José P. Laurel

AKA José Paciano Laurel y García

Born: 9-Mar-1891
Birthplace: Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines
Died: 6-Nov-1959
Cause of death: unspecified


Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State

Nationality: Philippines
Executive summary: 3rd President of the Philippines

Father: Sotero Laurel
Mother: Jacoba Garcia
Wife: Pacencia Hidalgo (nine children)
Son: Jose B. Laurel, Jr. (Speaker)
Son: Salvador P. Laurel (Philippines Vice President)
Son: Sotero H. Laurel (Philippines Senator)


Law School: University of the Philippines (1915)
University: Escuela de Derecho (1919)
University: Yale University (1920)


President of the Philippines 14-Oct-1943 to 17-Aug-1945 (Japanese rule)
Murder (as a teenager, indicted, acquitted)
Treason 132 counts (amnestied)
Assassination Attempt 1943 (shot twice)
Shot 1943