Philippines: Head of State: 1943-1945 President of the Republic of the Philippines [1] 14 Oct 1943 - 17 Aug 1945 José Paciano Laurel y García [1] Official equivalent in Tagalog: Pangulo ng Republika ng Pilipinas (as found in the Tagalog version of the Constitution of 1943; status of Tagalog was not defined). Last updated on: 03 Sep 2018 21:00:00