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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2001-2010) was Estrada's vice president and the daughter of former President Diosdado Macapagal, becoming the Philippines' second female President following Estrada's ouster. Benigno Aquino III (2010-2016) is the son of former President Corazon Aquino. His administration oversaw the arrest of CPP-NPA Chairman Benito ...
The CPP has been fighting a guerrilla war against the state since its establishment. Although its ranks initially numbered around 500, the party grew quickly, supposedly due to the declaration and imposition of martial law by former president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos during his 21-year rule. By the end of Marcos rule in the country, the ...
March 5 – The government under newly installed President Corazon Aquino releases four CPP members, including CPP founder Jose Maria Sison, NPA chief Bernabe Buscayno, and two members of a liquidation squad, as part of its policy of reconciliation with the Communist rebels, despite objections from the military. [19]
Name Term Party First Vice-Presidents Heng Samrin: 1998–2006 CPP: Nguon Nhel: 2006–2014 CPP: Kem Sokha: 2014–2015 CNRP: You Hockry: 2017–2018 FUNCINPEC: Nguon Nhel: 2018–2021 CPP: Cheam Yeab: 2021–present CPP: Second Vice-Presidents Nguon Nhel: 1997–2006 CPP: Say Chhum: 2006–2012 CPP: Khuon Sudary: 2012–2014 CPP: Nguon Nhel ...
Since the 1990s, the General Secretary, President, Premier, first-ranked Vice Premier, Chairman of the National People's Congress, the Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's top anti-graft body, and the first secretary of the CCP ...
Roughly 20% of US presidents have, at some point, been members of the National Rifle Association. Since the NRA's founding in 1871, nine of the following 28 presidents were NRA members.
Edgardo Gil Mirasol Jopson, more popularly known as Edgar Jopson or Edjop (September 1, 1948 – September 21, 1982), was a Filipino activist and active member of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) during the reign of former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Jopson studied in Ateneo de Manila High School, and later proceeded to Ateneo de Manila University where he graduated under the ...
Federal prosecutors charged 70 current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority, the largest public housing agency in North America, on Tuesday with taking bribes in exchange ...