“I’m Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (UK: /ˈkeɪzɒn/, US: /ˈkeɪsɒn, -sɔːn, -soʊn/, Tagalog: [maˈnwel luˈis ˈkɛson], Spanish: [maˈnwel ˈlwis ˈkeson]; 19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), I’m also known by my initials MLQ, I was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who I was the president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until my death in 1944. I was the first Filipino to head a government of the entire Philippines and I am considered as the second president of the Philippines after Emilio Aguinaldo (1899–1901), whom I defeated in the 1935 presidential election. I’m often regarded as the greatest President of the Philippines, and the quintessential Filipino statesman.”