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Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. [1] [2] (UK: / ˈ m ɑːr k ɒ s /, US: /-k oʊ s,-k ɔː s /, [3] [4] Tagalog:; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM, is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines.
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.
Marcos, 64, better known as "Bongbong", takes over on June 30 from Rodrigo Duterte and will serve until 2028, with the incumbent president's daughter, Sara Duterte-Carpio, as his vice president.
OTL # President Length of term 1: 10: Ferdinand Marcos: 20 years, 57 days: 7362 days 2: 14: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo: 9 years, 161 days: 3448 days 3: 2: Manuel L. Quezon
He became the first president of the independent Philippines when the Commonwealth ended on July 4 of that year. The Third Republic was ushered in and would cover the administrations of the next five presidents, the last of which was Ferdinand Marcos (1965–86), [3] who performed a self-coup by imposing martial law in 1972. [25]
Marcos topped the official count by the Congress of the Philippines with 31,629,783 votes. [1] The joint bicameral Congress proclaimed Marcos as the president-elect and Sara Duterte as the vice president-elect on May 25, 2022. [2] The transition lasted until the day of the president-elect's inauguration on June 30, 2022.
Presidents, who became president upon the death of their predecessor, also delivered an address. It is usually delivered after the new president took the oath of office. However, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo delivered the inaugural address first at the Quirino Grandstand and then took the oath of office in Cebu. [9]