Inauguration of Sergio Osmeña

1944 Presidential Inauguration of Sergio Osmeña
Date	August 1, 1944 (1944-08-01)
Location	Washington, D.C. United States
Participants	President of the Philippines, Sergio Osmeña Assuming office Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Robert H. Jackson

The Inauguration of Sergio Osmeña as the fourth President of the Philippines and the second president of the Philippine Commonwealth under the United States occurred on August 1, 1944 under extraordinary circumstances. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first term (which lasted one year nine months and twenty-nine days) of Sergio Osmeña as President, following the death of President Manuel L. Quezon.

Philippine presidential inaugurations

Aguinaldo (1897) Aguinaldo (1899) Quezon (1935) Quezon (1941) Quezon (1943) Laurel (1943) Osmeña (1944)* Roxas (1946) Roxas (1946) Quirino (1948)* Quirino (1949) Magsaysay (1953) Garcia (1957)* Garcia (1957) Macapagal (1961) Marcos (1965) Marcos (1969) Marcos (1978)** Marcos (1981) Marcos (1986) C. Aquino (1986)* Ramos (1992) Estrada (1998) Macapagal-Arroyo (2001)* Macapagal-Arroyo (2004) B. S. Aquino III (2010)

* Non-scheduled (extraordinary) inaugurations. ** Confirmation as Prime Minister.

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