Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. was a Filipino lawyer, military officer, and politician who served as the tenth and longest serving president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. His regime has been widely referred to as a kleptocracy.
Background
- Born in
- Sarrat
- Educated at
- University of the PhilippinesUniversity of the Philippines College of Law
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of the Rajamitrabhorn🏆 Order of Sikatuna🏆 Order of al-Hussein bin Ali🏆 Order of the Queen of Sheba🏆 Darjah Utama Temasek
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"I pray now and I ask you to pray with me, as I prayed eight years ago, that I am doing, that we are doing, the right thing by our people; for the end of martial law does not mean the end of our effort…"
"I have committed many sins in my life. But stealing money from the government, from the people, is not one of them."
"My spirit will rise from the grave and the world shall know that I was right."
"Marcos was not a smoker, he was not known as a drinker, he didn’t swear—the strongest expression of irritation people would hear from him was “Lintik!” And he was not much more of a womanizer than mo…"
"He was hanging on, looking for a life preserver. He was a desperate man clutching at straws."
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Timeline
1917
Born
Birth1989
Died
Death
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