Which president did Diosdado Macapagal become vice president under?
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Ramon Magsaysay
Carlos P. Garcia
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Answer
Carlos P. Garcia, the eighth President of the Philippines, served as the Vice President under Diosdado Macapagal's predecessor, Ramon Magsaysay. Garcia assumed the presidency upon Magsaysay's sudden death in a plane crash in 1957 and served until the end of the term in 1961. Macapagal, a member of the Liberal Party, later defeated Garcia in the 1961 presidential election.
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