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José Paciano Laurel y García (Tanauan, 9 de marzo de 1891 - Manila, 6 de noviembre de 1959) fue un político y abogado filipino, presidente de la República de Filipinas, promovido por Japón, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, de 1943 a 1945.
José Paciano Laurel y García CCLH KGCR (March 9, 1891 – November 6, 1959) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, and judge, who served as the President of the Japanese-occupied Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state during World War II, from 1943 to 1945.
José P. Laurel (born March 9, 1891, Tanauan, Luzon, Philippines—died November 6, 1959, Manila) was a Filipino lawyer, politician, and jurist, who served as president of the Philippines (1943–45) during the Japanese occupation during World War II.
In 1943, towards the middle of Japan's occupation of the Philippines, as the tide of war was turning, Jose P. Laurel accepted the Presidency of the Republic. Two years later, when he was under indictment for treason, he claimed that he had been forced to take that office.
Among Filipino leaders who dominated the national stage during the first six decades of the 20th century, the one who most deserves the title of philosopher of democracy and economic nationalism is the late Dr. Jose P. Laurel.
José Paciano Laurel y García CCLH KGCR (9 de marzo, 1891 - 6 de noviembre de 1959) fue un político, abogado y juez filipino, que se desempeñó como presidente de la Segunda República de Filipinas ocupada por los japoneses, un estado títere durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, de 1943 a 1945.
El incidente Laurel fue una grave crisis diplomática entre el gobierno de los Estados Unidos y la Dictadura de Francisco Franco de España que se produjo a finales de 1943, en plena Segunda Guerra Mundial, a causa del reconocimiento de facto del gobierno títere de José P. Laurel impuesto por los japoneses en Filipinas.
