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The history of the Philippines, from 1965 to 1986, covers the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos.The Marcos era includes the final years of the Third Republic (1965–1972), the Philippines under martial law (1972–1981), and the majority of the Fourth Republic (1981–1986).
The military history of the Philippines during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos, especially the 14-year period between Marcos' proclamation of Martial Law in September 1972 and his eventual ouster through the People Power Revolution of 1986, was characterized by rapid changes linked to Marcos' use of the military as his "martial law implementor".
He is widely regarded as the most controversial figure in Filipino history, Marcos's regime was infamous for corruption, [16] [17] [18] extravagance, [19] [20] [21] and brutality. [22] [23] [24] Marcos gained political success by exaggerating his actions in World War II, claiming to have been the "most decorated war hero in the Philippines".
This nine-year period in Philippine history is remembered for the Marcos administration's record of human rights abuses, [8] [9] particularly targeting political opponents, student activists, journalists, religious workers, farmers, and others who fought against the Marcos dictatorship. [10]
This timeline of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines covers three periods of Philippine history in which Marcos wielded political control. First, it covers the period of Marcos' first two terms—1965 to 1969 and 1969 to 1972—under the 1935 Constitution, as well as the antecedent events which brought Marcos to political power.
Various forms of torture were used by the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines between the declaration of martial law in 1972 and the Marcos family's ouster during the People Power Revolution in 1986. These included a range of methods Philippine forces picked up during its long periods of colonial occupation under Spanish, American, and ...
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.
The Marcos dictatorship is historically remembered for its record of human rights abuses, [26] [27] [28] and based on the documentation of Amnesty International, Task Force Detainees of the Philippines, and similar human rights monitoring entities, [29] historians believe that the Marcos dictatorship was marked by 3,257 known extrajudicial ...