Which president appointed Magsaysay as Secretary of National Defense?
Jose Laurel
Manuel Roxas
Elpidio Quirino
Ferdinand Marcos
Answer
Elpidio Quirino appointed Ramon Magsaysay as Secretary of National Defense in 1950. Magsaysay's appointment was a strategic move by Quirino to address the growing communist insurgency in the Philippines. Magsaysay's successful counterinsurgency campaign and his popularity among the Filipino people made him a formidable political figure, eventually leading to his election as president in 1953.
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