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The host of the Malacañang Palace, who is usually the consort of the president, has been referred to in English as the "first lady" (Filipino: Unang Ginang).As Gloria Macapagal Arroyo took office as the first female president who is not a widow, the masculine form "first gentleman" (abbreviated FG; Filipino: Unang Ginoó) was used for her husband, Jose Miguel Arroyo.
Arroyo is the first president to succeed the presidency as the child of a previous president; her father was Diosdado Macapagal, the country's ninth president from 1961 to 1965. [5] She studied economics at Georgetown University in the United States, where she became friends with her classmate and future U.S. president Bill Clinton . [ 6 ]
This is a list of Philippine presidents by tickets. The list contains the candidates for the offices of President of the Philippines and Vice President of the Philippines that their parties have nominated since 1935. This list only includes the major parties and coalitions during the elections and their closest rivals during the elections.
The Philippines has had two women presidents, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from 2001 to 2010 and Corazon Aquino from 1986 to 1992. Philippines' Duterte says presidency no job for a woman Skip to main ...
Prior to her election as president, Aquino had not held any elected office. She was the first female president of the Philippines. As president, Aquino oversaw the drafting of the 1987 Constitution, which limited the powers of the presidency and re-established the bicameral Congress, removing the
This is a list of political offices which have been held by a woman, with details of the first woman holder of each office. It is ordered by the countries in South America and by dates of appointment. Please observe that this list is meant to contain only the first woman to hold of a political office, and not all the female holders of that office.
Presidential Management Staff Ma. Leonora Vasquez-de Jesus, Ph.D. Chief of the Presidential Management Staff: 1992: Fidel Ramos: Ma. Leonora Vasquez-de Jesus, Ph.D. Chief of the Presidential Management Staff: 1998: Joseph Estrada: Julia Abad: Chief of the Presidential Management Staff: 2010: Benigno Aquino III: Zenaida Angping: Chief of the ...
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was the first woman to become Speaker of the House, from 2018 to 2019. She also become one of only two people to hold at least three of the four highest offices in the Philippines: vice president, president, and house speaker, alongside former President Sergio Osmeña. [1]