Benigno Aquino—Politician
Birth
Benigno Simeón Cojuangco Aquino III (born February 8, 1960) popularly known as Noynoy, is a Philippine statesman.
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Fame
On August 21, 1983, Benigno Aquino, leader of the Philippines democratic opposition, was assassinated as he left the airplane that had brought him back home after three years’ exile in the United States.
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He printed the truth about Marcos and his murder of Benigno Aquino, an opposition leader, and gave a voice for the People Power movement.
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Work
Benigno Aquino was no stranger to Philippine politics. He came from a family that had been involved with some of the country's political heavyweights. His grandfather served under President Aguinaldo while his father held office under Presidents Manuel Quezon and Jose P. Laurel. Benigno Aquino became the youngest municipal mayor at age 22, and the nation's youngest vice-governor at 27. He became governor of Tarlac province in 1961 at age 29, then secretary-general of the Liberal Party in 1966. In 1967 ...
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The death of Benigno Aquino transformed the Philippine opposition from a small isolated movement to a massive unified crusade, incorporating people from all walks of life.
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Benigno Aquino (an opponent of the Philippine dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, who was shot dead on his return to Manila in 1983) she concludes her book with a promise to go home: “I take the risk for all the children of Pakistan.”
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The assassination of Benigno Aquino as he returned to Manila in August 1983 was generally thought to have been the work of the military; it became the focal point of a renewed and more heavily supported opposition to Marcos' rule.
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Benigno Simeon Aquino(Ninoy) in 1954. She graduated valedictorian of her elementary class at st. scholastica's college and her first year in high school was spent in the Assumption Convent in manila. In 1946 her familyleft for the united states and she was enrolled at ravenhill academy in philadelpia. COrazon finished her junior and senior years at notre dame. In 1949, she entered Mount St. Vincent College in new york where she graduated in 1954 with a bachelor of arts degree majoring in french. Corazon Aquino became the first woman President of the Phillipines in 1986 when she Defeated Ferdinand E. Marcos. After she Became President, she abolished the national assembly and replaced the constitution with a new one that was adopted by popular vote in 1987. She had been married to Benigno Aquino, Who was assassinated in 1983.
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1983 Former Philippine senator Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., 50, returns from exile to Manila August 21 and is shot dead upon arrival by an unknown gunman who is himself immediately shot dead. ... Widow of slain opposition leader Benigno Aquino, 'Cory' receives support from key military leaders and Marcos is flown to Guam after US pressure has been applied to make him leave Manila. He is given sanctuary in Hawaii (where he will die later in 1989) after a 20-year rule that has bled the country of perhaps $5 billion.
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Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino was assassinated minutes after he arrived at the Manila airport to lead his opposition party against president/dictator and Best Friend of the United States Ferdy Marcos and his shoe-fetish wife Imelda.
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