Editing Commonwealth of the Philippines (section)

=== Osmeña administration (1944–1946) ===
[[File:Sergio Osmena photo.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|[[Sergio Osmeña]], president from 1944 to 1946 ]]
Osmeña became president of the Commonwealth on Quezon's death in 1944.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sergio-Osmena |title=Sergio Osmeña {{!}} president of Philippines |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en |access-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802210246/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sergio-Osmena |url-status=live}}</ref> He returned to the Philippines the same year with General [[Douglas MacArthur]] and the liberation forces.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/20/world/40-years-later-memories-of-macarthur-s-return.html |title=40 Years Later, Memories of Macarthur's Return |last=Lohr |first=Steve |date=October 20, 1984 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 27, 2019 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327133006/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/20/world/40-years-later-memories-of-macarthur-s-return.html |url-status=live}}</ref> After the war Osmeña restored the Commonwealth government and the various executive departments. He continued the fight for Philippine independence.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

For the presidential election of 1946 Osmeña refused to campaign, saying that the Filipino people knew of his record of 40 years of honest and faithful service.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/sunstar-cebu/20120902/281659662218598 |title=Boasting of ancestors |last=Mercado |first=Juan |date=September 2, 2012 |website=Sunstar Cebu |access-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101337/https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/sunstar-cebu/20120902/281659662218598 |url-status=live}}</ref> Nevertheless, he was defeated by Manuel Roxas, who won 54% of the vote and became the first president of the independent Republic of the Philippines.<ref name=":0" />