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===Philippines=== *His/Her Excellency β The [[president of the Philippines]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chanrobles.com/article7.htm|title=1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines | website = Chan Robles Virtual Law Library |via=www.chanrobles.com}}</ref> The title in [[Filipino language|Filipino]] is {{lang|fil|Ang Mahal na Pangulo}} (The Well-Esteemed President). The honorific for the President of the Philippines was adopted from the title of the [[governor-general of the Philippines]] during Spanish and American colonial periods. The president may be addressed as "Your Excellency" or more informally as *"Mr. President" or "Madam(e) President". *The Honorable β The [[vice president of the Philippines]], members of the [[Congress of the Philippines]], justices of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]], governors and vice governors of provinces, mayors and vice mayors of cities or municipalities, and other elected or appointed officials in the government. The title is also conferred to elected and appointed officials of student or other people's organizations that have great participation in creating, implementing, and interpreting policies of the organization. The title in Filipino is {{lang|fil|Ang Kagalanggalang}} (The Honorable). In Senate and congressional inquiries, impeachment procedures, and electoral canvasses, senators, representatives, and officials of the [[Commission on Elections (Philippines)|Commission on Elections]] when they convene as provincial and national boards of canvassers, are mostly addressed as ''Your Honor'', because it was unfortunately rendered from "the Spanish term for addressing parliamentarians, and a mistake made" when Congress's predecessor, the [[Philippine Legislature]], abruptly changed to the use of English from "mainly Spanish in its deliberations."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Session No. 96 |journal=Journal |url=https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/38556011!.pdf |date=8 June 2005 |page=371 |publisher=Senate of the Philippines}}</ref> *His Magnificence the Very Reverend - [[Rector Magnificus of the University of Santo Tomas|The rector magnificus]] of the [[University of Santo Tomas|Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas]]. *Sir/Madam(e) β Common informal manner of address. *Illustrious Knight, Sir/Lady β Titles for members of the Order of the Knights of Rizal, the Philippines' only order of knighthood created by law. *Paduka Mahasari Maulana al Sultan β The [[sultan of Sulu]].
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