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Pres. Corazon Aquino’sBackground
“ As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it” 
Introduction
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11
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President of the Philippines
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First Female President of the Philippines
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First Female in Asia to become President of a Country
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In Office February 25, 1986 – June 30, 1992
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Preceded by President Ferdinand E. Marcos
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Born January 25, 1933 – Paniqui, Tarlac Philippines
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Political Party member : United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO)
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Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN)
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Liberal Party
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Spouse : Benigno Aquino, Jr.
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Occupation : Housewife, Politicians
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Real Name: Maria Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco
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Signature :
President Corazon Aquino Quotes
• I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the risks to my life.
 
• It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our life with Christ.• I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is toforget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always thepeople who make things happen.• As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it.• I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of my husband.• It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But thenneither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.• I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad.• National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of themedia, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their alliesin keeping the government clean and honest, its services efficient and timely, and itscommitment to democracy strong and unwavering.• It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history.• Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hopefor peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.• The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.• Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spiritthat bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.• Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participationin the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.• I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.• One must be frank to be relevant.
Biography : Early Life And Education
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Corazon Cojuangco was born into a wealthy, politically prominent family inTarlac, a member of one ofthe riches Chinese-mestizo families in the Philippines.She was born to Don Jose Cojuangco of Tarlac province and Dona DemetriaSumulong of Antipolo, Rizal. Her ancestry was one-eighth tagalog in maternalside, one-eighth Kapampangan and one-fourth Spanish in her paternal side, andhalf-chinese in both paternal and maternal sides.
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She is fourth among sixth (6) siblings: Pedro, Josephine Reyes, Teresita Lopa,Jose Jr., and Maria Paz Teopaco. She was sent to St. Scholastica College Manila
 
and finish grade school as class Valedictorian in 1943. In 1946, she studiedhighschool for one year in Assumption Convent Manila, Later she was sentoverseas to study in Ravenhill Academy in Philadelphia where Princess GraceKelly of Monaco once studied, the Notro Dame Convent School in New York.Aquino worked as a volunteer in the 1948 United States Presidential campaign of Republican Thomas Dewey against President Harry Truman. She studied liberalarts and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree major in French Language andminor in Mathematics in 1953. She had intended to become a Math teacher andLanguage Interpreter.
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Aquino returned to the Philippines to study Law at the Far Eastern University,Owned by the Family of the Late Nicanor Reyes, Sr., who had been the Father-in-law of her older sister Josephine. She gave up her Law studies when 1954,she married Benigno Servillano “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr., the son of the former Speaker of the National Assembly. They had five children together: a son,Benigno Simeon Aquino III , who was elected to the Philippines Senate in 2007,and four daughters, Maria Elena A. Cruz, Aurora Corazon A. Abellada, VictoriaEliza A. Dee, and actress television host Kristina Bernadette A. Yap. Aquino hadinitial difficulty adjusting to provincial life when she and her husband moved toConcepcion, Tarlac in 1955, after her husband had been elected the town’smayos at age of 22. The American-educated Aquino founde herself bored inConcepcion, welcoming opportunities when she her husband would have dinner inside the American military facility at nearby Clark Field.
Honorary doctorates
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Doctor of International Relations, honoris causa, from:
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Boston Universityin Boston
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Eastern Universityin St. David, PA
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Fordham Universityin New York
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Waseda UniversityinTokyo
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Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from:
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University of the Philippines
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University of Santo TomasinManila
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Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, from:
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Ateneo de Manila University
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College of Mount Saint Vincent in New York
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Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan(Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines)
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Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa, from:
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San Beda Collegein Manila, 2000
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thanks for this info.....

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