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  2. Political families in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Duterte political family began with Vicente "Nene" Gonzales Duterte, a lawyer and former mayor of Danao, Cebu in 1945 who in 1946, migrated with his family to Davao to practice law and became a governor of the then-unified province of Davao in 1959 until 1965 when President Ferdinand Marcos appointed him as Secretary of General Services ...

  3. List of political families in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of notable political families of the Philippines and their areas of influence. Names in bold indicate the individual was/is a president of the Philippines . The Philippine political arena is mainly arranged and operated by families or alliances of families, rather than being organized around political parties.

  4. Marcos family - Wikipedia

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    The Marcos family (UK: / ˈ m ɑːr k ɒ s / MAR-koss, US: /-k oʊ s,-k ɔː s /-⁠kohss, -⁠kawss, [1] [2] Tagalog:) is a political family in the Philippines.They have established themselves in the country's politics, having established a political dynasty [3] [4] that traces its beginnings to the 1925 election of Mariano Marcos to the Philippine House of Representatives as congressman for ...

  5. Hereditary politicians - Wikipedia

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    An example of political dynasty which might look similar to hereditary politics is the Ampatuan family in the Philippines. A prominent political family [61] in Maguindanao, a province in southern Philippines, the Ampatuans exercised great power in the region.

  6. Political detainees under the Marcos dictatorship - Wikipedia

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    Marcos began laying the groundwork for Martial Law as soon as he became president in 1965 by increasing his influence over the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). He established close ties with specific officers, took control of the military's day-to-day operationalization [10] [11] by appointing himself concurrent defense secretary in the first thirteen months of his presidency, [12] and ...

  7. A foul-mouthed former Philippine president who jailed political rivals, insulted the pope and claims to have hired “death squad” gangsters is running for re-election in his hometown in a ...

  8. List of torture methods used by the Marcos dictatorship

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    Various forms of torture were used by the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines between the declaration of martial law in 1972 and the Marcos family's ouster during the People Power Revolution in 1986. These included a range of methods Philippine forces picked up during its long periods of colonial occupation under Spanish, American, and ...

  9. List of Philippine laws - Wikipedia

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    Amending the Family Code of the Philippines or EO 209: Establishing a Liability of the Absolute Community or Conjugal Partnership 2013-05-24: 10573: Declaring a National Historical Landmark 2013-05-24: 10574: Amending the Rural Bank Act of 1992 or RA 7353: Allowing Infusion of Foreign Equity 2013-05-24: 10575: Bureau of Corrections Act of 2013 ...