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Philippines: President Ferdinand E. Marcos pauses to wave to the people waiting to welcome him as he arrives for a visit to Washington DC, USA, May 1, 1983

Philippines: President Ferdinand E. Marcos pauses to wave to the people waiting to welcome him as he arrives for a visit to Washington DC, USA, May 1, 1983

Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was the 10th President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives (1949–1959) and a member of the Philippine Senate (1959–1965). He was Senate President from 1963-1965.

In 1983, his government was implicated in the assassination of his primary political opponent, Benigno Aquino, Jr. The implication caused a chain of events, including a tainted presidential election that served as the catalyst for the People Power Revolution in February 1986 that led to his removal from power and eventual exile in Hawaii.

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