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e. Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr.[c](September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician, dictator[7][8][9]and kleptocrat[10][11][12]who served as the tenth president of the Philippinesfrom 1965 to 1986. Marcos ruled the country under martial law from 1972 to 1981,[13]and with vastly expanded powers under the 1973 ...
The dictatorship of 10th Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos in the 1970s and 1980s is historically remembered for its record of human rights abuses, [1][2] particularly targeting political opponents, student activists, [3] journalists, religious workers, farmers, and others who fought against his dictatorship.
Proclamation No. 1081 was the document which contained formal proclamation of martial law in the Philippines by President Ferdinand Marcos, as announced to the public on September 23, 1972. [1][2] The proclamation marked the onset [1][2] of a 14-year period of authoritarian rule, which would include eight years of Martial Law (de jure ending on ...
Journalism during the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines—a fourteen year period between the declaration of Martial Law in September 1972 until the People Power Revolution in February 1986—was heavily restricted under the dictatorial rule of President Ferdinand Marcos in order to suppress political opposition and prevent criticism of his administration.
The protest during Ferdinand Marcos' Fifth State of the Nation Address on January 26, 1970, and its violent dispersal by police units, [1] marked a key turning point in the administration of Ferdinand Marcos, and the beginning of what would later be called the "First Quarter Storm" a period of civil unrest in the Philippines which took place during the first quarter of the year 1970.
President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. delivers a speech in the 1972 SONA. The tradition of delivering the SONA on the fourth Monday of January ended in 1972, when from 1973 to 1977, President Ferdinand E. Marcos delivered the Address every September 21—the official anniversary of his imposition of Martial Law upon the country.
Ferdinand Marcos developed a cult of personality as a way of remaining President of the Philippines for 20 years, [1] [2] in a way that political scientists [who?] have compared to other authoritarian and totalitarian leaders such as Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler, [3] but also to more contemporary dictators such as Suharto in Indonesia, Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and the Kim dynasty of North Korea.
The first inauguration of Ferdinand E. Marcos as the tenth president of the Philippines took place on Thursday, December 30, 1965 at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila. [1] The inauguration marked the beginning of the first four-year term of Ferdinand Marcos as President and second four-year term of Fernando Lopez as Vice President.