facebook.com: Flooding forced pedestrians to use the Ramon Magsaysay–Legarda Flyover after floodwaters inundated Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard in Manila on Monday. (Photos by Jury Leynes/The Philippine STAR)
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Ramon Magsaysay
Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. was a Filipino politician and military officer who was the seventh president of the Philippines, serving from 1953 until his death in 1957. An automobile mechanic by profession, Magsaysay was appointed military governor of Zambales after serving as a guerrilla leader during the Pacific War. He then served two terms as Liberal Party congressman for Zambales's at-large…
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politics · President of the Philippines from 1953 to 1957 · politician · engineer · also Ramon Magsaysay, Magsaysay
Born 31 August 1907 · Died 17 March 1957 · Q117096
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Ramon Magsaysay receiving his Doctor of Laws from the University of the East (1957)
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 3 entries
Philippine Daily Inquirer: Tracing the legacy: Moments that could bring Ramon Magsaysay’s story to life on screen
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Mid Day: Indian NGO to get Ramon Magsaysay Award in November
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Hindustan Times: Educate Girls NGO wins Ramon Magsaysay Award 2025, becomes first Indian organisation to get the honour
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2024· 2 entries
Hindustan Times: Hayao Miyazaki honoured with prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, also known as Asia's Nobel Prize
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GMA Network: Ramon Magsaysay Awardees for 2024 to be announced on August 31
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1957· 3 entries
To complete the last eight months of Magsaysay's term
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Died 1957-03-17.
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Magsaysay left Manila for Cebu City, where he spoke at a convention of USAFFE veterans and the commencement exercises of three educational institutions, namely, the University of the Visayas, Southwestern Colleges, and t
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1956· 3 entries
During the Second National Eucharistic Congress in Manila, President Ramon Magsaysay publicly consecrated the Philippines to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which was initially planned since November of the same year
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Won: Cambodia with Foreign Honors (January 1956).
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Thus bringing to a rather satisfactory conclusion this long-drawn controversy between the two countries
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1955· 3 entries
President Magsaysay informed the Japanese government, through Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama, that the Philippines accepted the Neri-Takazaki agreement
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Won: Thailand with Foreign Honors (April 1955).
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Ambassador Neri reached a compromise agreement with Japanese Minister Takazaki, the main terms of which consisted of the following: The Japanese government would pay eight hundred million dollars as reparations
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1954· 1 entry
Career landmark: Secretary of National Defense (1954–1954).
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1953· 4 entries
Election lost: 1953 presidential election.
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And became the presidential candidate of the Nacionalista Party, disputing the nomination with Senator Camilo Osías at the Nacionalista national convention
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Campaign: 1953 presidential election.
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Career landmark: President of the Philippines (1953–1957).
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1952· 1 entry
Won: United States with Military Medals (Foreign) (1952).
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1951· 1 entry
Several years of negotiations were conducted by the Philippine government and that of Japan
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1948· 1 entry
President Manuel Roxas chose Magsaysay to go to Washington, D
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1946· 2 entries
Magsaysay, encouraged by his fellow ex-guerrillas, was elected under the Liberal Party to the Philippine House of Representatives
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Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives (1946–1950).
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1942· 1 entry
Magsaysay escaped to the hills, narrowly evading Japanese arrest on at least four occasions
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1933· 1 entry
And they had three children: Teresita (1934–1979), Milagros (b
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1927· 1 entry
Where he enrolled in a Mechanical Engineering course
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1907· 2 entries
To Exequiel Magsaysay y de los Santos (April 18, 1874, in San Marcelino, Zambales – January 24, 1969, in Manila), a blacksmith, and Perfecta del Fierro y Quimson (April 18, 1886, in Castillejos, Zambales – May 5, 1981, i
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Born 1907-08-31.
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