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During her term, President Corazon Aquino encouraged scientists and inventors to bring the Philippines to its former position as second to only Japan in the field of science and technology. One of the goals of her administration was to achieve the status as being an industrialized country by 2000.
María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino [4] CCLH (Tagalog: [kɔɾaˈsɔn kɔˈhwaŋkɔ aˈkino]; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992.
Corazon Aquino began her presidency on February 25, 1986, following the People Power Revolution as the 11th president of the Philippines, succeeding Ferdinand Marcos.Aquino's relatively peaceful ascension to the Philippine presidency signaled the end of authoritarian rule of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines, and drew her and the Filipino people international acclaim and admiration.
The National Science and Technology Authority (NSTA) was renamed and reorganized as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in 1987 by then President Corazon Aquino. The ASTI itself was established on January 30, 1987, through Executive Order No. 128 issued by Aquino. [2]
The American news publication Foreign Policy has listed former Philippine president Corazon Aquino alongside Mahatma Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ken Saro-Wiwa and Václav Havel as people who "never won the prize, but should have".
The National Academy of Science and Technology is mandated: To recognize outstanding achievements in science and technology as well as provide meaningful incentives to those engaged in scientific and technological researches; To advise the President and the Cabinet on matters related to science and technology
The American news publication Foreign Policy has listed former Philippine president Corazon Aquino alongside Mahatma Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ken Saro-Wiwa and Václav Havel as people who "never won the prize, but should have".
President Year National Scientist Division Field Ferdinand Marcos 1978 Juan Salcedo, Jr. Health Sciences Nutrition and Public Health Alfredo C. Santos: Mathematical and Physical Sciences Physical Chemistry Gregorio Y. Zara: Engineering Sciences and Technology Engineering and Inventions 1980 Fe Del Mundo: Health Pediatrics Eduardo Quisumbing