<page_title> List of Presidents of the Philippines </page_title> <section_title> 1935–46: Commonwealth </section_title> <table> <cell> 4 <col_header> No. overall </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2 <col_header> No. in era </col_header> </cell> <cell> Sergio Osmeña 1878–1961 (Lived: 83 years) <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) </col_header> <col_header> Manuel L. Quezon 1878–1944 (Lived: 65 years) </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1 Aug 1944 <col_header> Took office </col_header> <row_header> Sergio Osmeña 1878–1961 (Lived: 83 years) </row_header> </cell> </table>
Sergio Osmeña was fourth President of the Philippines and the second president of the Philippine Commonwealth on August 1, 1944.