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Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo (Tagalog: [ˈɡloɾja makapaˈɡal ʔaˈɾojo]; born April 5, 1947 [3]), often referred to as PGMA or GMA, is a Filipino academic and politician who served as the 14th president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010. She is the longest-serving president since Ferdinand Marcos.
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo served two consecutive terms as 14th President of the Philippines: 2001-2004, and 2004-2010.Her first term started on January 20, 2001, following the Second EDSA Revolution which occurred when she was the Vice President under President Joseph Estrada (in office 1998-2001).
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo: Vice President of the Philippines, Secretary of Social Welfare and Development, Undersecretary of Trade and Industry, Assistant Secretary of Trade and Industry 15: Benigno Aquino III: Vice President of Intra-Stra Assurance Corporation 16: Rodrigo Duterte: Mayor of Davao City, Vice Mayor of Davao City: 17: Bongbong Marcos
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.
In 2001, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo became president after the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that President Joseph Estrada resigned. [10] A few days later, she appointed Teofisto Guingona as the vice president. [11] Guingona is the only person being unelected to the position. [12]
On August 23, 2005, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Executive Order No. 456 and renamed the Department of Land Reform back to Department of Agrarian Reform, since "the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law goes beyond just land reform but includes the totality of all factors and support services designed to lift the economic status of the ...
On a speech given on Rizal Day, December 30, 2002, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared that she would not run in the 2004 elections. She said that withdrawing from the race would relieve her of the burden of politics and allow her administration to devote the last year and half to strengthening the economy healing the deep divisions within Philippine society, and working for clean and honest ...
He was the father of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who followed his path as President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010. Known as "The Poor Boy From Lubao", he was a native of Lubao, Pampanga. Macapagal graduated from the University of the Philippines and University of Santo Tomas, both in Manila, after which he worked as a lawyer for the government.