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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Hidalgo and the surname or
paternal family name is Laurel.
Salvador Laurel

Official portrait, 1986

8th Vice President of the Philippines
In office
February 25, 1986 – June 30, 1992
President Corazon Aquino
Preceded by Re-established
Title last held by Fernando Lopez
Succeeded by Joseph Estrada
5th Prime Minister of the Philippines
In office
February 25, 1986 – March 25, 1986
President Corazon Aquino
Preceded by Cesar Virata
Succeeded by Position abolished
16th Secretary of Foreign Affairs
In office
March 25, 1986 – February 2, 1987
President Corazon Aquino
Preceded by Pacifico A. Castro (Acting)
Succeeded by Manuel Yan
Member of the Interim Batasang Pambansa
In office
June 12, 1978 – September 16, 1983
Senator of the Philippines
In office
December 30, 1967 – September 23, 1972[1]
7th President of the Nacionalista Party
In office
1986–2003
Preceded by Jose Roy
Succeeded by Manny Villar
Personal details
Born Salvador Roman Hidalgo Laurel
November 18, 1928
Paco, Manila, Philippines[a]
Died January 27, 2004 (aged 75)
Atherton, California, U.S.
Resting place Libingan ng mga Bayani
Political party Nacionalista (1967–2004)
Other political UNIDO (1980–1988)
affiliations KBL (1978–1979)
 Spouse Celia Díaz

(m. 1950)
Relations Laurel family
Parent(s) Jose P. Laurel
Pacencia Hidalgo
Salvador Roman Hidalgo Laurel KGCR[2] (Tagalog pronunciation: [laʊˈɾɛl], November 18, 1928 – January
27, 2004), also known as Doy Laurel, was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the Vice
President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 under President Corazon Aquino and briefly served as the
last Prime Minister from February 25 to March 25, 1986, when the position was abolished. He was a
major leader of the United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO), the political party that helped
topple the regime of President Ferdinand Marcos with the 1986 People Power Revolution.
Early life
Salvador Laurel was the fifth son and eighth child of José P. Laurel, who served as president during
the Second Philippine Republic. Salvador was born into a family with a long lineage of public servants
spanning several generations. His grandfather, Sotero Remoquillo Laurel, was a delegate to the Malolos
Congress in 1899 and interior secretary in the first Philippine revolutionary government under
President Emilio Aguinaldo.
Laurel first enrolled at Centro Escolar de Señoritas, where he studied from 1933 to 1935. Laurel's father
wanted Laurel to experience a public school education and enrolled him first in the Paco Elementary
School (1935–36) and then the Justo Lukban Elementary School (1936–37). He finished elementary
schooling at Ateneo de Manila Grade School in 1941. Laurel received second honors in his first year of
high school, with a general average of 93.4. Barely three months later, his studies came to an abrupt halt
with the outbreak of the war in the Pacific Theater on December 8, 1941. The Japanese government
temporarily closed the American Jesuits run school, which prompted Laurel to enroll at De La Salle
College High School, where he graduated in 1946.
Laurel was a member of Upsilon Sigma Phi during his university studies.[3]
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Towards the end of the war, the Japanese Supreme War Council issued an order to have Philippine
government officials flown to Japan. President Laurel volunteered to go alone to spare his Cabinet
members the ordeal of being separated from their families. His wife, Paciencia, and seven of his children
went with him. The officials who accompanied him were former Speaker of the National
Assembly Benigno Aquino Sr., former Minister of Education Camilo Osias and his wife, and General
Mateo Capinpin. On March 22, 1945, the group evacuated from Baguio. It began a long and perilous
overland journey to Tuguegarao, where a Japanese navy plane would fly the group to Japan
via Formosa (now Taiwan) and Shanghai, China.[4] The odyssey ended in Nara, where they were confined
until November 10, 1945.[5]
The prolonged confinement allowed 15-year-old Salvador, both romantic and impressionable, to pursue
his passion for writing poetry and prose while satisfying his love for reading. He eagerly devoured any
English book he could find and often discussed the material with his mentor, Camilo Osias. Yet, the
moments he treasured most during his stay in Nara were the morning walks in the park with his father,
José, who shared his views on life during their conversations.
On September 15, 1945, his father, Jose P. Laurel, his older brother Jose Laurel III, and Benigno Aquino Sr.
were arrested by a group of Americans headed by Colonel Turner and were taken to Yokohama prison.
The Laurel family, except for the former president and Jose III, was flown to Manila two months later, on
November 2, 1945.[5]
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Christmas 1945 was the bleakest one for the Laurel family; their Peñafrancia home was looted and
emptied of its furniture, while the former president was placed in solitary confinement in Sugamo
Prison in Japan. Salvador gifted his father a book entitled The World in 2030 A.D. by the Earl of
Birkenhead. Lacked in writing instruments, he used that book to write his Memoirs.[6] He also wrote the
poem To My Beloved Father to lift up his father's spirits, and sent it to him as a Christmas present.
To My Beloved Father
Trudge on, noble leader
And with thy dauntless
Courage
Swerve not in thy glorious, tho'
thankless path,
And heed not their threats
and wrath;
Forgive them who are nescient
And
With their perennial
Discontent
Thy goals impend;
Assuage thy bitter struggle
and with thy
Sapient calm, O Sage!
The glorious and the great
Have always been exalted late
And in the midst of great
work condemned.
— Salvador Laurel
At La Salle, he joined a group of young men who planned to go by sea to the Dutch East
Indies (Indonesia since 1949) and join Sukarno in the struggle for independence from the Dutch Empire,
but local authorities stopped them at the pier. He completed his secondary education at La Salle in
March 1946.
His father, Jose P. Laurel, and brother, Jose III, would finally return to the Philippines on July 23, 1946. [5]
Although all his older brothers were lawyers, he enrolled at the University of the Philippines[which?] as a
pre-medicine student, where he obtained his AA (pre-medicine) and was admitted to medicine proper,
shifting to law two years later. He was admitted to the law school while working to complete his (AA Pre-
Law). He received his LLB (Bachelor of Laws) degree in UP in March 1952. He was a member of the
Student Editorial Board of the Philippine Law Journal.[7]
He was acclaimed the University Champion Orator after he won the first prize in three consecutive inter-
university oratorical contests: the 1949 Inter-University Oratorical contest sponsored by the Civil
Liberties Union, the Student Councils Association of the Philippines, and the Inter-University Symposium
on the Japanese Peace Treaty in 1951.
Without waiting for the bar examination results, he left for Connecticut to study at Yale University, his
father's alma mater, where he earned his Master of Laws degree in 1952. He earned the title Doctor of
Juridical Science at Yale University in 1960.[8]
Of his studies and scholastic endeavors at Yale University, Myres S. McDougal, a Sterling Professor of
Law, Emeritus of the Yale Law School, wrote:
Salvador H. Laurel was a superb scholar at Yale. Like his father in an earlier day, he came to us in the vital
formative years of his intellectual development, and remained to earn his master of laws degree (LLM)
and doctorate in juridical science (J.S.D.) with highest standing. I have taught so many brilliant students
from other countries at Yale Law School. Doy was one of the very best and has always been one of my
favorites. His papers and comments were always informed, perceptive, wise, creative and deeply
dedicated to the public and common interest. His deepest loyalty and devotion is to his own country, but
he is aware of a larger interdependent world.
Personal life
Laurel later married Celia Díaz (May 29, 1928 - July 12, 2021) in 1950, a society debutante. He was the
grandfather of actress Denise Laurel. He had a daughter who is also an actress, Pia Pilapil, to a veteran
actress Pilar Pilapil.[9]
Legal career
In Manila, Laurel joined his brothers at the Laurel Law Offices in Intramuros, where he began his career
as a barrister with a strong commitment to legal aid. Troubled by the discovery that 94% of cases filed by
indigent individuals in the fiscal office were dismissed due to lack of counsel, he founded the Citizen's
Legal Aid Society of the Philippines (CLASP) in 1967. Laurel actively campaigned nationwide, rallying
lawyers to join his mission to provide justice for people experiencing poverty. By the end of its first year,
CLASP had enlisted 750 lawyers.
For his advocacy and dedication as the "Defender of the Defenseless," Laurel was recognized as "Lawyer
of the Year 1967" by the Justice and Court Reporters Association (JUCRA). In 1976, his efforts gained
international acclaim when the International Bar Association awarded him the "Most Outstanding Legal
Aid Lawyer of the World" in Stockholm. Reflecting on the honor, Laurel recalled his surprise and pride at
being recognized for his work with CLASP, advocacy for justice-of-the-poor laws, and steadfast
commitment to human rights during the martial law era.[10]
In addition to his legal practice, Laurel was a distinguished legal scholar and professor at Lyceum
University. He edited the Proceedings of the Philippine Constitutional Convention (1934–1935),
meticulously reproducing records kept by his father, Dr. José P. Laurel, a delegate to the Convention. This
monumental work, spanning seven volumes, was published in 1966.
Political career
Senator
 Laurel during his tenure as senator
It was not until 1967 that Salvador H. Laurel seriously entered politics, running for the Senate under
the Nacionalista Party. During his campaign, he was injured in a car accident while returning to the
Magellan International Hotel in Cebu City in the early hours of September 24, 1967.[11][12] Due to his
injuries, Laurel underwent a surgical operation in Manila, with his wife Celia briefly campaigning on his
behalf during his recovery.[11] Upon returning to his senatorial campaign, Laurel attempted to be
energetic in his demeanor in order to offset his injured image with a cast.[11][13] Laurel ultimately won a
Senate seat in the sixth Congress, and officially took his oath of office as senator on December 30, 1967.
At 39 years old, Laurel became the youngest Nacionalista senator in post-war history – a record that
would be held for the next 40 years.[14]
In the Senate, he authored five "justice for the poor laws" also known as "Laurel laws."[15]
1. R.A. 6033, requiring courts to give priority to cases involving poor litigants;
2. R.A. 6034, giving free meals, travel and lodging allowances to poor litigants and their witnesses;
3. R.A. 6035, providing free transcript of stenographic notes to poor litigants;
4. R.A. 6036, dispensing with bail in minor cases; and
5. R.A. 6127, crediting prisoners with the full period (only one-half under previous law) of their detention
in the service of prison terms
Laurel also authored nine judicial reform laws from 1968 to 1970; the Government Reorganization Act;
and amendments to the Land Reform Code, one of which created the Department of Agrarian Reform. [16]
As chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice, Laurel reported on the Administration of Justice in
Central Luzon (1969); the State of the Philippine Penal Institution and Penology (1969); the Criminal
Jurisdiction Provisions of the RP-US Military Bases Agreement (1969); the Dissident Problem in Central
Luzon (1971); and Violations of Civil Liberties in the case of the "Golden Buddha" (1971).
Laurel helped represent the country in numerous international assemblies. He was sent to the United
Nations General Assembly thrice and to the Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference in Lima, Peru 1968.
Later, when he was elected member of the interim National Assembly in 1978, Laurel was designated
head of the Philippine delegation to the First General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary
Organization in Singapore.
In 1972, Senator Laurel was the first high-ranking Filipino government official to visit the People's
Republic of China (PRC). He was met by Premier Zhou Enlai, Vice Premier (later President) Li Xiannian,
and other high officials of the Chinese government. Upon his return, he submitted an extensive report to
the Senate on his China visit. He strongly advocated for the resumption of friendly ties with the PRC and
the adoption of the One-China Policy, which eventually became the official stand of the Philippines.
Laurel was voted the "Most Outstanding Senator" from 1968 to 1971.[needs context]
Freedom fighter
During martial law, Laurel engaged in fiery speeches that exhorted the people not to be afraid and to join
him in the fight to restore democracy.[17]
Through his leadership, he succeeded in organizing the United Nationalist Democratic Organization
(UNIDO), drawing within its ambit leaders such as Cesar Climaco, Soc Rodrigo, Gerardo
Roxas, Dominador Aytona, Eva Estrada Kalaw, Rene Espina, Mamintal Tamano, Domocao Alonto and his
nephew Abul Khayr, Raul Gonzalez, Homobono Adaza and Abe Sarmiento and all significant political
parties who were opposed to the dictatorship. The UNIDO was the political party that ended the
dictatorship.[18]
The UNIDO national convention[19]
Laurel was unanimously endorsed by his party, the UNIDO.[year needed] During the UNIDO national
convention at the Araneta Coliseum on June 12, 1985, nearly 25,000 delegates attended and proclaimed
him the party standard-bearer in the snap election against President Ferdinand E. Marcos. Corazon
Aquino, widow of Ninoy Aquino, spoke before the vast assembly endorsing Laurel's candidacy. Five
months later, however, she declared her candidacy, causing a major crisis in the opposition – a rift that
could cause its downfall and ensure a Marcos victory.
A series of meetings were arranged between the two opposition candidates to iron out their differences,
but the impasse could not be broken up to the third meeting. Cory, backed by the Convenors group, was
determined to run for president. Finally, Laurel said he would agree to run as her vice president provided
she ran under the UNIDO banner, but Cory refused. Laurel immediately filed his certificate of candidacy
as president at the Commission on Elections.
In the same year, writer Nick Joaquin published his biography of Laurel titled Doy Laurel in Profile: A
Philippine Political Odyssey.[20][21]
1986 snap elections
Cory sent Ninoy's sister, Lupita Kashiwahara, to inform Laurel that she had changed her mind and was
willing to run under the UNIDO. True to his word and anxious to keep the opposition united to win the
snap elections, Laurel made the supreme sacrifice of giving up his lifetime's work and presidential
ambition to give way to Corazon C. Aquino.
The Cory–Doy campaign vigorously began, and on February 25, 1986, they took their oaths, respectively,
as president and vice president of the Philippines at the Club Filipino.[18]
Vice president and prime minister
Vice Presidential styles of
Salvador Laurel
 Reference style His Excellency
The Honourable[22]
Spoken style Your Excellency
Alternative style Mr. Vice President
For a month following the People Power Revolution in late February 1986, Laurel became the only
person in Philippine history to hold the posts of vice president, prime minister, and foreign
minister concurrently. The office of prime minister was abolished in late March 1986.
Secretary of foreign affairs
As secretary of foreign affairs from February 1986 to September 1987, Vice President Laurel represented
the Philippines in various international conferences attended by the heads of state. His official visit to
China in 1986 was hailed as the "milestone marking the re-orientation of Philippine foreign policy". [23]
For his services, Laurel received on June 21, 1996, the Gawad Mabini Award, with the highest rank
of taking kampong; he was awarded the grand cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic by King Juan
Carlos I of Spain in 1986; and awarded the grand cross of the Order of Liberty and Unity from the
Association for the Unity of Latin America in 1993 in New York.
He resigned from the Cabinet as secretary of foreign affairs on September 8, 1987, citing "fundamental
differences on moral principles" with President Corazon Aquino. Manuel Yan succeeded him in February
1987.
1992 presidential elections
In 1992, Laurel ran for president (under the banner of the Nacionalista Party) and lost in a field of seven
contenders.[24] This was his first and only electoral defeat since 1967.
Post-vice presidency (1992–2004)
In 1993, Laurel was appointed by President Ramos to be chairman of the National Centennial
Commission in the run-up to the Philippine Centennial celebrations of the country's independence on
June 12, 1898.
Laurel was supposed to resign after the centennial celebrations, but President Joseph Estrada extended
his term and abolished the commission only in 1999. A few months later, Laurel was charged with graft
before the Sandiganbayan (political antigraft court) for misappropriating funds to construct the
controversial ₱1.165-billion Centennial Expo in the Clark Freeport Zone in Angeles City. Laurel
vehemently denied the allegation and stood as his defense counsel.
The charges, however, were eventually proved groundless in court.[25]
Later life and death

Laurel's cremains are interred at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

Following his retirement from public service in 1999, Laurel devoted much of his time to law practice,
international consultancy, free legal aid, and writing books. He also busied himself with the Nacionalista
Party, of which he was president.
In June 2003, Laurel flew to the United States to seek medical intervention after he was diagnosed with
cancer of the lymph nodes. He died on January 27, 2004, in his rented home in Atherton, California. He
was 75 at the time of his death.[26] His remains were cremated days afterward. On January 29,
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo issued Presidential Proclamation No. 544, declaring seven days of
official mourning for Laurel.[27] Laurel’s ashes were brought to his hometown of Tanauan, Batangas, on
February 5 for a necrological service at St. John the Evangelist Church. His ashes were later brought to
the Batangas Provincial Capitol in Batangas City for a memorial service. His ashes were interred at
the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig on February 6.[28]
In addition, Arroyo awarded Laurel the grand cross of the Order of Lakandula posthumously on February
7, 2004. In 2005, his widow Celia Diaz-Laurel wrote and published the biography Doy Laurel, and by
2010, she published his manuscript written in 1999, After 100 Years, What Next?.[29][30][31][32]
Honors and awards
 :Grand Cross (Bayani) of the Order of Lakandula, February 7, 2004 (posthumous)[33]
 : Grand Cross (Dakilang Kamanong) of the Gawad Mabini, 1996[34]
 : The Order of the Knights of Rizal, Knight Grand Cross of Rizal (KGCR).[35]
Books
 Laurel, Salvador H. (1992). Neither Trumpets nor Drums: Summing Up the Cory Government,
PDM Press, Inc.[36]
 Laurel, Salvador H. (2000). China Update 2000, S. H. Laurel.[37]
 Laurel, Salvador H. (2002). Through Ordeal and Turmoil: His Ideas on Nationhood, PDM Press,
Inc.[38]
 Laurel, Salvador H. (2010). After 100 Years, What Next?, Celia Diaz-Laurel.[31][32]
Notes
1. The Philippines was an unincorporated territory of the United States known as
the Philippine Islands at the time of Laurel's birth.
1. Original term was until December 30, 1973. This was cut short pursuant to the
Declaration of Martial Law by President Ferdinand Marcos on September 23, 1972.
2. "Jose P. Laurel (1891–1959)". Jose P. Laurel Memorial Foundation. Archived from the
original on June 29, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
3. Avecilla, Victor (November 15, 2016). "Remembering Salvador 'Doy' Laurel".
Opinion. [Link]. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017.
Retrieved September 2, 2017.
4. "Salvador H. Laurel". The Philippine Diary Project. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
5. "Jose P. Laurel A Register of His Papers in the Jose P. Laurel Memorial Library-
Museum" (PDF). E-LIS repository. Jose P. Laurel Memorial Library. 1982.
Retrieved August 16, 2022.
6. "Jose P. Laurel: Biographical Sketch". Jose P. Laurel Memorial Foundation Incorporated.
Retrieved August 16, 2022.
7. Laurel, Salvador (1952). "An Inquiry into the Effects of the Suspension of the privilege of
the writ of habeas corpus upon the Constitutional rights of an accused person except the
right to bail". Philippine Law Journal. 27 (1). Archived from the original on September 3,
2021.
8. "Salvador H. Laurel". [Link]. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
9. "Theater actress Celia Díaz-Laurel, 93". [Link]. July 13, 2021.
Retrieved December 10, 2022.
10. Joaquin, Nick (1985). Doy Laurel in Profile. Makati: Lahi. p. 255.; See also: Gleeck, Lewis
E. Jr. (1987). President Marcos and the Philippine Political Culture. Manila. pp. 150–151.
11. Joaquin, Nick (1985). Doy Laurel in Profile. Makati Trade Times Publishing Company.
p. 212. Retrieved August 11, 2025. 'Its fender rammed into the side of our car and
hurled this big burly fellow against me [Salvador Laurel]. I was crushed by his weight. I
had no time to brace myself for the impact.'
12. Quijano de Manila (December 30, 1967). "That was 1967". Philippines Free Press. The
Laurels win hands down, or up, what with[...] Doy running for the Senate and almost
getting crippled in a campaign accident[...]
13. Romualdo, Arlyn VCD Palisoc (July 15, 2021). "Celia Diaz Laurel draws final curtain at
93". University of the Philippines. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
14. See: Crisanto, Carmelo A.; Crisanto, Joyce M. (2007). Building the Nation: First 100
Years: Nacionalista Party, 1907–2007. Las Piñas City: Villar Foundation.
15. Asa, Leon L., “Remembering the Late Former Vice President Dr. Salvador “Doy” H.
Laurel”. The Lawyer’s Review. March 31, 2004
16. Republic Act No. 6389 – via Supreme Court E-Library.
17. See also: Bonoan, Christopher (February 25, 2021). "Doy Laurel: The EDSA Icon You've
Yet to Know". Opinion. The Manila Times. Archived from the original on May 17, 2021.
Retrieved May 17, 2021.
18. "The Freedom Fighter". Salvador H. Laurel. Archived from the original on May 17, 2021.
Retrieved May 17, 2021.
19. See Maria Felisa Syjuco Tan, Highlights of Philippine History Volume 3: The Marcos Years
1965–1986 (Quezon City: Pantas Publishing, 2017), pp. 194–195; Nick Joaquin, "DOY
LAUREL in Profile" (Collector's Edition: 2012)
20. Salazar, Oskar (January 23, 1986). "Wooing the movie vote". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. As for the Opposition, there was no fanfare. The movie
press was not invited to any function at all. Vice-presidential Doy Laurel did send his
autographed biography to select members.
21. Richardson, Jim, ed. (1989). World Bibliographical Series Volume 106:
Philippines. Oxford, England: Clio Press Ltd. p. 181. ISBN 1-85109-077-0.
Retrieved January 19, 2025. 520[:] Doy Laurel in profile: a Philippine political
odyssey. Nick Joaquin. Metro Manila: Makati Trade Times, 1985. 325p.
22. A subsidiary honorific as the vice presidency ranks higher than the premiership, which
was eventually abolished.
23. Haberer, Claude (2009). Between Tiger and Dragon: A History of Philippine Relations
with China and Taiwan. Pasig City: Anvil. p. 131.
24. Lande, Carl H. (1996). Post-Marcos Politics: A Geographical Statistical Analysis of the
1992 Presidential Election. Manila: De La Salle University Press. p. 54.
25. Avecilla, Victor (November 15, 2016). "Remembering Salvador 'Doy' Laurel".
Opinion. [Link]. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021.
Retrieved January 28, 2022.
26. Santos, Sammy (January 29, 2004). "Laurel, 75, Dies of Cancer in US". Philstar
Global. Archived from the original on May 17, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
27. Presidential Proclamation No. 544, s. 2004 (January 29, 2004), Declaring the period of
mourning over the death of Salvador H. Laurel, former Vice-President of the Republic of
the Philippines, retrieved August 16, 2022
 28. illanueva, Marichu; Ozaeta, Arnell (February 6, 2004). "Doy buried today". The
Philippine Star. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
29. Bonifacio, Tinna S. (January 30, 2005). "Celia Diaz-Laurel: The Widow as
Chronicler". Sunday Inquirer Magazine. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. p. Q1.
Retrieved January 19, 2025.
30. "Atbp". Sunday Inquirer Magazine. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. October 23, 2005.
p. 7. Retrieved January 19, 2025. Oct. 29, 6 p.m., Powerbooks Greenbelt: Celia Diaz-
Laurel launches a book about former vice president Doy Laurel
31. Orosa, Rosalinda L. (December 4, 2010). "After 100 Years, What Next?/'Little Women':
Delightful!". [Link]. Philstar Global Corp. Retrieved January 19, 2025. His
charming widow Celia Diaz Laurel, who had discovered the manuscript in a drawer,
finally decided to publish it.
32. Del Mundo, Fernando (November 18, 2005). "Doy: 'The man who gave way,' says his
widow Celia". Philippine Daily Inquirer. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. p. A21.
Retrieved January 19, 2025. He worked at the same time on a book that would distill his
thoughts on where the country had gone wrong and what it must do.[...] It is a takeoff
from Rizal's work and is titled 'After 100 Years—What Next?'
33. "Roster of Recipients of Presidential Awards". Retrieved July 11, 2022.
34. "Gawad Mabini". Official Gazette.
35. "Our Story". Knights of Rizal. Archived from the original on December 9, 2021.
Retrieved January 24, 2022.
36. Bigornia, Amante E. (November 18, 1992). "Of failed coups d'etat and
mutinies". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. p. 11. Retrieved January
19, 2025. In his book titled Neither Trumpets Nor Drums, which he launches today[...]
37. "Laurel launches book on Philippines-China relations". Philippine Daily Inquirer. The
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. December 4, 2000. p. F5. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
38. "Doy Laurel distills thoughts on nationhood in new book". Philippine Daily Inquirer. The
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. March 11, 2002. p. D. Retrieved January
19, 2025. FORMER Vice President Salvador Laurel will launch his latest book tomorrow
[March 12], 4:30 p.m., at the Ballroom of Wack Wack Golf and Country
Club, Mandaluyong City.
References
 Zaide, Sonia M. (1999). The Philippines: A Unique Nation. Quezon City: All Nations Publishing.
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Political offices
Vacant
Office abolished due
Vice President of the Philippines Succeeded by
to Martial Law
1986–1992 Joseph Estrada
Title last held by
Fernando Lopez
Preceded by Prime Minister of the Philippines1 Position abolished
 Cesar Virata 1986
Preceded by
Pacifico A. Castro Secretary of Foreign Affairs Succeeded by
as Acting Minister of 1986–1987 Manuel Yan
Foreign Affairs

Party political offices

UNIDO nominee for Vice President of
First the Philippines Last
1986
Preceded by President of the Nacionalista Party Succeeded by
Jose Laurel Jr. 1989–2003 Manny Villar
Vacant Nacionalista nominee for President of Vacant
Title last held by the Philippines Title next held by
Alejo Santos 1992 Manny Villar

Notes and references

1. Position abolished March 25, 1986 (Proclamation No. 3, s. 1986. Official Gazette. March 25, 1986.)
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