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Corazon Aquino

Personal data
Date of birthJanuary 25, 1933
Place of birthPaniqui, Tarlac, Philippines
Date of deathAugust 1, 2009(age 76)
Place of deathMakati, Metro Manila, Philippines
Resting placeManila Memorial Park, Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines
Political partyLiberal Party
UNIDO
PDP-Laban
SpouseBenigno S. Aquino, Jr.
(1954-1983)
ChildrenMa. Elena Aquino-Cruz
Aurora Corazon Aquino-Abellada
Benigno S. Aquino III
Victoria Elisa Aquino-Dee
Kristina Bernadette Aquino-Yap
Alma materCollege of Mount Saint Vincent
ProfessionHousewife
ReligionRoman Catholicism
11th President of the Philippines
2nd President of the Fourth Republic
1st President of the Fifth Republic
In officeFebruary 25, 1986 - June 30, 1992
PresidentSalvador Laurel
Prime ministerSalvador Laurel
Vice PresidentSalvador Laurel
Succeeded byFidel V. Ramos
Preceded byFerdinand Marcos

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Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (January 25, 1933 � August 1, 2009) was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines. She is considered an icon of democracy, and was titled by TIME Magazine in 1986 as its 'Woman of the Year'.

A self-proclaimed "plain housewife", Aquino was married to Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., the staunchest critic of then President Ferdinand Marcos. Senator Aquino was assassinated on August 21, 1983 upon returning to the Philippines after three years in exile in the United States. After her husband's assassination, Aquino emerged as the leader of the opposition against the Marcos administration. In late 1985, when President Marcos called for a snap election, Aquino ran for president with former senator Salvador Laurel as her vice-presidential running mate. After the elections were held on February 7, 1986, and the Batasang Pambansa proclaimed Marcos the winner in the elections, Aquino called for massive civil disobedience protests, declaring herself as having been cheated and as the real winner in the elections. Filipinos enthusiastically heeded her call and rallied behind her. These series of events eventually led to the ousting of Marcos and the installation of Aquino as President of the Philippines on February 25, 1986 through the People Power Revolution.

As President, Aquino oversaw the promulgation of a new constitution, which limited the powers of the presidency and established a bicameral legislature. Her administration gave strong emphasis and concern for civil liberties and human rights, and peace talks with communist insurgents and Muslim secessionists. Aquino's economic policies centered on bringing back economic health and confidence and focused on creating a market-oriented and socially-responsible economy. Aquino's administration also faced a series of coup attempts and destructive natural calamities and disasters until the end of her term in 1992.

Succeeded by Fidel V. Ramos as President in 1992, Aquino returned to private life although she remained active in the public eye, often voicing her views and opinions on the pressing political issues. In 2008, Aquino was diagnosed with colon cancer and, after a one-year battle with the disease, died on August 1, 2009. Her son Benigno, III would become president on June 30, 2010.

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On September 18, 1986, just 7 months after she was swept to power by a popular revolt against dictator Ferdinand Marcos, president Corazon C. Aquino addressed the joint session of the United States Congress during her first visit to the country since she came home to bury slain opposition leader and husband Sen. Benigno "Ninoy" S. Aquino, Jr. in August 1983. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED! FOR POSTERITY, INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY!
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In February 1986, the People of the Philippines showed the world how to restore democracy peacefully and through democratic ways. After twenty years of enduring the iron-fist rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and his flamboyant wife, Imelda - a rule that made many coin the term, 'Conjugal Dictatorship,' our people showed their anger towards the actions of the dictatorship, and that we, the Filipino People, are the only ones who can decide the destiny of our nation. For four days, Filipinos from many walks of life went out into the streets - realizing the stolen victory won by the dictator in the Snap Presidential Elections - calling for the return of democratic institutions and the full respect of human rights. Backed by the influential Catholic Church and the final break of the military from the regime, the millions of civilians who flocked to EDSA - the Epifanio de Los Santos Avenue - did not stand by and allow blood to flow in the streets, stopping armed tanks and soldiers by kneeling in front of them, some raising up rosaries and bibles, holding up statues of the Blessed Mother and instead of hiding from the soldiers, they gave them flowers and offered them comfort and nourishments. Seeing the indescribable power of the people, the Marcos dictatorship finally collapsed, sending President Marcos and his allies out of the country and into exile, and with the people finally snatched their victory, installed the leader of the opposition, the wife of the assassinated <b>...</b>
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I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THE SAME WOMAN THREE TIMES - JOSE MARI CHAN. This was the poem composed by Sen. Ninoy Aquino for her wife, Mrs. Corazon 'Tita Cory' Aquino and was re-arranged and sang by Jose Mari Chan. This was included in his album 'Constant Change' way back 1990's.
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The NEW EDSA@25 VERSION IS NOW LIVE! - www.youtube.com In February 1986, the People of the Philippines showed the world how to restore democracy peacefully and through democratic ways. After twenty years of enduring the iron-fist rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and his flamboyant wife, Imelda - a rule that made many coin the term, 'Conjugal Dictatorship,' our people showed their anger towards the actions of the dictatorship, and that we, the Filipino People, are the only ones who can decide the destiny of our nation. For four days, Filipinos from many walks of life went out into the streets - realizing the stolen victory won by the dictator in the Snap Presidential Elections - calling for the return of democratic institutions and the full respect of human rights. Backed by the influential Catholic Church and the final break of the military from the regime, the millions of civilians who flocked to EDSA - the Epifanio de Los Santos Avenue - did not stand by and allow blood to flow in the streets, stopping armed tanks and soldiers by kneeling in front of them, some raising up rosaries and bibles, holding up statues of the Blessed Mother and instead of hiding from the soldiers, they gave them flowers and offered them comfort and nourishments. Seeing the indescribable power of the people, the Marcos dictatorship finally collapsed, sending President Marcos and his allies out of the country and into exile, and with the people finally snatched their victory, installed the <b>...</b>
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Former Philippines President Corazon Aquino, who swept away a dictator and then sustained democracy by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years, died on Saturday. She was 76-years-old. (July 31)
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Kris Aquino Daughter of Deceased Former President Cory Aquino Bids Mom Farewell
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Philippines former president and icon of democracy Corazon "Cory" Aquino was recently diagnosed with cancer of the colon. In this report, Kris and Noynoy talks about their mother's challenge, while Alfredo Lim and Franklin Drilon reacts.
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When opposition Senator Benigno (Ninoy) Aquino was assassinated in August 1983, Filipinos rallied around the widow Corazon Aquino who symbolized all those who were victimized by the Marcos dictatorship. The housewife with no political experience found herself elected president of the Philippines after the overthrow of Marcoses authoritarian rule. As the Philippiness first female president, she presided over the transition to democracy facing the challenges of no less than seven military coups attempting to topple her government. In this 1991 speech, her last State of the Nation Address, she reviewed her term of office, focusing on her husbands ideas and the image of women as moral guardians. Aquino constantly refers to her Catholic religiosity. Note that her speech does not reflect a feminist perspective. Corazon Aquino presided over the transition of government from an authoritarian regime to a democratic one and she did not express an interest in womens issues. After six years in office, she still focuses on her husband and his ideas. Though politically prominent in her own right, Corazon Aquino was perceived to be the alter ego of her husband, a Filipino hero.
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Maria Corazon "Cory" Cojuangco Aquino (January 25, 1933 August 1, 2009) was a President of the Philippines and a world-renowned advocate of democracy, peace, women's empowerment, and religious piety. She served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the first female president of the Philippines and was Asia's first female president. Mrs Aquino died on August 1, 2009 after suffering from colon cancer. A self-proclaimed "plain housewife", Aquino was married to Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. (19321983), a leading figure in the political opposition against the autocratic rule of President Ferdinand Marcos. After her husband was assassinated upon his return from exile in the United States on August 21, 1983, Aquino, who had no prior political experience, became a focal point and unifying force of the opposition against Marcos. She was drafted to run against Marcos in the 1986 snap presidential elections. After Marcos was proclaimed the winner despite widespread reports of electoral fraud, Aquino was installed as President by the peaceful 1986 People Power Revolution.
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The inaugural of Corazon Aquino after the People Power Revolution that toppled Ferdinand Marcos remains as one of the proudest moments in Philippine history.
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Kara David, 10 others cited as outstanding women - GMANews.TV Tweet this news
GMANews.TV---...- sa mga kababaihang pinabagsak ng kahirapan at karahasan," said Aquino, the only son of the Philippines' first female president, the late -Corazon Aquino-. ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:59:30 GMT+00:00
Aquino leaves Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque City - Philippine Star Tweet this news
Philippine Star---...- the President momentarily visited the tombs of his grandparents, which are next to the graves of his parents, the late President -Corazon Aquino- and Sen. ... - Date : Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:07:44 GMT+00:00
Aquino, sibs to visit parents' graves Tuesday - Inquirer.net Tweet this news
Inquirer.net---...- his sisters just would visit the graves of their parents�martyred Senator Benigno "Ninoy'' Aquino Jr. and former President -Corazon Aquino-�on Tuesday, ... - Date : Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:44:33 GMT+00:00
Former President Cory Aquino Photo Mosaic Sets New World Record - Batangas Today Tweet this news
Batangas Today--Former President of the Philippines -Corazon Aquino- photo mosaic is now the new record holder of World's Largest Photo Mosaic. The giant photo mosaic was ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:04:06 GMT+00:00
Aquino invited to visit Germany - Manila Bulletin Tweet this news
Manila Bulletin--Glos served as minister of economy and foreign trade at the time the President's mother, the late President -Corazon Aquino-, visited Germany. ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:41:57 GMT+00:00
Cory Photo Mosaic Has Set World Record - allvoices Tweet this news
allvoices--By glassshards The Guiness Book of World Records has acknowledged the giant photo mosaic of former President -Corazon Aquino- to be the biggest photo mosaic ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:03:49 GMT+00:00
Cory Aquino: The Artist, The Inspiration - Manila Times Tweet this news
Manila Times--BY WILLYAN MAGLENTE From a simple housewife, -Corazon Aquino- became the symbol of democracy and was admired by the whole world for her role in the People ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:03:15 GMT+00:00
No media coverage of Aquino's transfer to Bahay Pangarap - ABS CBN News Tweet this news
ABS CBN News---...- by Aquino as his official home after he refused to live in Malacañang or the Arlegui Mansion, where his mother, the late President -Corazon Aquino-, ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:23:33 GMT+00:00
Late Philippine president Corazon Aquino remembered - Xinhua Tweet this news
Xinhua--Philippine President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III visits the tomb of his mother, former President -Corazon Aquino-, in commemoration of her first death ... - Date : Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:07:29 GMT+00:00
Austerity in the inaugural - Philippine Star Tweet this news
Philippine Star--What will forever be etched in my memory was when his mother, the late beloved President -Corazon- C. -Aquino-, stole a simple oath-taking ceremony at the Club ... - Date : Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:04:01 GMT+00:00

Political offices
Preceded by
Ferdinand Marcos
President of the Philippines
February 25, 1986 - June 30, 1992
Succeeded by
Fidel V. Ramos

Corazon Cojuangco - Aquino

FamilyBenigno S. Aquino, Jr. (husband) * Benigno S. Aquino, III (son) * Maria Elena Cruz (daughter) * Aurora Corazon Abellada (daughter) * Victoria Eliza Dee (daughter) * Kristina Bernadette Yap (daughter) * Jose Cojuangco (father) * Demetria Sumulong (mother) * Eduardo Cojuangco (uncle) * Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr. (cousin) * Jose Cojuangco, Jr. (brother) * Mark Cojuangco (nephew) * Mikee Cojuangco (niece)
Presidency1986 Snap elections * EDSA Revolution * 1987 Philippine Constitution * Family Code * Local Government and Administrative Codes * Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program * 1986-87 Coup attempts * 1989 civil unrest * 1990 Luzon earthquake * Tropical Storm Thelma * MV Doña Paz * 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption
Post-presidency1992 elections * 1998 elections * 2004 elections * 2005 electoral crisis * 2007 elections * Death and memorial service

Time Persons of the Year

Jimmy Carter (1976) * Anwar Sadat (1977) * Deng Xiaoping (1978) * Ayatollah Khomeini (1979) * Ronald Reagan (1980) * Lech Wałęsa (1981) * The Computer (1982) * Ronald Reagan / Yuri Andropov (1983) * Peter Ueberroth (1984) * Deng Xiaoping (1985) * Corazon Aquino (1986) * Mikhail Gorbachev (1987) * The Endangered Earth (1988) * Mikhail Gorbachev (1989) * George H. W. Bush (1990) * Ted Turner (1991) * Bill Clinton (1992) * �The Peacemakers �: Yasser Arafat / F.W. de Klerk / Nelson Mandela / Yitzhak Rabin (1993) * Pope John Paul II (1994) * Newt Gingrich (1995) * David Ho (1996) * Andrew Grove (1997) * Bill Clinton / Ken Starr (1998) * Jeffrey P. Bezos (1999) * George W. Bush (2000) |

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United StatesHarry S. Truman * George Marshall * Joseph McCarthy * Dwight D. Eisenhower * John F. Kennedy * Robert F. Kennedy * Lyndon B. Johnson * Richard Nixon * Henry Kissinger * Gerald Ford * Jimmy Carter * Ronald Reagan * George H. W. Bush
People's Republic of ChinaMao Zedong * Zhou Enlai * Hua Guofeng * Deng Xiaoping * Zhao Ziyang
West GermanyKonrad Adenauer * Walter Hallstein * Willy Brandt * Helmut Schmidt * Helmut Kohl
United KingdomWinston Churchill * Clement Attlee * Ernest Bevin * Anthony Eden * Harold Macmillan * Alec Douglas-Home * Harold Wilson * Edward Heath * James Callaghan * Margaret Thatcher
ItalyAlcide De Gasperi * Palmiro Togliatti * Giulio Andreotti * Aldo Moro * Enrico Berlinguer * Francesco Cossiga * Bettino Craxi
FranceCharles de Gaulle * Alain Poher * Georges Pompidou * Valéry Giscard d'Estaing * François Mitterrand
SpainFrancisco Franco * Luis Carrero Blanco * Juan Carlos I of Spain * Adolfo Suárez * Felipe González
People's Republic of PolandBolesław Bierut * Władysław Gomułka * Edward Gierek * Wojciech Jaruzelski * Pope John Paul II * Lech Wałęsa
CanadaWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King * Louis St. Laurent * John Diefenbaker * Lester Pearson * Pierre Trudeau * Joe Clark * John Turner * Brian Mulroney * Kim Campbell
Eastern EuropeEnver Hoxha (Albania) * Josip Broz Tito (Yugoslavia) * Imre Nagy (Hungary) * Nicolae Ceauşescu (Romania) * Alexander Dubček (Czechoslovakia) * Walter Ulbricht * Erich Honecker (East Germany)
Far EastChiang Kai-shek * Chiang Ching-kuo (Taiwan) * Syngman Rhee * Park Chung-hee (South Korea) * Kim Il-sung (North Korea) * Ho Chi Minh (North Vietnam) * Ngo Dinh Diem (South Vietnam) * Pol Pot (Cambodia) * U Nu * Ne Win (Burma) * Indira Gandhi * Jawaharlal Nehru (India) * Sukarno * Suharto * Mohammad Hatta * Adam Malik (Indonesia) * Corazon Aquino * Nur Misuari * Jose Maria Sison * Ferdinand Marcos * Imelda Marcos (Philippines)
Latin AmericaFidel Castro (Cuba) * Che Guevara (Argentina/Cuba) * Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua) * Salvador Allende * Augusto Pinochet (Chile) * Getúlio Vargas * Luís Carlos Prestes * João Goulart * Castelo Branco (Brazil)
Middle EastMohammad Reza Pahlavi * Ayatollah Khomeini (Iran) * Saddam Hussein (Iraq) * Gamal Abdel Nasser * Anwar El Sadat (Egypt) * Muammar al-Gaddafi (Libya) * Menachem Begin (Israel) * Mohammad Najibullah * Ahmad Shah Massoud (Afghanistan)
AfricaPatrice Lumumba * Mobutu Sese Seko (Congo/Zaire) * Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana) * Idi Amin (Uganda) * Agostinho Neto * José Eduardo dos Santos * Jonas Savimbi (Angola) * Mengistu Haile Mariam (Ethiopia)



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