Elpidio Quirino 6th President Gross Domestic Product: P99,628 million (1948) GDP Growth Rate: 9.43% (1948-1953 average) November 8, 1949 ; 1,803,808 votes (50.93% of the electorate)

Fun Fact:- Back when reduction of office hours during summer was a common practice, Elpidio

Quirino, the second president of the Independent Republic of the Philippines, spent his spare time dipping in the pool.

Ramon Magsasay 7th president Gross Domestic Product: P157,054 million (1954) GDP Growth Rate: 7.13% (1954-1956 average) Unemployment Rate: 11.2% (1956) November 10, 1953 ; 2,912,992 votes (68.9% of the electorate)

Funct Fact:- Ramon Magsaysay’s plane crash was probably caused by several baskets of mangoes.

Carlos P. Garcia 8th President November 12, 1957 ; 2,072,257 votes (41.3% of the electorate) Gross Domestic Product: P189,457 million (1957) GDP Growth Rate: 4.54% (1957-1961 average) Unemployment Rate: 3.8% (1957)

Fun Fact:- Carlos P. Garcia was a lover of nature. According to his grandson Jose Carlos Garcia

Campos, the former president spent most of his time gardening and taking care of animals after his stint in  Malacañang

Diosdado Macapagal 9th president Gross Domestic Product: P234,428 million (1962) GDP Growth Rate: 5.15% (1962-1965 average) Unemployment Rate: 8.00% (1962) November 14, 1961 ; 3,554,840 votes (55% of the electorate)

Fun Fact:- Diosdado Macapagal was fond of playing billiards with his friend Lieutenant Azarcon

Ferdinand E. Marcos 10th President Gross Domestic Product: P285,886 million (1966) GDP Growth Rate: 4.75% (1966-1971 average) Unemployment Rate: 7.10% (1966) November 9, 1965 ; 3,861,324 votes (51.94% of the electorate)

Fun Facts:

- Ferdinand Marcos was once involved with a raunchy scandal with a foreign actress

Corazon C. Aquino 11th President Gross Domestic Product: P591,423 million (1986) GDP Growth Rate: 3.33% (1986-1991 average) Unemployment Rate: 11.83% (1986) February 7, 1986 ; NAMFREL tally: 7,909,320 votes (51.74% of the

electorate); COMELEC tally: 9,921,719 votes (46.09% of the electorate)Fun Facts:

- Cory Aquino’s favorite color was RED, not YELLOW.

Fidel V. Ramos 12th president Gross Domestic Product: P718,941 million (1992) GDP Growth Rate: 4.9% (1992-1998 average) Unemployment Rate: 9.78% (1992) May 11, 1992 ; 5,342,521 votes (23.58% of the electorate)

Josheph Ejercito Estrada 13th President Gross Domestic Product: P887,905 million (1998) GDP Growth Rate: 2.4% (1998-2000 average) Unemployment Rate: 10.05% (1998) May 11, 1998 ; 10,956,610 votes (39.86% of the electorate)

Fun Facts:- Estrada is the heaviest president and the first to sport a mustache.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo 14th President Gross Domestic Product: P1,073,066 million (2001) GDP Growth Rate: 3.96% (2001-2003 average) Unemployment Rate: 11.10% (2001) May 10, 2004 ; 12,905,808 votes (39.99% of the electorate)

Fun Facts- Bill Clinton , former US President, and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo were classmates at

Georgetown University in the United States.