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He then became Governor of Ilocos Norte in 1983, holding that office until his family was ousted from power by the People Power Revolution and fled into exile in Hawaii in February 1986. [10] After the death of his father in 1989, President Corazon Aquino eventually allowed his family to return to the Philippines to face various charges. [11]
Marcos ran for president on a campaign platform centered on national unity and continuity of the policies of Rodrigo Duterte, his predecessor. [20] [21] He won the 2022 elections, receiving 31,629,783 (58.77%) votes out of a total of 56,097,722, beating his closest rival, Liberal Party member and Vice President Leni Robredo by over 15 million votes.
The inauguration of Bongbong Marcos as the 17th president of the Philippines took place around noon on Thursday, June 30, 2022, at the National Museum of Fine Arts. [1] [2] The chief justice of the Supreme Court Alexander Gesmundo administered the oath of office, a first in 18 years, since the previous two presidential oaths were administered by an associate justice.
Bongbong Marcos, a former senator from 2010 to 2016, is the son of former president Ferdinand Marcos. Despite losing in the 2016 Philippine vice presidential election and his subsequent electoral protest, Marcos expressed his interest in running again for a national position in 2022.
In 1837, right before Van Buren became President, a cheesemaker from western New York sent to the White House a block of cheese so enormous (1,400 lbs.!) that it had to be kept in the foyer for ...
“In 200 years of the Mexican republic, I have become the first woman president,” Sheinbaum, 61, told supporters in her acceptance speech Sunday night, describing her win as a victory for all ...
Ferdinand Marcos is the longest-serving president, having been in office for 20 years, 57 days (7,362 days). Due to Martial Law and subsequent political maneuvers, Marcos stayed in power until he was ousted in 1986.
When Obama was elected president, he owned somewhere between $1.1 million and $5.1 million in U.S. Treasury bills. 2009 Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, which came with a $1.4 million award.