Manuel Luis "Manolo" Casas Quezon III (born May 10, 1970) is a Filipino writer, former television host and a grandson of former

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Manuel L. Quezon Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (, , , ; 19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino people, Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who was president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1 ...

. Quezon is a columnist and editorial writer for the ''

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.'' From 2007 to 2010, he was also the host and writer of ''The Explainer'' on the cable

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. In 2003, he was named presidential assistant for historical affairs during the presidency of

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo (; born April 5, 1947), often referred to as PGMA or GMA, is a Filipino academic and politician who served as the 14th president of the Philippines from Presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 2001 to 2010 ...

. He was a history curator from March 2004 to March 2005 at the Ayala Museum. He served as spokesman for the committee in charge of the

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of President Benigno S. Aquino III. After the implementation o
Executive Order No. 4
Aquino appointed Quezon as undersecretary of the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office. Quezon graduated from the

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with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in political science.

Early life

Quezon was born in 1970, an adopted son of Manuel L. "Nonong" Quezon, Jr. (1926–1998) and wife, Lourdes "Lulu" Casas-Quezon. His father was the son of former president

Filmography

TV show

*''The Explainer'' (2007–2010)

References

External links

Quezon.ph''The Long View'' column
on Inquirer.net 1970 births Filipino adoptees Filipino columnists Filipino television personalities Members of the Presidential Communications Group of the Philippines Living people Manolo University of the Philippines alumni Benigno Aquino III administration cabinet members ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs people Philippine Daily Inquirer people 21st-century Filipino historians {{Philippines-writer-stub