Elpidio Rivera Quirino

Second President of Third Republic of the Philippines

Birthdate: November 16, 1890
Died: February 28, 1956Term: April 17, 1948- November 10, 1953

Political leader and second president of the Independence Republic of the Philippines.

Economic Program of the Quirino Administration:

Upon assuming the reins of government, Quirino announced two main objectives of his administration: first, the economic reconstruction of the nation and second, the restoration of the faith and confidence of the people in the government. In connection to the first agenda, he created the President's Action Committee on Social Amelioration or PACSA to mitigate the sufferings of indigent families, the Labor Management Advisory Board to advise him on labor matters, the Agricultural Credit Cooperatives Financing Administration or ACCFA to help the farmers market their crops and save them from loan sharks, and the Rural Banks of the Philippines to facilitate credit utilities in rural areas.He adpoted the Total Ecomomic Mobilization Policy.