<page_title> List of Presidents of the Philippines </page_title> <section_title> 1946–72: Third Republic </section_title> <table> <cell> 9 <col_header> No. overall </col_header> </cell> <cell> Diosdado Macapagal 1910–1997 (Lived: 86 years) <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) </col_header> <col_header> Manuel Roxas 1892–1948 (Lived: 56 years) </col_header> <col_header> Elpidio Quirino 1890–1956 (Lived: 65 years) </col_header> <col_header> Ramon Magsaysay 1907–1957 (Lived: 49 years) </col_header> <col_header> Carlos P. Garcia 1896–1971 (Lived: 74 years) </col_header> </cell> <cell> 30 Dec 1961 <col_header> Took office </col_header> <row_header> Diosdado Macapagal 1910–1997 (Lived: 86 years) </row_header> </cell> </table>
The Inauguration of Diosdado Macapagal as the ninth President of the Philippines occurred on December 30, 1961.