act of 1963, which expanded the country's educational system by increasing public school funds and establishing a nationwide network of colleges and universities.
