Elpidio Quirino was the sixth president of the Philippines, the second of the third republic.

Born on November 16, 1890 in Vigan, Ilocos Sur to Mariano Quirino And Gregoria Rivera. He spent his childhood in Aringay, La Union. He entered Vigan High School and later transferred to Manila and worked as junior computer in the Bureau of Lands and as a property clerk in the Manila police department. He graduated from Manila High School in 1911 and also passed the civil service examination first grade.

He obtained his law degree in University of the Philippines in 1915. He was elected as a congressman from 1919 to 1925, then as a senator from 1925 to 1931. He then became as Secretary of Finance and Secretary of the Interior of the Commonwealth Government. He was a member of the Philippine Independence mission to Washington, D.C., for the passing of the Tydings-McDuffie Act in the US Congress that set the date of Philippine indepence in 1945.

When World War II broke, he became a guerilla leader and was captured by the Japanese and imprisoned him. He suffered the execution of his wife, and three of his five children.

After the Philippine liberation, he continued his public service. He became Senate President Pro-Tempore and later elected as vice-president in 1946. Quirino became president on April 17, 1948, two days after

the death of Manuel Roxas and continued the latter's unexpired term. The next year, he became a president in his own right by winning the presidential election.

Si Elpidio Quirino ang ikaanim na Presidente ng Pilipinas, ikalawa sa pangatlong republika.

Ipinanganak noong Nobyembre 16, 1890 sa Vigan, Ilocos Sur kina Mariano Quirino at Gregoria Rivera. Lumaki sa Aringay, La Union. Pumasok siya sa Vigan High School at kinalaunan ay inilipat sa Maynila at nagtrabaho bilang Junior Computer in the Bureau of Lands at bilang isang property clerk sa Manila Police Department. Nagtapos si Quirno sa Manila High School noong taong 1911 at nakapasa sa civil service examination first grade.

Nakuha niya ang kanyang law degree sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas sa 1915. Siya ay nahala at napili bilang isang kongresista mula sa 1919 sa 1925, at pagkatapos ay bilang isang senador mula sa 1925 sa 1931. Pagkatapos ay naging Kalihim ng Pananalapi at Kalihim ng Interior ng Gobyerno ng Commonwealth. Siya ay isang miyembro ng Philippine Independence misyon sa Washington, DC, para sa pagpasa ng Tydings-McDuffie Act sa US Congress na itakda ang petsa ng Philippine indepence sa 1945.

Noong nagsimula ang Ikalawang Pandaigdigang Digmaan, si Quirino ay naging isang lider ng mga guerilla at nahuli ng mga Hapon at ikinulong. Dinanas niya ang pagkamatay ng kanyang asawa at tatlong mga anak.

Pagkatapos ng kalayaan ng pilpinas, ipinagpatuloy niya ang pampublikong serbisyo. Siya ay naging Senate President Pro-Tempore at kinalaunan ay nahalal bilang bise-presidente noong 1946. Si Elpidio Quirino ay naging Presidente noong Abril 17,1498, dalawang araw pagkatapos ng pagkamatay ni Manuel Roxas,

kung saan ipinagpatuloy niya ang termino ni Roxas. Nanalo siya sa eleksyon noong 1949 at naging ikaanim na pangulo ng Pilipinas.