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The Cojuangco (Kapampangan: [koˈ(x)wəŋku]; Tagalog: [kɔˈhwaŋkɔ]; Chinese: 許寰哥; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khó͘-hoân-ko; Min Nan Chinese: [kʰɔ˥˧huan˨˦ko˦]) clan is a prominent Filipino family descended from Co Yu Hwan (許玉寰; Khó͘ Gio̍k-khoân), who migrated to the Philippines in 1861 from Hongjian Village, Jiaomei Township, Zhangzhou, Fujian. [1]
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José "Pepe" Chichioco Cojuangco Sr., KSS (July 3, 1896 – August 21, 1976) was a Filipino politician who served as Representative of the 1st District of Tarlac in the Philippines from 1934 to 1946. Cojuangco is one of the patriarchs of the Cojuangco clan.
Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino – 11th president of the Philippines (1986–1992) Benigno Simeon Aquino III – 15th president of the Philippines (2010–2016); senator (2007–2010); congressman for 2nd District of Tarlac (1998–2007) Mercedes Cojuangco-Teodoro – assemblywoman of Tarlac, Interim Batasang Pambansa
The estate's incorporators, who control 70 percent of Hacienda Luisita's stock shares, are Pedro Cojuangco, Josephine C. Reyes, Teresita C. Lopa, José Cojuangco Jr., and María Paz C. Teopaco, all siblings of the late former President Corazón C. Aquino who, on the day she became President of the Philippines, bequeathed her shares to her five ...
Enrique "Henry" Murphy Cojuangco (February 1, 1941 – May 12, 2015) was a Filipino politician and basketball executive. He is the brother of Danding Cojuangco . [ 1 ]
Democracy icon Corazon Aquino and her son, Benigno S. Aquino III (the tenth and fifteenth Presidents of the Philippines, respectively) have Hongjian Village as their ancestral village. Both are members of the influential Chinese-Filipino Cojuangco clan, and thus are direct descendants of Hongjian native Co Yu Hwan ( Christian name : José ...
They migrated in large numbers to the Philippines during the Spanish Period to the main Luzon island of the Philippines, such as the famed smuggler, Limahong (林阿鳳), and his followers who were originally from Raoping, Chaozhou, [55] but later on were eventually assimilated by intermarriage with the mainstream Hokkien.