President of the Philippines facts for kids

President of the Philippines Pangulo ng Pilipinas
Presidential Standard
Presidential Seal
Incumbent Rodrigo Duterte since June 30, 2016
Style	Mr. President (informal) His Excellency (formal and in international correspondence)
Member of	Cabinet National Security Council
Residence	Malacañan Palace
Seat	Manila, Philippines
Appointer	Direct popular vote
Term length	Six years Single term
Constituting instrument	1987 Constitution of the Philippines
Inaugural holder	Emilio Aguinaldo (official)a Manuel L. Quezon (de jure)b
Formation	January 23, 1899 (official)a November 15, 1935 (de jure)b
Deputy	Vice President of the Philippines
Salary	₱399,739 per month / ₱4,796,868 per year

The President of the Philippines (Filipino: Pangulo ng Pilipinas, informally known as Presidente ng Pilipinas) is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines.

The President leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The President is directly elected by the people, and is one of only two nationally elected executive officials, the other being the Vice President of the Philippines.

However, four vice presidents have assumed the presidency without having been elected to the office, such as by the death or resignation of an incumbent president.

Filipinos refer to their President as Pangulo or Presidente. The President serves a single, fixed, six-year term without possibility of re-election. On June 30, 2016, Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in as the 16th and current president.

Eligibility

Article 7, Section 2 of the Constitution reads that in order to be eligible for President the person must:

• Be a natural-born citizen of the Philippines
• A registered voter
• Able to read and write
• At least forty years of age on the day of the election
• A resident of the Philippines for at least ten years immediately before the election

List

Main page: List of presidents of the Philippines

Living former presidents

As of May 2018, there are four living former Presidents:

Fidel V. Ramos Served: 1992–1998 Age: 92	Joseph Estrada Served: 1998–2001 Age: 83	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Served: 2001–2010 Age: 73	Benigno Aquino III Served: 2010–2016 Age: 60

Incumbent President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (center) with (from left) former Presidents Joseph Ejercito Estrada, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Fidel V. Ramos, and Benigno S. Aquino III, before the start of a National Security Council meeting at the Malacañang Palace on July 27, 2016.

Images for kids

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  Emilio Aguinaldo and ten of the Malolos Congress delegates that passed the Constitución Política de la República Filipina in 1899
  

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  Manuel Luis Quezon, the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth, is officially recognized as the second president of the Philippines

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  José P. Laurel giving a speech after his inauguration as President of the Second Philippine Republic

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  Home provinces (blue and purple) of the presidents.

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  Carlos P. Garcia is sworn in as the 8th president of the Philippines after winning the election of 1957

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  Malacañang Palace, the official residence of the president of the Philippines.

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  An Aérospatiale SA-330 Puma carrying President Corazon C. Aquino at Subic Bay Naval Base.

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  Presidents Emilio Aguinaldo and Manuel L. Quezon during the 1935 campaign.