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Less than a year after Corazon Aquino's death in 2009, Benigno Aquino III won the 2010 Philippine presidential election and served as the 15th president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. In December 2008, Corazon Aquino publicly expressed regret for her participation in the 2001 Second EDSA Revolution, which installed Gloria Macapagal ...
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.
Corazon Aquino: No particular experience 12: Fidel V. Ramos: Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Secretary of National Defense: 13: Joseph Estrada: Mayor of San Juan, Vice President of the Philippines, Chairman of the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission 14: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Two women have held the office: Corazon Aquino (1986–92), who ascended to the presidency upon the successful People Power Revolution of 1986, and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2001–10), who, as vice president, ascended to the presidency upon Estrada's resignation and was elected to a full six-year term in 2004.
First presidential son to become president. His mother was President Corazon Aquino. First president to be elected after turning 50. He celebrated his 50th birthday on February 8, 2010, and was elected in May that year. First president to officially reside at Bahay Pangarap. First president to deliver the State of the Nation Address entirely in ...
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".
No. Title Date signed 1 Creating the Presidential Commission on Good Government: February 28, 1986 2 Regarding the funds, moneys, assets, and properties illegally acquired or misappropriated by former president Ferdinand Marcos, Mrs. Imelda Romualdez Marcos, their close relatives, subordinates business associates, dummies, agents, or nominees
During the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution, Ramos was hailed as a hero by many Filipinos for his decision to break away from the administration of Marcos, and pledge allegiance and loyalty to the newly established government of President Corazon C. Aquino. Prior to his election as president, Ramos served in the cabinet of President Aquino ...