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e. Benigno Simeon Aquino III KGCR ( locally [bɛˈniːɡ.no ʔɐˈxiː.no]; born Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III; February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021), [ 4][ 5] also known as Noynoy Aquino[ 6][ 7][ 8] and colloquially as PNoy, [ b] was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. [ 12][ 13][ 14 ...
The Presidential Commission on Good Government ( PCGG) is a quasi-judicial government agency of the Philippines whose primary mandate is to recover the ill-gotten wealth accumulated by Ferdinand Marcos, his immediate family, relatives, subordinates and close associates, whether located in the Philippines or abroad. [ 2][ 5][ 6][ 7] It was ...
The presidency of Benigno Aquino III began on June 30, 2010, when he became the 15th president of the Philippines, succeeding Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. His term ended on June 30, 2016. Aquino, the third-youngest person elected president, [ 1] is the only son of the 11th president, Corazon Aquino, and former senator Benigno Aquino Jr.
t. e. The president of the Philippines ( Filipino: pangulo ng Pilipinas, sometimes referred to as presidente ng Pilipinas) is the head of state, head of government and chief executive of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines .
Malacañang Palace in Manila is the official residence of the president. [note 1] Built in 1750, it has become a prominent symbol of and metonym for the office.Under the Constitution of the Philippines, the president of the Philippines (Filipino: Pangulo ng Pilipinas) is both the head of state and government, and serves as the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces.
Corazon Aquino became the 11th President of the Philippines following the People Power Revolution or EDSA 1, and spanned a six-year period from February 25, 1986, to June 30, 1992. Aquino's relatively peaceful ascension to the Philippine presidency signaled the end of authoritarian rule of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines, and drew her and ...
t. e. The Commission on Human Rights ( Filipino: Komisyon ng Karapatang Pantao) ( CHR) is an independent constitutional office created under the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, with the primary function of investigating all forms of human rights violations involving civil and political rights in the Philippines. [ 2]
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