Ferdinand Marcos
Filipino politician, lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who was the 10th president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986.
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Benigno Aquino Jr.
Both a Filipino and Spanish name.
Both a Filipino and Spanish name.
Aquino, together with Gerardo Roxas and Jovito Salonga, helped form the leadership of the opposition towards then President Ferdinand Marcos.
Corazon Aquino
Filipina politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992.
Filipina politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992.
She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution, which ended the two-decade rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and led to the establishment of the current democratic Fifth Philippine Republic.
Imelda Marcos
Imelda Romualdez Marcos (born Imelda Remedios Visitacion Trinidad Romualdez; July 2, 1929) is a Filipina politician and convicted criminal who was First Lady of the Philippines for 20 years, during which she and her husband Ferdinand Marcos stole billions of pesos from the Filipino people, amassing a personal fortune estimated to have been worth US$5 billion to US$10 billion by the time they were deposed in 1986.
Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr.
Assassinated on Sunday, August 21, 1983, on the tarmac of Manila International Airport .
Assassinated on Sunday, August 21, 1983, on the tarmac of Manila International Airport .
A longtime political opponent of President Ferdinand Marcos, Aquino had just landed in his home country after three years of self-imposed exile in the United States when he was shot in the head while being escorted from an aircraft to a vehicle that was waiting to transport him to prison.
1984 Philippine parliamentary election
Held on May 14, 1984 in the Philippines.
Held on May 14, 1984 in the Philippines.
His death exposed an increasingly incapable administration under President Ferdinand Marcos, exposing serious corruption and nepotism within, including from Marcos' wife Imelda, as well as exposing Marcos' worsening health at that time.
Bongbong Marcos
Filipino politician who is the president-elect of the Philippines.
Filipino politician who is the president-elect of the Philippines.
He is the second child and only son of former president, dictator, and kleptocrat Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and former first lady and convicted criminal Imelda Romualdez Marcos.
Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos
At 7:17 pm on September 23, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos announced on television that he had placed the entirety of the Philippines under martial law.
1986 Philippine presidential election
The 1986 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on February 7, 1986.
The 1986 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on February 7, 1986.
After being dared by an American journalist, President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared a snap election during an interview on the American Broadcasting Company political affairs programme, This Week with David Brinkley in November 1985.
History of the Philippines (1965–1986)
The history of the Philippines, from 1965 to 1986, covers the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos.
House of Representatives of the Philippines
Lower house of the Congress of the Philippines.
Lower house of the Congress of the Philippines.
This set up continued until President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law and abolished Congress.