José Paciano Laurel

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President of the Philippines from 1943 to 1945

PoliticiansLived 1891 to 1959 · aged 68

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José Paciano Laurel y García was a Filipino politician, lawyer, and judge, who served as the president of the Second Philippine Republic from 1943 to 1945, which was a Japanese ally during World War II.

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The Pres. Jose P. Laurel Memorial Shrine in Tanauan, Batangas, where Laurel was born

Laurel as a law student at Yale University

Laurel in 1922, when he was an attorney

Laurel as a delegate to the Philippine Constitutional Convention, published by Benipayo Press (c. 1935)

National historical marker installed in 1992 inside the Wack Wack Golf Club at the site where Laurel's assassination attempt occurred

Official Malacañan Portrait by Fernando Amorsolo

Former Supreme Court Justice Jose P. Laurel takes his oath of office as the 3rd president of the Philippines and 1st president of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic.

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Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

Philippine Legion of Honor

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SpousePacencia Laurel

FatherSotero Remoquillo Laurel

MotherJacoba Garcia-Laurel

ChildJosé Laurel III

ChildJosé Laurel, Jr.

ChildSotero Laurel

ChildArsenio Laurel

ChildSalvador Laurel

Connected to José 6

Maxwell D. TaylorAlso won Philippine Legion of Honor

Thanom KittikachornAlso won Philippine Legion of Honor

Sergio OsmeñaAlso won Philippine Legion of Honor

Try SutrisnoAlso won Philippine Legion of Honor

Emilio AguinaldoAlso won Philippine Legion of Honor

John S. McCain, Jr.Also won Philippine Legion of Honor