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Marcos continually maintained that he was the duly elected president for a fourth term, but unfairly and illegally deprived of his right to serve it. On February 25, 1986, rival presidential inaugurations were held, [ 288 ] but as Aquino supporters overran parts of Manila and seized state broadcaster PTV-4 , Marcos was forced to flee.
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.
At the time of the 1965 elections, Marcos was a member of the Liberal Party (LP), becoming Senate President during Macapagal's term. Marcos found his ambitions to run for president blocked for a second time when Macapagal decided to run for a second term, so Marcos jumped from the LP to the Nacionalista Party (NP), eventually becoming the NP's ...
In 1969, Marcos ran for a second term – the last one allowed him under the 1935 constitution which was then in effect. [8] He won by a landslide against 11 other candidates. But Marcos' massive spending during the 1969 presidential campaign had taken its toll and triggered growing public unrest. [9]
Ferdinand Marcos's second term as President of the Philippines began on December 30, 1969, as a result of his winning the 1969 Philippine presidential election on November 11, 1969. Marcos was the first and last president of the Third Philippine Republic to win a second full term.
Due to Martial Law and subsequent political maneuvers, Marcos stayed in power until he was ousted in 1986. His extended rule as dictator lasted from 1972-1986, adding approx. 13 years to his tenure beyond what would have been a regular second term. Updated daily according to UTC.
MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will meet U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on March 19 to tackle cooperation and security matters, the office of the Manila leader ...
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.