{"id":"sergio-osmena","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sergio-osmena","language":"en","name":"Sergio Osmeña","name_en":"Sergio Osmeña","name_ne":null,"description":"(1878-1961) President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946","headline":"(1878-1961) President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Sergio Osmeña Sr.  (Spanish: [ˈseɾxjo osˈmeɲa], Tagalog: [ˈsɛɾhjo ʔosˈmɛɲa]; Chinese: 吳文釗; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Bûn-chiau; September 9, 1878 – October 19, 1961) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fourth president of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946 and as the first vice president of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He served the shortest term as president of the Philippines, lasting for only 1 year and 300 days. He was vice president under Manuel L. Quezon. Upon Quezon's sudden death in 1944, Osmeña succeeded him at age 65, becoming the first vice president to succeed to the Philippine presidency and the oldest person to assume the office until Rodrigo Duterte took office in 2016 at age 71. He was the founder of the Nacionalista Party.","summary_more":["Osmeña was also the first Visayan to become president, and regarded as the \"Grand Old Man\" of Cebu.","Prior to his accession in 1944, Osmeña served as governor of Cebu from 1906 to 1907, member and first speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives from 1907 to 1922, and senator from the 10th senatorial district for thirteen years, in which capacity he served as Senate president pro tempore. In 1935, he was nominated to be the running-mate of Senate President Manuel L. Quezon for the presidential election that year. The duo were overwhelmingly re-elected in 1941.","He was the patriarch of the prominent Osmeña family, which includes his son, former senator Sergio Osmeña Jr., and his grandsons, former senators Sergio Osmeña III and John Henry Osmeña, former governor Lito Osmeña, and former Cebu City mayor and current Cebu City vice mayor Tomas Osmeña."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"9 September 1878","date":"1878-09-09"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319950#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Cebu City","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1467"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319950#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"19 October 1961","date":"1961-10-19"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319950#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Quezon City","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1475"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319950#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Philippines","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q928"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319950#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319950#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Nacionalista Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302210"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319950#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of San Carlos","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887649"},{"text":"University of Santo Tomas","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1401524"},{"text":"Colegio de San Juan de Letran","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1108074"},{"text":"University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7896259"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319950#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Esperanza Osmeña","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5398916","start":"1960"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319950#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of the Philippines (1 August 1944 – 28 May 1946)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1209571","start":"1944-08-01","end":"1946-05-28"},{"text":"Secretary of Education (1941–1944)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7444298","start":"1941","end":"1944"},{"text":"Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (1941–1944)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7444323","start":"1941","end":"1944"},{"text":"Secretary of Health (1941–1944)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7444312","start":"1941","end":"1944"},{"text":"Vice President of the Philippines (15 November 1935 – 1 August 1944)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2723485","start":"1935-11-15","end":"1944-08-01"},{"text":"Secretary of Education (1935–1940)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7444298","start":"1935","end":"1940"},{"text":"President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines (1922–1934)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7241402","start":"1922","end":"1934"},{"text":"Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines (1907–1922)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3409782","start":"1907-10-16","end":"1922"},{"text":"governor (1904–1907)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132050","start":"1904","end":"1907-10-16"},{"text":"member of the House of Representatives","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18002923"},{"text":"Member of the Senate of the Philippines (until 1935)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18579098","end":"1935-11-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319950#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Philippine Legion of Honor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2480017"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319950#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Osme%C3%B1a","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319950"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Sergio Osmeña born?","a":"Sergio Osmeña was born on 9 September 1878 in Cebu City."},{"q":"What positions has Sergio Osmeña held?","a":"Positions held by Sergio Osmeña include: President of the Philippines (1944–1946); 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Vice-President Osmeña in Washington cropped.jpg — U.S. Government, Public domain.","cite":"\"Sergio Osmeña\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/sergio-osmena. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T13:59:50Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/sergio-osmena","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/sergio-osmena","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/sergio-osmena?lang=ne"}}