History
The seal was first used by President Manuel Roxas in 1947. It was patterned after the Seal of the President of the United States, which in turn was patterned after the Great Seal of the United States, and designed by Captain Galo B. Ocampo of the Philippine Heraldry Committee, who also designed the Coat of arms of the Philippines. The Seal was officially prescribed on 7 January 1947, when Executive Order № 38 of 1947 was signed into law. It prescribed the Seal as:
—SECTION 1. The coat of arms of the President of the Philippines shall be of the following design:—SHIELD: the eight-rayed Philippine sun rayonnant; on the center an equilateral triangle in gules; over-all the traditional lion (ultramar) of the ancient or original coat of arms of the City of Manila on guard with sword or at hilt; on three points of triangle three mullets
—SEC. 2. The seal of the President of the Philippines shall consist of the coat of arms of the President of the Philippines encircled by the words 'Seal of the President of the Philippines'.
On 4 July 1951, President Elpidio Quirino, signed Executive Order № 457 into law prescribing that:
| “ | ...the color of the sun and the sea lion shall be in golden yellow and, additionally provide that the design shall be surrounded by stars forming an amulet in a number equivalent to the number of provinces of the Republic as of July 4, 1951. | ” |
At the time of signing, the Philippines had 52 provinces.
On 27 August 1998, President Joseph Estrada signed Executive Order № 19, amending Executive Order № 38 of 1947 (as amended) in view of the fact that 1951, the number of provinces has increased to 78 and that there is a need to synchronise the number of stars to match the number of provinces at a given time.
After Estrada's Executive Order came into law, Roxas's Executive Order read:
—Section 1. The Coat of Arms of the President of the Philippines shall be of the following design:—Shield: the eight-rayed Philippine sun rayonnant in golden yellow; on the center, an equilateral triangle in gules (red); overall the traditional sea lion of the Coat of Arms granted to the City of Manila in 1596, on guard with sword, or at hilt and one mullet in golden yellow in the corner of each of the three angles of the equilateral triangle: one mullet representing Luzon; one, Visayas; and another, Mindanao.
—The whole, surrounded by stars in the form of an amulet with one point of each star outward on the imaginary radiating center lines, the number of stars conforming to the number of provinces of the Republic at any given time.
On 20 April 2004, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Executive Order № 310, which standardised the Seal and its derivative material. The Seal as it appears on government documents and property has since been redesigned to conform with the EO.
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