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Benigno " Ninoy " Simeon Aquino Jr., [c] QSC, CLH, KGCR [1][2][3][4] (/ əˈkiːnoʊ /, locally [bɛˌniːɡ.no ʔɐˈxiː.no]; November 27, 1932 – August 21, 1983) was a Filipino politician who served as a senator of the Philippines (1967–1972) and governor of the province of Tarlac. Aquino was the husband of Corazon Aquino, who became the ...
Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., a former Philippine senator, was assassinated on Sunday, August 21, 1983, on the apron of Manila International Airport (now named Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor). A longtime political opponent of President Ferdinand Marcos, Aquino had just landed in his home country after three years of self-imposed ...
Benigno Simeon Aquino III KGCR (locally [bɛˈniːɡ.no ʔɐˈxiː.no]; born Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III; February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021), [ 4 ][ 5 ] also known as Noynoy Aquino[ 6 ][ 7 ][ 8 ] and colloquially as PNoy, [ b ] was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. [ 12 ][ 13 ...
The Aquino family of Tarlac (/ əˈkiːnoʊ /, [1] Tagalog: [aˈkino]) is one of the most prominent families in the Philippines because of their involvement in politics. Some family members are also involved in other fields such as business and entertainment. The family comes from Tarlac and has produced several congressmen, senators, a vice ...
Corazon Aquino. Maria Corazon " Cory " Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino[4] CCLH (Tagalog: [kɔɾaˈsɔn kɔˈhwaŋkɔ aˈkino]; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipino politician who served as the eleventh President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution, which ended the ...
t. e. The presidency of Benigno Aquino III began on June 30, 2010, when he became the 15th president of the Philippines, succeeding Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. His term ended on June 30, 2016. Aquino, the third-youngest person elected president, [1] is the only son of the 11th president, Corazon Aquino, and former senator Benigno Aquino Jr.
99 dead (including 50 civilians) and 570 wounded. The 1989 Philippine coup attempt was the most serious attempted coup d'état against the government of Philippine President Corazon Aquino and part of a series of coup attempts against her. It was staged beginning December 1, 1989, by members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines belonging to ...
Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino, the 11th President of the Philippines, died on August 1, 2009, at the Makati Medical Center in Makati of cardiorespiratory arrest after being in hospital since June 2009, and was first diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2008. The Aquino family declined an invitation by government to grant the former president a state ...