Presidents of the Third Philippine Republic No. overall No. in era Portrait Name (Birth -- Death) Took office Left office Party Term Vice President Refs. 5 Manuel A. Roxas 1892 -- 1948 (Lived: 56 years) July 4, 1946 April 15, 1948 Liberal (1946) 5 (1946) (1948) Elpidio Quirino July 4, 1946 -- April 17, 1948 Vacant April 15 -- 17, 1948 6 Elpidio Quirino 1890 -- 1956 (Lived: 65 years) April 17, 1948 December 30, 1953 Liberal Vacant April 17, 1948 -- December 30, 1949 (1949) 6 (1949) Fernando Lopez December 30, 1949 -- December 30, 1953 7 Ramon Magsaysay 1907 -- 1957 (Lived: 49 years) December 30, 1953 March 17, 1957 Nacionalista (1953) 7 (1953) (1957) Carlos P. Garcia 8 Carlos P. Garcia 1896 -- 1971 (Lived: 74 years) March 18, 1957 December 30, 1961 Nacionalista Vacant March 18 -- December 30, 1957 (1957) 8 (1957) Diosdado Macapagal December 30, 1957 -- December 30, 1961 9 5 Diosdado Macapagal 1910 -- 1997 (Lived: 86 years) December 30, 1961 December 30, 1965 Liberal (1961) 9 (1961) Emmanuel Pelaez 10 6 Ferdinand E. Marcos 1917 -- 1989 (Lived: 72 years) December 30, 1965 February 25, 1986 Nacionalista (1965) 10 (1965) Fernando Lopez December 30, 1965 -- September 23, 1972 (1969) 11 (1969) None September 23, 1972 -- February 25, 1986 KBL (1981) 12 (1981)
president of the third republic in the philippines
Manuel A. Roxas Elpidio Quirino Elpidio Quirino Ramon Magsaysay Carlos P. Garcia Carlos P. Garcia Diosdado Macapagal Diosdado Macapagal