List of presidents of the Philippines by age

This is a list of presidents of the Philippines by age.

Overview Article VII, Section 2 of the 1987 Constitution provides that a president must be at least forty years of age on the day of the election. The median age at inauguration of Philippine presidents is 54 years. The youngest person to become the president of the Philippines was Emilio Aguinaldo at age , after being elected by the Malolos Congress. However, the youngest elected president Ramon Magsaysay at the age of 46 years, 121 days when he took his oath of office. The oldest person to have been elected president is Rodrigo Duterte, at age during his inauguration. Both Aguinaldo and Duterte are the youngest and oldest presidents at the end of their tenures, respectively.

Aguinaldo also had the longest lifespan and retirement of any president, outliving six of his successors. He died at the age of ; 62 years after his presidency. Elpidio Quirino had the shortest retirement of any president, dying of a heart attack after leaving office. The oldest living former president is Joseph Estrada, at age . The youngest living former president is Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, at age .

List of presidents by age

PresidentBornAge at Age at timespanLifespanDiedAge 1Emilio AguinaldoMarch 22, 1869January 23, 1899March 23, 1901February 6, 1964 2Manuel QuezonAugust 19, 1878November 15, 1935August 1, 1944Died in officeAugust 1, 1944 3Jose P. LaurelMarch 9, 1891October 14, 1943August 17, 1945November 6, 1959 4Sergio OsmeñaSeptember 9, 1878August 1, 1944May 28, 1946October 19, 1961 5Manuel RoxasJanuary 1, 1892May 28, 1946April 15, 1948Died in officeApril 15, 1948 6Elpidio QuirinoNovember 16, 1890April 17, 1948December 30, 1953February 29, 1956 7Ramon MagsaysayAugust 31, 1907December 30, 1953March 17, 1957Died in officeMarch 17, 1957 8Carlos P. GarciaNovember 4, 1896March 18, 1957December 30, 1961June 14, 1971 9Diosdado MacapagalSeptember 28, 1910December 30, 1961December 30, 1965April 21, 1997 10Ferdinand E. MarcosSeptember 11, 1917December 30, 1965February 25, 1986September 28, 1989 11Corazon AquinoJanuary 25, 1933February 25, 1986June 30, 1992August 1, 2009 12Fidel V. RamosMarch 18, 1928June 30, 1992June 30, 1998July 31, 2022 13Joseph EstradaApril 19, 1937June 30, 1998January 20, 2001LivingLiving 14Gloria Macapagal ArroyoApril 5, 1947January 20, 2001June 30, 2010LivingLiving 15Benigno Aquino IIIFebruary 8, 1960June 30, 2010June 30, 2016June 24, 2021 16Rodrigo DuterteMarch 28, 1945June 30, 2016June 30, 2022 LivingLiving 17Bongbong MarcosSeptember 13, 1957June 30, 2022IncumbentIncumbentLiving

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See also List of vice presidents of the Philippines by age

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