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DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
28 September 1910 to 21 April 1997
Diosdado Macapagal was President of the Philippines between 1961 and 1965.
Macapagal was elected Vice-President in the 1957 general elections. In the 1961 presidential election, Macapagal ran against Garcia and defeated the incumbent president.
During his presidency he was able to achieve growth and prosperity for the nation. Among his most significant achievements were the abolition of tenancy and accompanying land reform program in the Agricultural Land Reform Code of 1963. He also changed the date of celebration of Philippine independence from 4 July to 12 June (the date having been the day when in 1898, Emilio Aguinaldo declared independence from Spain).
Inauguration of Carlos Garcia as President
and Diosadao Macapagal as Vice President #641 and 642, 30 Dec 1957
Inauguration of Macapagal as President #848, 30 Dec 1961
Proof with surcharge in red
Independence Day Commemorative #865 to 867, 12 Jun 1962
Macapagal taking his oath of office before Chief Justice Cesar Bengzon on 30 Dec 1961
State Visit of President Mateos of Mexico #896 and 897, 28 Sept 1963
Overprint for Philatelic Week #1166, 23 Nov 1972
Socio-Economic Program #893 to 895, 28 Sept 1963
Surcharge #1181, 22 Jan 1973
State Visit of President Luebke of Germany #919 to 921, 19 Apr 1965
Overprint for Philatelic Week #1167, 23 Nov 1972
State Visit of King and Queen of Thailand #928 to 930, 4 Jul 1963
Surcharge #1122, 29 May 1972
Agricultural Land Reform Code #912, 913 and C90, 21 Dec 1964
Surcharges #970, 7 Aug 1967; and #1234, 1 Aug 1974
Signing of the MAPILINDO by Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia in Manila in 1963 #936 to 938, 25 Nov 1965
Surcharge #1182, 22 Jan 1973
Philippine Presidents Definitive
#2663f, 16 Mar 2000; #2672f, 3 Jul 2000; #2786f, 12 Jun 2002; and #2674a, 4 Aug 2000
#2674a is part of a se-tenant pair, the others are part of se-tenant blocks of 10
Birth Centenary #3330, 28 Sept 2010
1971 Constitutional Convention, 50th Anniversary #xxx, 1 June 2021
Diosdado Macapagal taking his oath as president of the 1971 Constitutional Convention before a 25-year-old Richard Gordon, now Senator Gordon, the youngest delegate to the ConCon
Postal Cards and First Day Covers
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