<page_title> List of Presidents of the Philippines </page_title> <section_title> 1946–72: Third Republic </section_title> <table> <cell> 6 <col_header> No. overall </col_header> </cell> <cell> Elpidio Quirino 1890–1956 (Lived: 65 years) <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) </col_header> <col_header> Manuel Roxas 1892–1948 (Lived: 56 years) </col_header> </cell> <cell> 17 Apr 1948 <col_header> Took office </col_header> <row_header> Elpidio Quirino 1890–1956 (Lived: 65 years) </row_header> </cell> </table>
Elpidio Quirino took office as the sixth President of the Philippines on April 17, 1948.