Corazon aquino biography and achievements of marco

For a moment, everything seemed possible. From February 22 to 25, 1986, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue to protest President Ferdinand Marcos and his claim that he had won re-election over Corazon Aquino.

Soon, Marcos and his family were forced to abdicate power and leave the Philippines. Many were optimistic that the Philippines, finally rid of the dictator, would adopt policies to address the economic and social inequalities that had only increased under Marcos’s twenty-year rule. This People Power Revolution surprised and inspired anti-authoritarian activists around the world.

Ferdinand Marcos had been president of the Philippines since 1965. After declaring martial law in 1972, he suspended and eventually rewrote the Philippine constitution, curtailed civil liberties, and concentrated power in the executive branch and among his closest allies. Marcos had tens of thousands of opponents a

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Corazon Aquino

President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Sumulong, the birth surname or paternal family name is Cojuangco, and the marital name is Aquino.

Corazon Aquino
Aquino in 1986
In office February 25, 1986 – June 30, 1992
Prime Minister	Salvador Laurel
Vice President	Salvador Laurel
Preceded by	Ferdinand Marcos
Succeeded by	Fidel V. Ramos
Born	María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco (1933-01-25)January 25, 1933 Paniqui, Tarlac, Philippines[a]
Died	August 1, 2009(2009-08-01) (aged 76) Makati, Philippines
Resting place	Manila Memorial Park – Sucat, Parañaque, Philippines
Political party	PDP–Laban (1986–2009)
Other political affiliations	UNIDO (1986–88)
Spouse	Ninoy Aquino ​ ​ (m. 1954; died 1983)​
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