Philippine Presidential Line of Succession PDF

Philippine presidential line of succession
The Philippine presidential line of succession defines who becomes or acts as President of the
Philippines upon the incapacity, death, resignation, or removal from office (by impeachment and
subsequent disqualification) of a sitting president or a president-elect.
Current Order[edit]
The current line of succession to the office of President of the Philippines is specified by the
1987 Constitution. During the Marcos era, the line of succession would be amended to include
newly created cabinet or ministerial offices. The line of presidential succession follows the order
of Vice President, President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. In
case of death, permanent disability, or inability of these officials, Congress shall, by law, provide
for the manner of selection of the person who is to act as President until a President or Vice
President shall have qualified and the line of succession will change of who those new national
officials are.
Current line of succession[edit]
# Office Current officer Party

1 Vice President of the Philippines Leni Robredo Liberal
2 President of the Senate of the Philippines Vicente Sotto III NPC
3 Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Alan Peter Cayetano Nacionalista
At the start of the term

 If a President was elected but failed to qualify - the Vice President who was elected will
act as President until the President qualifies.
 If there was no President elected - the Vice-President who was elected will act as
President until a President is elected and qualifies.
 If at the beginning of the term of the President, the President-elect dies or has become
permanently disabled - the Vice President who was elected becomes President.
 If neither President and Vice-President had been chosen or had qualified, or if both had
died or had become permanently disabled - the Senate President or, in case of his
inability, the Speaker of the House, will act as President until a President or a Vice-
President is chosen and qualifies[1]
During the term

In 1944, following the death of Manuel L. Quezon, Sergio Osmeña became the first vice
president to succeed to the presidency.
 If the President dies, becomes permanently disabled, is removed from office, or resigns -
the Vice-President becomes the President and serves the unexpired term.
 If both the President and the Vice President die, become permanently disabled, are
removed from office, or resign - the President of the Senate or, in case of his inability, the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, will act as President until a President or Vice-
President is elected and qualifies.
 If the Acting President dies, becomes permanently disabled, is removed from office, or
resigns, Congress shall, by law, provide who shall serve as President. He shall serve until
the President or the Vice-President shall have been elected and qualified, and be subject
to the same restrictions of powers and disqualifications as the Acting President. [1]
The line of succession in practice
 On August 1, 1944, following the death of President Manuel L. Quezon due to
tuberculosis, Vice President Sergio Osmeña took his oath of office and became the
second President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, then a government-in-exile in
the United States. As the war in the Pacific Theatre continued, he returned to the
Philippines two months later with General Douglas MacArthur and began the campaign
to liberate the country. After the war, he restored the Commonwealth government and the
various executive departments. Osmeña, who assumed the presidency at age 65, lost to
Manuel Roxas in his bid for a full four-year term in his own right in the 1946 presidential
election.
 On April 17, 1948, Vice President Elpidio Quirino assumed the presidency, taking his
oath of office two days after the death of Manuel Roxas. His first official act as the
President was the proclamation of a state of mourning throughout the country for Roxas'
death. Since Quirino was a widower, his surviving daughter Victoria Quirino served as
the official hostess and performed the functions traditionally ascribed to the First Lady.
Quirino won the 1949 presidential election and secured a four-year term in his own right.
 On March 17, 1957, Vice President Carlos P. Garcia was heading the Philippine
delegation to the SEATO conference, then being held at Canberra, Australia.[2] Vice
President Garcia hastily traveled back to Manila when he was informed of the death of
President Ramon Magsaysay in a plane crash in Cebu. Upon his arrival, he immediately
returned to Malacañang Palace to assume the duties of President. Supreme Court Chief
Justice Ricardo Paras was at hand to administer the oath of office and Garcia became the
8th President of the Philippines. President Garcia's first actions dealt with the declaration
of a period of mourning for the whole nation and the burial of his late predecessor. [2]
Garcia was elected to a full four-year term in the 1957 presidential election, which was
held a few months after Magsaysay's death.
 On January 20, 2001, Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took her oath of office as
the 14th President of the Philippines before Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. following
the ouster of President Joseph Ejercito-Estrada. She had earlier resigned her cabinet
position as Secretary of Social Welfare and Development and joined the growing
opposition to the president, who faced impeachment. Estrada was forced from office by
the EDSA Revolution of 2001. She was elected to a full six-year term in the 2004
presidential election and was sworn in on June 30, 2004. Following her presidency, she
was elected to the House of Representatives, making her the second Philippine president
after Jose P. Laurel to pursue a lower office after their presidency.

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Current line of succession[edit]

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At the start of the term

During the term

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