Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Edralin Marcos (September 11, 1917–September 28, 1989) was the tenth President of the Philippines, serving from 1965 to 1986. As president, he instituted an authoritarian regime that allowed him to stay in power. He was removed from office by the peaceful EDSA Revolution in 1986.

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September 11 - 1917 - September 28 - 1989 - President - Philippines - 1965 - 1986 - EDSA Revolution

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Ferdinand Marcos was born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte to Mariano Marcos, a lawyer, and Josefa Edralin, a teacher. He was of Malay, Chinese, and Japanese ancestry.

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Sarrat - Ilocos Norte - Mariano Marcos - Josefa Edralin - Malay - Chinese - Japanese

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In 1937, when he was still a law student at the University of the Philippines, Marcos was indicted for the assassination of Assemblyman Julio Nalundasan, one of his father's political rivals. Marcos was convicted in November 1939, but on appeal, he argued his case before the Philippine Supreme Court and was acquitted the following year. In U.P., Marcos was a member of the Upsilon Sigma Phi. After graduation, he became the top-notcher of the 1940 Philippine bar examinations.

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1937 - University of the Philippines - Assemblyman - Julio Nalundasan - Upsilon Sigma Phi - Bar examination

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During World War II, Marcos served as an officer in the Philippine Armed Forces. Captured by the Japanese, he survived the Bataan Death March towards Central Luzon and then escaped. As an officer, he was awarded with medals, though his biography written by Hartzell Spence greatly exaggerated the truth. Marcos' subsequent claims of being an important leader in the Filipino guerrilla resistance movement were a central factor in his later political success, but U.S. government archives later revealed that he actually played little or no part in anti-Japanese activities during the war.

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World War II - Philippine Armed Forces - Bataan Death March - Central Luzon - Anti-Japanese

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From 1946 to 1947, Marcos was a technical assistant to President Manuel Roxas. He became a member of the House of Representatives (1949-59) and of the Senate (1963-65). He also became the president of the Senate from 1962 to 1965). In 1954, he married Imelda Romualdez who later helped him in his successful campaign for the presidency.

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Manuel Roxas - 1962 - 1965 - Imelda Romualdez

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After failing to garner the nomination as presidential candidate of the Liberal Party, Marcos joined the Nacionalista Party and gained their nomination. Marcos and his running mate Fernando Lopez defeated the incumbent president Diosdado Macapagal and Genaro Magsaysay of the Liberal Party in a landslide victory in the 1965 presidential election.

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Liberal Party - Nacionalista Party - Fernando Lopez - Diosdado Macapagal - Genaro Magsaysay - Liberal - 1965

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