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Benigno Simeón Quiambao Aquino Sr. (September 3, 1894 – December 20, 1947) was a Filipino politician who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored puppet state in the Philippines from 1943 to 1944. He was the Director-General of KALIBAPI, a political party established during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
Ninoy. 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 ...
His son, Benigno “Igno” Aquino Sr. (September 3, 1894 – December 20, 1947) served as a representative to the National Assembly (1919-1926), majority floor leader, and senator (1928). Igno Aquino was appointed member of the Council of State (1942), and speaker and director general of KALIBAPI (Kapisnan ng Paglilingkod sa Bayan).
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 ...
Politics portal. v. t. e. The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution[a] or the February Revolution, [4][5][6][7] was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from February 22 to 25, 1986. There was a sustained campaign of civil resistance against regime violence and electoral fraud.
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 ...
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 ...
Alongside his son Jose Laurel III and Benigno Aquino Sr., he was taken to custody and was imprisoned in Yokohama on September 15, 1945. On November 16, 1945, they were transferred to Sugamo Prison . While in prison, he was not allowed to have any reading material except The World in 2030 , a book by the Earl of Birkenhead that he received as a ...