President of the Philippines

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Philippines Government

1899-1901 Emilio Aguinaldo
1935-1944 Manuel L. Quezon
1943-1945 José P. Laurel
1944-1946 Sergio Osmeña
1946-1948 Manuel Roxas
1948-1953 Elpidio Quirino
1953-1957 Ramon Magsaysay
1957-1961 Carlos P. Garcia
1961-1965 Diosdado Macapagal
1965-1986 Ferdinand Marcos
1986-1992 Corazon C. Aquino
1992-1998 Fidel Ramos
1998-2001 Joseph Ejercito Estrada
2001-2010 Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
2010-present Benigno Aquino III

Benigno Aquino III

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Benigno Aquino III AKA Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III

Born: 8-Feb-1960
Birthplace: Manilla, Philippines

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State

Nationality: Philippines
Executive summary: President of the Philippines

Nicknamed "Noynoy", Benigno Aquino III hails from a family of prominent Philippine politicians. His father, Filipino Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr, was assassinated in 1983, and in the aftermath his mother, Corazon Aquino, was elected President, toppling the long and brutal regime of Ferdinand Marcos. His grandfather and great-grandfather both served in the Filipino legislature. Aquino's degree is in economics, and he worked in the private sector through his late 30s, rising quickly on account of his family name.

He turned to politics in 1998, and served nine years in the Filipino House, then two years in the Senate. He ran for President in a groundswell of support following the 2009 death of his mother, announcing his candidacy a month after her funeral. Billing himself as having "always viewed politics as a necessary vehicle for change", he won the 2010 election by a margin of almost six million votes out of 25 million ballots cast. Aquino took office as the fifteenth President of the Philippines on 30 June 2010.

[1] Liberal Party.

Father: Benigno Aquino, Jr. (Filipino Senator, "Ninoy", b. 1932, d. 1983 assassination)
Mother: Corazon Aquino (Filipino President, b. 1933, d. 2009)
Sister: Aurora Corazon
Sister: Kristina Bernadette
Sister: Maria Elena
Sister: Victoria Eliza
Girlfriend: Korina Baluyut Sanchez (TV reporter, b. 1964, ex-)
Girlfriend: Bernadette Dominguez Sembrano-Aguinaldo (TV reporter, b. 1976, ex-)
Girlfriend: Diana Zubiri (actress, real name Rosemarie Joy Garcia, b. 1985, ex-)
Girlfriend: Shalani San Ramon Soledad (attorney, b. 1980, together 2009-)

University: BA Economics, Ateneo de Manila University (1981)

President of the Philippines (30-Jun-2010 to present)
Filipino Senate (2007-09)
Filipino House of Representatives 2nd District of Tarlac (1998-2007)
Central Azucarera Tarlac Field Service Mgr. (1996-98)
Central Azucarera Tarlac Ass't VP for Administration (1993-96)
Best Security Agency Corp. Exec. Ass't for Administration (1986-93)
Mondragon International Philippines Advertising Dept. (1985-86)
Nike Sales staff (1983-85)
Philippine Business for Social Progress

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

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Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo AKA Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal

Born: 5-Apr-1947
Birthplace: Manila, Philippines

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State

Nationality: Philippines
Executive summary: President of the Philippines, 2001-10

Became president after Joseph Ejercito Estrada was forced from office.

Father: Diosdado Macapagal (President of the Philippines)
Mother: Evangelina Macaraeg
Husband: Jose Miguel Tuason Arroyo (m. 2-Aug-1968, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Juan Miguel (b. 1969)
Daughter: Evangelina Lourdes (b. 1971)
Son: Diosdado Ignacio Jose Maria (b. 1974)

High School: Assumption College Makati, Philippines (1964)
University: Georgetown University (two years)
University: MS Economics, Ateneo de Manila University
University: PhD Economics, University of the Philippines
Professor: University of the Philippines
Professor: Ateneo De Manila University

President of the Philippines (20-Jan-2001 to 30-Jun-2010)

Joseph Ejercito Estrada

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Joseph Ejercito Estrada AKA Joseph Marcelo Ejercito

Born: 19-Apr-1937
Birthplace: Manila, Philippines

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State

Nationality: Philippines
Executive summary: Deposed president of the Philippines

Sentenced to life imprisonment for earlier plunder/bribery charges in 2007.

Father: Emilio Ejercito
Mother: Maria Marcelo
Wife: Dr. Luisa "Loi" Pimentel

University: Ateneo de Manila University (expelled)
University: Mapua Institute of Technology (dropped out)

President of the Philippines (30-Jun-1998 to 20-Jan-2001)
Bribery 2001 (convicted)
Embezzlement 2001 (convicted)
Perjury (acquitted)
Knee Replacement Hong Kong Adventist Hospital (10-Jan-2005)

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Flight to Fury (8-Aug-1964)

Official Website:
http://www.erap.com/

Fidel Ramos

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Fidel Ramos AKA Fidel Valdez Ramos

Born: 18-Mar-1928
Birthplace: Lingayen, Pangasinan, Philippines

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State

Nationality: Philippines
Executive summary: 12th President of the Philippines

Military service: Philippine Army (Korean War, Vietnam War)

Father: Narciso Ramos
Mother: Angela Valdez
Wife: Amelita Martinez (five daughters)

University: US Military Academy, West Point (1950)
University: Civil Engineering, University of Illinois
University: MBA, Ateneo de Manila University (1980)

President of the Philippines 30-Jun-1992 to 30-Jun-1998
Philippine Minister Defense
Club of Madrid
International Crisis Group Board

Corazon C. Aquino

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Corazon Aquino AKA Maria Corazon Cojuangco

Born: 25-Jan-1933
Birthplace: Manila, Philippines
Died: 1-Aug-2009
Location of death: Manila, Philippines
Cause of death: Cancer - Colon
Remains: Buried, Manila Memorial Park, Manila, Philippines

Gender: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: Other
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State

Nationality: Philippines
Executive summary: President of the Philippines, 1986-92

Father: José Cojuangco, Sr.
Husband: Benigno Aquino (Philippine Senator, m. 1954, five children, d. 21-Aug-1983 assassination)
Son: Benigno Aquino III (Philippine Congressman, b. 1960)
Daughter: Maria Elena Aquino-Cruz
Daughter: Aurora Corazon Aquino-Abellada
Daughter: Victoria Elisa Aquino-Dee
Daughter: Kristina Aquino (TV personality, b. 14-Feb-1971)

High School: Ravenhill Academy, Philadelphia, PA
High School: Notre Dame Convent School, New York
University: BA French, Mount St. Vincent College, New York (1953)
University: Far Eastern University, Philippines

President of the Philippines (25-Feb-1986 to 30-Jun-1992)
Time Man of the Year 1986

Ferdinand Marcos

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Ferdinand Marcos AKA Ferdinand Edralin Marcos

Born: 11-Sep-1917
Birthplace: Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, Philippines
Died: 28-Sep-1989
Location of death: Honolulu, HI
Cause of death: Kidney failure
Remains: Mummified, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State

Nationality: Philippines
Executive summary: Disgraced Philippine dictator

Military service: Philippine Army

Sixth President of the 3rd Philippine Republic, term lasting December 30, 1965 until his ouster by "People Power" on February 25, 1986.

Father: Mariano R. Marcos
Mother: Josea Edralin (schoolteacher)
Wife: Imelda Marcos (m. 1954, two daughters, one son)
Daughter: Maris Imelda R. Marcos
Son: Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.
Daughter: Maria Victoria Irene Marcos

High School: Prepatoray High School of the University of the Philippines (1934)
Law School: University of the Philippines

President of the Philippines
Reagan-Bush '84 $10 million (according to Ed Rollins)
Upsilon Sigma Phi Fraternity
Murder convicted Nov-1939, overturned 1940
Exiled to Hawaii
Fraud 1988
Tax Evasion 1988
Embezzlement
Chinese Ancestry
Japanese Ancestry
Filipino Ancestry
Mummified

Rotten Library Page:
Ferdinand Marcos

Diosdado Macapagal

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Diosdado Macapagal

Diosdado Macapagal Born: 28-Sep-1910
Birthplace: Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines
Died: 21-Apr-1997
Location of death: Manila, Philippines [1]
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Libingan ng mga Bayani, Taguig, Manila, Philippines

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State

Nationality: Philippines
Executive summary: 9th President of the Philippines

[1] Makati Medical Center, Manila, Philippines.

Father: Urbano Macapagal
Mother: Romana Pangan
Wife: Purita de la Rosa (d. 27-Oct-1943 malnutrition WWII)
Wife: Evangelina Macaraeg (m. 5-May-1946)
Daughter: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (President of the Philippines)

Law School: University of Santo Tomas (1936)

President of the Philippines 30-Dec-1961 to 30-Dec-1965

Carlos P. Garcia

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Carlos P. Garcia AKA Carlos Polestico Garcia
Born: 4-Nov-1896
Birthplace: Talibon, Bohol, Philippines
Died: 14-Jun-1971
Location of death: Quezon City, Philippines
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Occupation: Head of State
Nationality: Philippines
Executive summary: 8th President of the Philippines
Father: Policronio Garcia (mayor)
Mother: Ambrosia Polistico
High School: Cebu Provincial High School
University: Silliman University, Dumaguete City (briefly)
Law School: Philippine Law School (1923)
Teacher: Bohol Provincial High School

President of the Philippines (23-Mar-1957 to 30-Dec-1961)
Philippine Minister Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1953-57)

Garcia was instrumental in pressing the Philippine case in United States for war damage claims arising from the Pacific War. A former school teacher and wartime guerrilla leader, he serve as governor of the province in Bohol, as well as Senator, before being elected Vice President in 1953. He was concurrently appointed Secretary of Foreign Affairs. Garcia succeeded Magsaysay as President after the latter's death, and was elected as President in his own right later that same year. Known for his austerity program, he popularized economic nationalism through the "Filipino First Policy." President Garcia is also remembered for being a poet and keen chess player.

Ramon Magsaysay

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Ramon Magsaysay
Born: 31-Aug-1907
Birthplace: Iba, Zambales, Philippines
Died: 17-Mar-1957
Location of death: Mt. Manunggal, Cebu, Philippines
Cause of death: Accident - Airplane
Remains: Buried, North Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State
Nationality: Philippines
Executive summary: 7th President of the Philippines
Military service: Philippine Army (31st Infantry); Western Luzon Guerrilla Forces
Father: Exequiel Magsaysay (blacksmith)
Mother: Perfecta del Fierro (schoolteacher)
Wife: (three children)
High School: Zambales Academy
University: University of the Philippines
University: Commerce, Jose Rizal College (1933)

President of the Philippines 30-Dec-1953 to 17-Mar-1957
Philippine Minister Defense (resigned 1953)

An automobile mechanic, Magsaysay was appointed military governor of the province of Zambales after his outstanding service as guerrilla leader during the Pacific War. He then serve two terms as Liberal Party congressman for Zambales before being appointed as Secretary of national Defense by President Quirino, He won the Presidency under the Nationalista Party during the elections of 1953, running against the former boss. As President, he was empowered to purchase large estates and distribute land to tenant farmers. Wildly popular as a leader, Magsaysay tragically died in a plane crash on March 17, 1957 at the age of 49.

Elpidio Quirino

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Elpidio Quirino
Born: 16-Nov-1890
Birthplace: Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
Died: 29-Feb-1956
Location of death: Manila, Philippines
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State
Nationality: Philippines
Executive summary: 6th President of the Philippines
Ilocano (paternal) and Spanish (maternal) descent.
Father: Mariano Quirino
Mother: Gregoria Rivera
Wife: Alicia Syquia (d. executed by Japanese during WWII)
High School: Vigan High School
High School: Manila High School (1911)
Law School: University of the Philippines

President of the Philippines 18-Apr-1948 to 30-Dec-1953
Philippine Minister Secretary of State

Quirino was a practicing lawyer until he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives in 1919, and in 1925, Senator. He collaborated with President Quezon in securing the passage of the Tydings-McDuffie Act in 1934. After serving in the Constitutional Convention of the same year, he became secretary of Finance and the Interior in the Commonwealth Government. After the war, in which most of his immediate family were massacred, he was elected Vice President, and becoming President after Roxas's sudden death in 1948. Quirino saw his mission as restoring the people's faith in government, as well as solving problems of agrarian unrest.

Manuel Roxas

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Manuel Roxas AKA Manuel Acuña Roxas

Born: 1-Jan-1892
Birthplace: Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines
Died: 15-Apr-1948
Location of death: Clark Air Base, Philippines
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, North Cemetery, Manila, Philippines

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Occupation: Head of State

Nationality: Philippines
Executive summary: 5th President of the Philippines

Military service: Philippine Army (Liaison officer between US and Philippines)

Father: Gerardo Roxas (d. prior to Manuel's birth)
Mother: Rosario Acuña

Law School: University of the Philippines

President of the Philippines (28-May-1946 to 15-Apr-1948)
Philippine Minister Secretary of Finance (1938-41)

Sergio Osmeña

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Sergio Osmeña Born: 9-Sep-1878
Birthplace: Cebu City, Philippines
Died: 19-Oct-1961
Location of death: Manila, Philippines
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, North Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State
Nationality: Philippines
Executive summary: 4th President of the Philippines
Co-Founder of the Nacionalista Party.
Editor of El Nuevo Día newspaper, from 1903.
Died at Veteran's Memorial Hospital in Quezon City, Manila.
Mother: Juana Osmeña y Suico
Son: Sergio Osmeña Jr. (Philippine Senator)
University: University of San Carlos (1892)
University: San Juan de Letran College, Manila

President of the Philippines 1-Aug-1944 to 28-May-1946

A lawyer and newspaper editor, Osmeña became the Government of Cebu in 1904. He resigned in 1906 and was elected to the new Philippines Assembly, where he served as founding Speaker until his election to the Senate in 1922. He also founded the Nacionalista Party, which went on to dominate domestic politics, In 1935, he was elected Vice-President of the Philippine Commonwealth. In exile with Quezon, he succeeded as President of the Commonwealth upon the latter’s death in 1944. He famously “returned” with General Douglas MacArthur and worked towards the rehabilitation of the war-torn country.

José P. Laurel

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José P. LaurelAKA José Paciano Laurel y García
Born: 9-Mar-1891
Birthplace: Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines
Died: 6-Nov-1959
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State
Nationality: Philippines
Executive summary: 3rd President of the Philippines
Father: Sotero Laurel
Mother: Jacoba Garcia
Wife: Pacencia Hidalgo (nine children)
Son: Jose B. Laurel, Jr. (Speaker)
Son: Salvador P. Laurel (Philippines Vice President)
Son: Sotero H. Laurel (Philippines Senator)

Law School: University of the Philippines (1915)
University: Escuela de Derecho (1919)
University: Yale University (1920)

President of the Philippines 14-Oct-1943 to 17-Aug-1945 (Japanese rule)
Murder (as a teenager, indicted, acquitted)
Treason 132 counts (amnestied)
Assassination Attempt 1943 (shot twice)Shot 1943

After serving the country in various elective and appointed posts before and during the Quezon administration, including Secretary of the Interior and Justice Supreme Court. Laurel was instructed by Quezon to remain in the Philippines during the wartime occupation. The Japanese Military Administration created the Executive Commission of which Laurel was a member an when the second Republic of the Philippines was proclaimed in 1943. Laurel was elected President by the National Assembly, and opportunity which he used to ameliorate the plight of his people under the occupation. With the liberation of the country by the Allied forces underway in August 1944. Laurel and the seat of government were transferred to Baguio on December 21. Brought to Japan with the Japanese retreat. President Laurel proclaimed the dissolution of the Second Republic on August 17 during the period of the Japanese surrender to the Allies. After the war, Jose P. Laurel was elected Senator of the Third Republic.

Manuel L. Quezon

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Manuel L. Quezon AKA Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina

Born: 19-Aug-1878
Birthplace: Baler, Philippines
Died: 1-Aug-1944
Location of death: Saranc Lake, NY
Cause of death: Tuberculosis
Remains: Buried, Quezon Memorial, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State

Nationality: Philippines
Executive summary: 2nd President of the Philippines

Wife: Aurora Aragon (his first cousin, three daughters, one son)
Daughter: Maria Aurora
Daughter: Maria Zeneida
Daughter: Luisa Corazon Paz
Son: Manuel Quezon, Jr.

High School: Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Law School: University of Santo Tomas

President of the Philippines 15-Nov-1935 to 1-Aug-1944
Risk Factors: Malaria

Author of books:
The Good Fight (1946, memoir)

Emilio Aguinaldo

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Emilio AguinaldoBorn: 22-Mar-1869
Birthplace: Kawit, Cavite, Philippines
Died: 6-Feb-1964
Location of death: Manila, Philippines
Cause of death: Heart Failure [1]
Remains: Buried, Aguinaldo Shrine, Kawit, Cavite, Philippines

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State

Nationality: Philippines
Executive summary: 1st President of the Philippines

[1] Coronary thrombosis.

Father: Carlos Aguinaldo (gobernadorcillo)
Mother: Trinidad Famy
Wife: Hilaria del Rosario (m. 1896, d. 6-Mar-1921, three daughters, two sons)
Daughter: Carmen
Daughter: Cristina
Son: Emilio, Jr.
Daughter: Maria
Son: Miguel
Wife: Dona Maria Agoncillo (m. 14-Jul-1930, d. 1963)

High School: Colegio de San Juan de Letran

President of the Philippines (23-Jan-1899 to 1-Apr-1901)
Katipunan (1895-97)
Exiled to Hong Kong (14-Dec-1897)
Appendectomy