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RAMON DEL FIERO MAGSAYSAY:

7TH PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

3RD PRESIDENT OF THE 3RD REPUBLIC



GOVERNMENT SERVICES

PRESIDENT : December 30, 1953- March 17, 1957

SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE:

August 31, 1950- February 28, 1953

CONGRESSMAN: May 1948- August 31, 1950



EARLY LIFE

Born August 31, 1907

Father: Exequiel Magsaysay, a blacksmith

Mother: Perfecta del Fierro, a school teacher

Entered UP in 1927, worked as a chaffeur to supporthis studies

Transferred to Jose Rizal College in 1928 and graduated in

1932 earning a baccalaureat degree in commerce Worked as automobile mechanic and shop superintendent



WORD WAR II

Joined motor pool of the 31st Infantry Div, P.A.

When Bataan surrendred in 1942, he escaped and

organized the Western Luzon Guerilla Forces; was

commissioned Captain on April 5, 1942

Operated for 3 years under Col Merill·s guerilla

outfit

Among those instrumental in clearing Zambales coastprior to American landing on January 29, 1945



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Elected April 23, 1946 under Liberal Party

In 1948, as Chairman of the Committee on Guerilla

Affairs, chosen by Pres Roxas to go to Washington to

help secure the passage of the Rogers Bill, giving

benefits to Phil veterans

Reelected to a second term in 1949

Chairman of the House Committee on NationalDefense during both terms



SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE

In August 1950, offered President Quirino a plan to

fight communist guerillas using unconventional methods

Appointed Secretary of National Defense on August

31, 1950

Utilized soldiers in distributing goods and other forms

of aids to outlying provincial communities

Citizens began to respect and admire soldiers



MOISES PADILLA INCIDENT (1951)

Rafael Lacson assumed gubernatorial chair of Negros Occidental in 1949, Heruled the prov as a police state, tied up with wealthy plantation owners

In 1951 local elections, a guerilla fighter named Moises Padilla ran for theMayorship of Magallon against an ally of Lacson; He was warned by Lacsonthat he would die if he did not withdraw his candidacy but he pursued his

candidacy nonetheless and sought military protection from Magsaysay

Padilla lost in the elections; A day after the elections, Lacson·s men picked upPadilla, paraded around the town, tortured and killed

When Magsaysay was informed of what was being done to Padilla, he soughtto go to Negros Occidental. When he was informed that Padilla was alreadykilled, he still proceeded to Negros Occidental, retrieved the body of theformer and carried the cadaver with his own bare hands and delivered thesame to the morgue

Magsaysay prosecuted and caused the conviction of Lacson



PRESIDENCY

Decisively defeated Quirino in the 1953 elections

First President wearing ´Barong Tagalogµ on

oathtaking

Close friend and supporter of US and a vocal

spokesman against communism during the Cold War

Led the foundation of SEATO

Opened the gates of Malacanang to the people Man of integrity and unsullied honesty

Administration was cleanest and most corrution-free



DOMESTIC POLICIES

President·s Action Body- created the Presidential Complaints and ActionCommittee

Agrarian Reform ²Worked for the establishment of the NationalResettlement and Rehabilitation Adm

(NARRA)

Established the Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Administration (ACCFA)

Nationwide construction of artesian wells

Construction of vast irrigation projects and enhancement

of Ambuklao Dam

Worked for the passage of several laws in support of of the Agrarian

Reform Program



LAWS ENACTED IN SUPPORT OF THE AGRARIAN

REFORM PROGRAM

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1160 OF 1954 ² Abolished the

LASEDECO and established the National Resettlement and

Rehabilitation Administration (NARRA) to resettle dissidents and

landless farmers. It was particularly aimed at rebel returnees

providing home lots and farmlands in Palawan and Mindanao.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1199 (Agricultural Tenancy Act of 1954) -

Governed the relationship between landowners and tenantfarmers by organizing share-tenancy and leasehold system,

provided security of tenure of tenants and created the Court

of Agrarian Relations.



REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1400 (Land Reform Act of 1955) ²

Created the Land Tenure Administration (LTA) which was

responsible for the acquisition and distribution of large

tenanted rice and corn lands over 200 hectares forindividuals and 600 hectares for corporations.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 821(Creation of Agricultural Credit

Cooperative Financing Administration) ² Provided small

farmers and share tenants loans with low interest ratesof six to eight percent.



HUKBALAHAP

In 1954, appointed Benigno Aquino, Jr as personalemissary to Luis Taruc, leader of HUKBALAHAP

Reorganized counter-insurgency forces in the

employment of unconventional warfare Huks number reduced to less that 2,000 by 1954

Launched the largest anti-Huk operation fromFebruary to Sept 1954 resulting in the arrest of Luis

Taruc; furhter clearing operations pursued in 1955reducing further the strength of the Huks to less than1,000



FOREIGN POLICY

Led the organization of the Southeast Asia TreatyOrganization (SEATO), organized in Manila on Sept8, 1954

Actively worked for the Reparations Agreement withJapan obligating the Japanese government to pay$800M as reparations for war damages in the Phil

Defense Council- worked for the establishment of a

Joint Defense Council with US leading to the signingog the Mutual Defense Pact

Negotiated the Laurel-Langley Agreement in 1955



DEATH

Died in a plane crash in Mt. Manunggal in Cebu

Province on March 17, 1957



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THANK YOU

ANTONIO G. DE LA CRUZ, CSEE

Police Senior Superintendent (Ret)

(Reporter)

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