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The following is a list of notable political families of the Philippines and their areas of influence. Names in bold indicate the individual was/is a president of the Philippines . The Philippine political arena is mainly arranged and operated by families or alliances of families, rather than being organized around political parties.
The Marcoses are one of the most well-known political families in the Philippines. The dynasty started with Mariano Marcos, a lawyer from Ilocos Norte who was a member of the House of Representatives back in 1925. The Solid North, and particularly Ilocos Norte, remains to be the Marcoses’ political stronghold today. Several of the Marcoses ...
Political families in the Philippines; R. Romualdez family; S. Sotto family This page was last edited on 30 December 2017, at 12:21 (UTC). Text is available under ...
The president's family looks to bolster its position in a country already notorious for political dynasties The Duterte Family's Plan for the Next Election Highlights the Problem of Political ...
Families and supporters of victims of former president Duterte's war on drugs gather at the inauguration of the country's first mausoleum for the victims of extrajudicial killings in Manila ...
The Marcos family (UK: / ˈ m ɑːr k ɒ s / MAR-koss, US: /-k oʊ s,-k ɔː s /-kohss, -kawss, [1] [2] Tagalog:) is a political family in the Philippines.They have established themselves in the country's politics, having established a political dynasty [3] [4] that traces its beginnings to the 1925 election of Mariano Marcos to the Philippine House of Representatives as congressman for ...
Politics in the Philippines are governed by a three-branch system of government. The country is a democracy, with a president who is directly elected by the people and serves as both the head of state and the head of government. The president serves as the leader of the executive branch and is a powerful political figure.
The Dutertes consider the Cebu-based political families of the Durano and the Almendras clan as relatives. [50] [51] Duterte also has relatives from the Roa clan in Leyte through his mother's side. [52] Duterte's family lived in Maasin, and in his father's hometown in Danao, until he was four years old. [53]