SERGIO OSMEÑA

(1878-1861)
 SERGIO SUICO
OSMEÑA SR.

-Fourth President of the

Philippines
-Second President of the
Commonwealth of the Philippines
-Founder of Nacionalista Party
 FAMILY BACKGROUND

PARENTS SPOUSES
Father: First spouse:
Pedro Lee Gotiaoco Estefania Chong Veloso
Mother: Second spouse:
Juana Osmena Y Suico Esperance Limjap
 EDUCATION

SAN CARLOS SEMINARY

BACHELOR OF ARTS – COLEGIO DE SAN
LETRAN (1894)
BACHELOR OF LAWS – UNIVERSITY OF STO.
TOMAS (1903)
 TIMELINE AND HIGHLIGHTS

• Classmate of Manuel Quezon in Letran and UST

• Allowed by the Supreme Court to take the Bar exam having
only to take three (3) years in law school.
• Placed 2nd top notcher in the Bar exam
• Appointed as a temporary governor at Cebu on 1903
• Provincial Fiscal of Cebu
• Governor of Cebu on 1904
• Speaker of the house for 15 years
 ACHIEVEMENTS

•Fairfield bill was initiated by

Quezon, Osmeña, and Roxas
which allows the American
products to enter freely in the
Philippines.
 ACHIEVEMENTS

• Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act was the first US law passed

setting a process and date for the Philippines to gain
independence from the United States. It was the result of
the OsRox Mission led by Sergio Osmeña and Manuel
Roxas. The law promised Philippine independence after 10
years, but reserved several military and naval bases for
the United States, as well as imposed tariffs and quotas
on Philippine imports.
• With the HHC Bill of Osmeña, Quezon was worried
that such accomplishment would bring prestige to
Osmeña who was the one who negotiated with the
US for its passage. So, rather than support a
partymate, Quezon opposed the Bill and advocated
it’s rejection by the Senate. He then proceeded to
negotiate with the US for a new independence bill.
The result was Tydings-Mcduffie (TM) Act of
1934.
 TYDINGS-MCDUFFIE LAW

Also called as the Philippine Independence Act of U.S. law that

provided for Philippine independence. It is a slightly revised version
of the Hare-Hawes-Cutting Bill passed by the U.S. Congress in 1933
but was vetoed by U.S. President Hoover. The U.S. Congress
override the veto but was rejected by the Philippine Senate upon
urgings of Manuel L. Quezon wanted an amended bill. The new bill
named, The Philippine Independence Act was authored by Senator
Milliard Tydings (Democrat) and Representative John McDuffie
(Democrat). The new president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, signed it into
law on March 24, 1934.
 FOREIGN POLICIES

UNITED FOREIGN
INTERNATIONAL
NATIONS RELATIONS
BANKING
CHARTER OFFICE

BELL TRADE ACT

 UNITED NATIONS CHARTER

President Sergio Osmeña, sent the

Philippine delegation, which was
headed by Carlos P. Romulo, to San
Francisco gathering, for the
promulgation of the Charter of
United Nations on June 26, 1945.
 FOREIGN RELATIONS OFFICE

President Sergio Osmeña, created this office

for the preparation of the forthcoming
independent status of the Philippines. Here,
he entered into agreement with the US
Government, sending five Filipino trainees to
the US State Department to prepare
themselves for diplomatic service.
 INTERNATIONAL BANKING

President Sergio Osmeña, sent Carlos P.

Romulo on December 5, 1945 as his
representative to accept Philippine
membership in the International Monetary
Fund and in the International Bank for
reconstruction.
 BELL TRADE ACT

US Congress approved the Bell Trade

Act, giving the Philippines eight years
of free trade with the US then 20
years during which tariffs would be
upped gradually, until they were in line
with the rest of American Tariff policy.
THAT WOULD BE
ALL,
THANK YOU.