List of Presidents of the Philippines
1943–45: Second Republic
Table:
No. overall	No. in era	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Prior office	Took office	Left office	Party	Term	Vice President	Refs.

3	1	José P. Laurel	José P. Laurel 1891–1959 (Lived: 68 years)	10th & 17th Minister of the Interior (1922–1923 & 1942–1943)	14 Oct 1943	17 Aug 1945	KALIBAPI	(1943) 4 (1943)	None

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