- Esperanza Osmeña
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name =Esperanza Osmeña
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order=4th First Lady of the Philippines
term_start=August 1 ,1944
term_end=May 28 ,1946
predecessor =Pacencia Laurel
successor =Trinidad Roxas
birth_date = 1896
death_date = 1978
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religion=Roman Catholic
spouse =Sergio Osmeña
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Esperanza Limjap-Osmeña (1896-1978) was the second wife of Philippine President
Sergio Osmeña and is considered the fourthFirst Lady of the Philippines . They were married in 1920, two years after the death of President Osmeña's first wife, Estefania Chiong Veloso.She became first lady upon the death of
Manuel Quezon , when her husband succeeded to the presidency of the Philippine government-in-exile in the United States. However, while her husband was president-in-exile, she herself was still in the Philippines and remained there, during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines duringWorld War II . She was first lady for a total of two years. She had three children with Osmeña, namely Ramon, Rosalina, and Victor.
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