This is a list of current and former presidents of the Philippines by time in office that consists of the 17 presidents in the history of the Philippines. The basis of the list is counted by the number of calendar days.
Updated daily according to UTC.
OTL | # | President | Length of term | |
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1 | 10 | Ferdinand Marcos | 20 years, 57 days | 7362 days |
2 | 14 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | 9 years, 161 days | 3448 days |
3 | 2 | Manuel L. Quezon | 8 years, 260 days | 3182 days |
4 | 11 | Corazon Aquino | 6 years, 126 days | 2317 days |
5 | 15 | Benigno Aquino III | 6 years, 0 days | 2192 days |
6 | 12 | Fidel V. Ramos | 6 years, 0 days | 2191 days |
7 | 16 | Rodrigo Duterte | 6 years, 0 days | 2191 days |
8 | 6 | Elpidio Quirino | 5 years, 257 days | 2083 days |
9 | 8 | Carlos P. Garcia | 4 years, 287 days | 1748 days |
10 | 9 | Diosdado Macapagal | 4 years, 0 days | 1461 days |
11 | 7 | Ramon Magsaysay | 3 years, 77 days | 1173 days |
12 | 13 | Joseph Estrada | 2 years, 204 days | 935 days |
13 | 1 | Emilio Aguinaldo | 2 years, 59 days | 789 days |
14 | 5 | Manuel Roxas | 1 year, 323 days | 688 days |
15 | 3 | Jose P. Laurel | 1 year, 307 days | 673 days |
16 | 4 | Sergio Osmeña | 1 year, 300 days | 665 days |
17 | 17 | Bongbong Marcos | Incumbent (6 years if term is completed) | 166 days |
– | Acting | Miguel Malvar (unofficial) | 1 year, 15 days | 380 days |
These are lists of incumbents, including heads of states or of subnational entities.
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