Ferdinand E.

Marcos

OFerdinand

Emmanuel Edralin
Marcos,
Sr.(September 11,
1917 September
28, 1989) was a
Filipinopolitician
who
wasa
President of the Phi

OHe ruled as

dictatorunder
martial lawfrom
1972 until 1981

OFerdinand Edralin Marcos was

born on September 11, 1917,

in Sarrat, a village in the Ilocos
North region of the island of
Luzon in the Philippines. His
parents, Josefa Edralin and
Mariano Marcos, were both
teachers
from
important
families

O Marcos's real father was not Mariano

but a wealthy Chinese man named

Ferdinand Chua. (Marcos would claim
that Chua was his "godfather.") Chua
was a well-connected judge who was
responsible for much of Marcos's
unusual good luck as a young man.
Among other things, Chua paid for
young Marcos's schooling and later
managed to influence the Philippine
Supreme Court to overturn the young
Marcos's conviction for murder.

OOn September 20, 1935,

Julio Nalundasan was at

home celebrating his
congressional election
victory over Mariano
Marcos when he was shot
and killed with a .22caliber bullet fired by the
eighteen-year-old
Ferdinand Marcos

O Three years later, Ferdinand was arrested

for Nalundasan's murder. A year later,

after having graduated from law school, he
was found guilty of the crime. While in jail
Marcos spent six months writing his own
appeal for a new trial. When the Supreme
Court finally took up Marcos's appeal in
1940, the judge in charge (apparently
influenced by Judge Chua) threw out the
case. Marcos was a free man. The next
day, he returned to the Supreme Court
and took the oath to become a lawyer.

THE GOOD QUALITIES OF

FERDINAND MARCOS

Civility and respect

toward his officials.
O He was in full command of

meetings. But he allowed officials

to speak their minds.
O He would, of course, confront erring
officers for unsatisfactory work. But
once, he announced the firing of
notoriously undesirables from the
independence-day pulpit in the
early days of martial law.

OHe would always look for

qualified people to fill up

sensitive posts. He asked
his trusted officials to
suggest names, and often
appointed them.

Clarity of purpose and

results-oriented work

OHe made a few, not

many, state visits to

foreign countries.
Thus, he went to the
US and Japan on state
visits and to
neighbouring
countries because of
ASEAN.

Knowledge of the law and

sensitivity
O President Marcos affixed his

approvals of projects with a simple

approved followed by his shortsignature. He once sought approval
for the allocation of a small amount
of public funds to match a one-time
donation of the Ford Foundation to
support the secretariat of the
Philippine Social Science Council.

Why Ferdinand
Marcos is a good
leader?

Leadership Style

O Ferdinand

Emmanuel Edralin Marcos

(September 11, 1917 September 28,
1989) was a Filipino politician and lawyer
who served as President (1965-1986) and
Prime Minister (1978-1981) of the Republic
of the Philippines. He is a polarizing
historical figure in both Philippines and the
world. Marcos established an authoritarian
regime that came under criticism for
corruption and for its suppression of
democratic processes and dictatorial
nature. On the other hand, he achieved
accomplishments
most
notably
in
infrastructure.

O The leadership style that can be

applied to the late Pres. Ferdinand

Marcos is the authoritarian type of
leadership. Yes, there is less freedom
to the citizens of the republic and he
assumes a lot of control to the people
but Marcos did his best to make this
country the best country that he
could ever yield. Also, Marcos has
been a very active leader to the
country and assumes the executive
responsibility among his men
because of this there is efficiency in
bis leadership and pertinent goals
were achieve.

LEADERSHIP THEORIES
OGreat man theory

This theory can be

applied to Marcos
because people perceived
him as a natural born
leader which became
evident when he started
his political career at a
very young age.

TRAIT THEORY
OBecause Marcos has a

strong personality,
people considered
him to possess
characteristics that a
leader must truly
have.