María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (born January 25, 1933), widely known as Cory Aquino, was the 11th President of the Philippines, serving from 1986 to 1992. She was the first female President of the Philippines and was Asia's first female President (excepting Soong Ching-ling, Honorary President and acting Chairman of China). She is a world-renowned advocate of democracy, peace, women's empowerment, and religious piety. A self-proclaimed "plain housewife", Aquino is the widow of Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., a leading figure in the political opposition against the autocratic rule of President Ferdinand Marcos. After her husband was assassinated upon his return from exile on August 21, 1983, Aquino, who had no prior political experience, became a focal point and unifying force of the opposition against Marcos. She was drafted to run against Marcos in the 1986 snap presidential elections. After Marcos was proclaimed the winner despite widespread reports of electoral fraud, Aquino was installed as President by the peaceful 1986 People Power Revolution. (more)
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Benigno Aquino, Jr.:
Benigno Servillano Aquino Aquino, Jr. (November 27, 1932 – August 21, 1983), popularly known as Ninoy Aquino or Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., was a Philippine senator and a leading oppositionist to the autocratic rule of Ferdinand Marcos. He was assassinat
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People Power Revolution:
Protesters | commander1= Ferdinand Marcos | commander2= Corazon Aquino, Juan Ponce Enrile, Fidel Ramos }} > The People Power Revolution (also known as the EDSA Revolution and the Philippine Revolution of 1986) was a series of nonviolent and prayerful
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List of elected or appointed female heads of state:
This is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state of their respective countries. This list does not include monarchs (see ) or female heads of government, such as prime ministers (see Female heads of government). Names in itali
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Philippine presidential election, 1986:
The Presidential and Vice-Presidential snap elections were held on February 7, 1986 in the Philippines. President Ferdinand E. Marcos and former Foreign Affairs Minister and Senate President Arturo Tolentino were proclaimed winners by the Batasang Pa
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Philippines:
The Philippines (Filipino: Pilipinas), officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas; RP), is an archipelagic country located in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine archipelago comprises 7,107
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Ferdinand Marcos:
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralín Marcos (September 11, 1917 - September 28, 1989) was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives (1949-1959) and a member of the Philippine Senate (1959
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Senate of the Philippines:
The Senate of the Philippines (Filipino: Senádo ng Pilipínas) is the upper chamber of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, the Congress of the Philippines. The Philippine Senate is composed of 24 senators who are not elected from any particu
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Benigno Aquino III:
Benigno Simeón Cojuangco Aquino III (born February 8, 1960), popularly known as Noynoy Aquino or Benigno S. Aquino III, is a Philippine statesman. The only son of Benigno Aquino, Jr., a Senator imprisoned (and later assassinated) for opposing the dic
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Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo:
Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo (born April 5, 1947) is the fourteenth and current president of the Philippines. Arroyo is the country's second female president, and the daughter of late former Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal. A profes
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Constitution of the Philippines:
The Constitution of the Philippines (Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas in Filipino) is the supreme law of the Philippines. The Constitution currently in effect was enacted in 1987, during the administration of President Corazon Aquino, and is popularly kno
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Lakas ng Bayan:
Lakas ng Bayan (English: People's Power) was a political party in the Philippines formed by Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. for the 1978 Interim Batasang Pambansa regional elections. The party had 21 candidates for the Metro Manila area, all of w
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Fidel V. Ramos:
Fidel Valdez Ramos (born March 18, 1928) was the 12th President of the Philippines. He succeeded Corazon Aquino and governed until 1998, when he was succeeded by Joseph Estrada. He was the first and to date, the only non-Roman Catholic president of t
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List of Philippine laws:
This article contains a partial list of Philippine laws. Philippine laws have had various nomenclature designations at different periods in the history of the Philippines, as shown in the following table: The following table lists of Philippine laws
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Salvador Laurel:
Salvador Roman "Doy" Hidalgo Laurel (November 18, 1928 - January 27, 2004), was Vice President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 under Corazon Aquino. Before that, he briefly served as Aquino's first (and only) Prime Minister from February 25 to M
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Malacañang Palace:
Malacañan Palace, colloquially, the Malacañang Palace http://www.op.gov.ph/museum/past.asp, is the official residence of the President of the Philippines. The palace is located along the north bank of the Pasig River in Manila. It is called Palasyo n
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United Nationalists Democratic Organizations:
United Nationalists Democratic Organizations (UNIDO) was the main umbrella of the political opposition during the turbulent last years of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos in the mid-1980s. It was a union of major and minor political parties and
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Philippine general election, 1992:
Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 11, 1992. This was the first general elections under the 1987 Philippine Constitution. An estimated 80,000 candidates ran for 17,000 posts from the
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Cecilia Muñoz-Palma:
Cecilia Muñoz-Palma (November 22, 1913 — January 2, 2006) was a Filipino jurist and the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Ferdinand Marcos on October 29, 1973, and serve
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Philippine constitutional plebiscite, 1987:
The constitutional plebiscite was held in the Philippines on 2 February 1987. The plebiscite is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 3 which was issued on 25 March 1986. by the President Corazon Aquino which abolished the Office of the Prime Min
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