List of presidents of the Philippines by time in office
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This is a list of current and former presidents of the Philippines by time in office that consists of the 17 presidents in the history of the Philippines. The basis of the list is counted by the number of calendar days.
Rank by time in office
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Updated daily according to UTC.
| Rank | President | Length of term in days |
Order of presidency | Number of terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferdinand Marcos | 7,362 days | 10 • December 30, 1965 – February 25, 1986 | Four full terms; ousted 4 years, 240 days into fifth term[a] |
| 2 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | 3,448 days | 14 • January 20, 2001 – June 30, 2010 | Succeeded to one partial term, followed by one full term[b] |
| 3 | Manuel L. Quezon | 3,182 days | 2 • November 15, 1935 – August 1, 1944 | One full term; died 2 years, 215 days into second term[c] |
| 4 | Corazon Aquino | 2,317 days | 11 • February 25, 1986 – June 30, 1992 | One full term[d] |
| 5 | Benigno Aquino III | 2,192 days | 15 • June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2016 | One full term[e] |
| 6 (tie) |
Fidel V. Ramos | 2,191 days | 12 • June 30, 1992 – June 30, 1998 | One full term[e] |
| Rodrigo Duterte | 2,191 days | 16 • June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2022 | One full term[e] | |
| 8 | Elpidio Quirino | 2,083 days | 6 • April 17, 1948 – December 30, 1953 | Succeeded to one partial term, followed by one full term[f] |
| 9 | Carlos P. Garcia | 1,748 days | 8 • March 18, 1957 – December 30, 1961 | Succeeded to one partial term, followed by one full term[g] |
| 10 | Bongbong Marcos | 1,501 days | 17 • June 30, 2022 – present | Currently serving[h] |
| 11 | Diosdado Macapagal | 1,461 days | 9 • December 30, 1961 – December 30, 1965 | One full term[i] |
| 12 | Ramon Magsaysay | 1,173 days | 7 • December 30, 1953 – March 17, 1957 | One partial term; died 3 years, 77 days into term[j] |
| 13 | Joseph Estrada | 935 days | 13 • June 30, 1998 – January 20, 2001 | One partial term; removed from office 2 years, 235 days into term[k] |
| 14 | Emilio Aguinaldo | 789 days | 1 • January 23, 1899 – April 19, 1901 | One partial term[l] |
| 15 | Manuel Roxas | 688 days | 5 • May 28, 1946 – April 15, 1948 | One partial term; died 1 year, 323 days into term[m] |
| 16 | Jose P. Laurel | 673 days | 3 • October 14, 1943 – August 17, 1945 | One partial term; republic dissolved 1 year, 307 days into term[n] |
| 17 | Sergio Osmeña | 665 days | 4 • August 1, 1944 – May 28, 1946 | Succeeded to one partial term[o] |
Notes
- Ferdinand Marcos served one full four-year term from 1965 to 1969 under the amended 1935 Constitution. He declared martial law 2 years, 266 days into his second term. Marcos's term was then extended by referendum in 1973 and 1977. He was elected in 1981 to serve a six-year term until 1987 according to the 1973 Constitution, but was removed from power by the People Power Revolution in 1986.
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo succeeded to the presidency after the Second EDSA Revolution in 2001, 2 years, 240 days into what would have been Joseph Estrada's six-year term, according to the 1987 Constitution. She was later elected in 2004 to serve a full six-year term.
- Manuel L. Quezon was elected in 1935 to serve a term set to end in 1941, initially set to six years without reelection, according to the original 1935 Constitution. Amendments made to the Constitution in 1940 allowed Quezon to seek a second term. He was later elected in 1941 to serve until 1943, but his term was further extended by the Joint Resolution No. 95 of the United States Congress due to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in 1943. Quezon died in office in 1944.
- Corazon Aquino assumed the presidency after the People Power Revolution in 1986. She was eligible for, but did not seek, re-election in 1992.
- Served one full six-year term, according to the 1987 Constitution.
- Elpidio Quirino succeeded to the presidency after the death of Manuel Roxas in 1948, 1 year, 325 days into what would have been Roxas's four-year term ending in 1949, according to the amended 1935 Constitution. He was later elected in 1949 to serve a full four-year term.
- Carlos P. Garcia succeeded to the presidency after the death of Ramon Magsaysay in 1957, 3 years, 78 days into what would have been Magsaysay's four-year term, according to the amended 1935 Constitution. He was later elected in the same year to serve a full four-year term.
- Elected to serve one full six-year term, according to the 1987 Constitution.
- Served one full four-year term, according to the amended 1935 Constitution.
- Ramon Magsaysay was elected in 1953 to serve a four-year term according to the amended 1935 Constitution, but died in office in 1957, 288 days before the end of his presidential term.
- Joseph Estrada was elected in 1998 to serve a six-year term according to the 1987 Constitution but was ousted after the Second EDSA Revolution in 2001, 3 years, 162 days before the end of his presidential term.
- Emilio Aguinaldo was elected in 1899 to serve a four-year term according to the 1899 Constitution but was captured by American forces on March 23, 1901 during the Philippine–American War and took an oath of allegiance to the United States on April 19, 2 years before the end of his presidential term.
- Manuel Roxas was elected in 1946 to serve a four-year term according to the amended 1935 Constitution, but died in office in 1948, 1 year, 259 days before the end of his presidential term.
- Jose P. Laurel was elected in 1943 to serve a six-year term according to the 1943 Constitution, but declared the dissolution of the Second Philippine Republic 4 years, 39 days before the end of his presidential term.
- Sergio Osmeña succeeded to the presidency after the death of Manuel L. Quezon in 1935, 1 year, 300 days into what would have been Quezon's second term that was set to end in 1946 during the transition to an independent Philippine Republic.