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Benigno Aquino III

Personal data
Date of birthFebruary 8, 1960(age 56)
Place of birthManila, Philippines
Political partyLiberal Party
RelationsBenigno Aquino, Jr. (Father)
Corazon Aquino (Mother)
Kris Aquino (Youngest Sister)
ResidenceBahay Pangarap (official)
Times St., Quezon City (personal)
Alma materAteneo de Manila University
ProfessionPolitician
ReligionRoman Catholicism
15th President of the Philippines
5th President of the Fifth Republic
Assumed officeJune 30, 2010
PresidentJejomar Binay
Vice PresidentJejomar Binay
Preceded byGloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Secretary of Interior and Local Government
In officeJune 30, 2010 - July 9, 2010
Succeeded byJesse Robredo
Preceded byRonaldo Puno
Senator of the Philippines
In officeJune 30, 2007 - June 30, 2010
Deputy Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives for Central Luzon
In officeNovember 8, 2004 - February 21, 2006
Succeeded byEric D. Singson
Preceded byEmilio R. Espinosa
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Tarlac's 2nd district
In officeJune 30, 1998 - June 30, 2007
Succeeded byJose Yap
Preceded byJose Yap

Benigno Aquino III

15th President of the Philippines
5th President of the Fifth Republic
Assumed officeJune 30, 2010
PresidentJejomar Binay
Vice PresidentJejomar Binay
Preceded byGloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Secretary of Interior and Local Government
In officeJune 30, 2010 - July 9, 2010
Succeeded byJesse Robredo
Preceded byRonaldo Puno
Senator of the Philippines
In officeJune 30, 2007 - June 30, 2010
Deputy Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives for Central Luzon
In officeNovember 8, 2004 - February 21, 2006
Succeeded byEric D. Singson
Preceded byEmilio R. Espinosa
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Tarlac's 2nd district
In officeJune 30, 1998 - June 30, 2007
Succeeded byJose Yap
Preceded byJose Yap

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Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III (pronounced -tlbɛˈniɡno aˈkino in most Philippine languages, -enbɛˈnɪɡnoʊ əˈkiːnoʊ in English) (born February 8, 1960), also known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy, is a Filipino politician who has been the 15th and current President of the Philippines since June 2010.

Aquino is a fourth-generation politician: his great-grandfather, Servillano "Mianong" Aquino, served as a delegate to the Malolos Congress; his grandfather, Benigno Aquino, Sr., served as Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives from 1943 to 1944; and his parents were President Corazon Aquino and Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. Aquino is a member of the Liberal Party. In the Liberal Party, Aquino held various positions such as Secretary General and Vice President for Luzon. Aquino is currently the Chairman of the Liberal Party.

Born in Manila, Aquino graduated from Ateneo de Manila University in 1981 and joined his family in their exile in the United States shortly thereafter. He returned to the Philippines in 1983 shortly after the assassination of his father and held several positions working in the private sector. In 1998, he was elected to the House of Representatives as Representative of the 2nd district of Tarlac province. He was subsequently re-elected to the House in 2001 and 2004. In 2007, having been barred from running for re-election to the House due to term limits, he was elected to the Senate in the 14th Congress of the Philippines.

Following the death of his mother on August 1, 2009, many people began calling on Aquino to run for president. On September 9, 2009, Aquino officially announced he would be a candidate in the 2010 presidential election, held on May 10, 2010.

On June 9, 2010, the Congress of the Philippines proclaimed Aquino the winner of the 2010 presidential election.

On June 30, 2010, at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park, Manila, Aquino was sworn into office as the fifteenth President of the Philippines, succeeding Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Conchita Carpio-Morales.

Although the official residence of the President is the Malacañang Palace, Aquino actually resides in the Bahay Pangarap (House of Dreams), located within the Palace grounds.


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