President jose p laurel biography philippine

Since the administration of President Diosdado Macapagal — , Laurel has been officially recognized by later administrations as a former president of the Philippines.

Jose p. laurel contribution to education

His father had been an official in the revolutionary government of Emilio Aguinaldo and a signatory to the Malolos Constitution. Just like many other presidents, he was of Chinese mestizo descent. He later attended "La Regeneracion," where he completed the Spanish secondary course of instruction. In , he finished the intermediate grades at Manila public schools.

While a teen, Laurel was indicted for attempted murder when he almost killed a rival suitor of the girl he stole a kiss from with a fan knife. While studying and finishing law school , he argued for and received an acquittal in Laurel completed his high school education at Manila High School in Malcolm , whom he would later succeed at the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

In the same year, he took the Philippine bar examination and placed second. Laurel was later awarded a scholarship at Yale Law School , where he obtained his J. He later traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe , where he also took special courses in international law at Oxford University in England and at the University of Paris in France before returning to the Philippines in Laurel began his life in public service while he was a student.

He served as a messenger in the Bureau of Forestry, then as a clerk in the Code Committee tasked with the codification of Philippine laws, and as a law clerk in the Executive Bureau. During his work for the Code Committee, he was introduced to its head, Thomas A. Street, a future Supreme Court Justice who would be a mentor to the young Laurel.

In , Laurel was also appointed as a lecturer at University of the Philippines, particularly at the College of Liberal Arts and at the College of Law.