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Diosdado Macapagal

Diosdado Pangan Macapagal Sr.September 28, 1910 – April 21, 1997) was a
Filipino lawyer, poet and politician who served as the ninth president of the
Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the sixth vice president, serving from
1957 to 1961. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives, and
headed the Constitutional Convention of 1970. He was the father of Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo, who followed his path as president of the Philippines from
2001 to 2010.

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