Jose P. Laurel

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Jose P. Laurel was a Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as president during the Japanese occupation in World War II and later became a prominent postwar statesman.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf President of the Philippines
cabinet member
human
jurist
lawyer
politician
senator
academicDegree Doctor of Civil Law
birthDate 1891-03-09
birthPlace Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines
causeOfDeath heart attack
child Jose Laurel Jr. NERFINISHED
Salvador Laurel NERFINISHED
country Philippines
countryOfCitizenship Philippines
deathDate 1959-11-06
educatedAt University of Santo Tomas
University of the Philippines
Yale Law School NERFINISHED
Yale University
ethnicGroup Filipino
familyName Laurel
fieldOfStudy law
fullName José Paciano Laurel y García NERFINISHED
givenName José Paciano
headOfGovernment Second Philippine Republic
languageSpoken English
Spanish
Tagalog
memberOf Nacionalista Party
notableEvent Served as president during Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II
notableWork Drafting of the 1935 Philippine Constitution (as member of the Constitutional Convention)
numberOfChildren 9
occupation jurist
lawyer
politician
officeEnd 1945-08-17
officeStart 1943-10-14
placeOfDeath Manila, Philippines NERFINISHED
politicalParty Nacionalista Party
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Member of the Philippine National Assembly
Member of the Philippine Senate
President of the Philippines
President of the Second Philippine Republic
Secretary of the Interior of the Philippines
Senator of the Philippines
postwarActivity Became a prominent postwar statesman in the Philippines
Served again as senator after World War II
presidency Second Philippine Republic during Japanese occupation
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Pacencia Hidalgo Laurel

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Philippine Legion of Honor
notableRecipient
President of the Philippines
officeHoldersInclude
Jose P. Laurel ("President of the Second Philippine Republic")
positionHeld

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