Ferdinand E. Marcos was born on September 11, 1917 in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte.

His
parents, Mariano Marcos and Josefa Edralin, were both teachers.From 1923 to 1929, he
attended the Sarrat Central School, Shamrock Elementary School in Laoag and the
Ermita Elementary School in Manila. He finished high school and liberal arts course at
the University of the Philippines. While still a student, he was commissioned as third
lieutenant (apprentice officer) in the Philippine Constabulary Reserve after having been
an ROTC battalion commander.

In 1935, Assemblyman Julio Nalundasan, a political rival of his father, was shot
dead. Suspicion for the crime fell on the Marcoses. Ferdinand Marcos who was arrested
on a charge of conspiracy to murder, was tried, and found guilty in 1939. He argued his
case on appeal to the Supreme Court, luckily winning an acquittal a year later.

In the summer of 1939 he received his bachelors degree, cum laude from the U.P.
College of Law. He would have been a class valedictorian and magna cum laude had he
not been imprisoned for the Nalundasan murder. The case prevented him from
attending several weeks of classes. He reviewed for the bar examinations while in
prison. He bailed himself out in order to take the examination, where he emerged
topnotcher in November of the same year. He became trial lawyer in Manila.
During World War II, he served as an officer in the Armed Forces of the
Philippines.

As a lawyer and a master politician, Marcos led a most a interesting and

controversial political career both before and after his term as Senate
President. He became Senator after he served as member of the House of
Representatives for three terms, then later as Minority Floor Leader before
gaining the Senate Presidency. He is one of the legislators who had
established a record for having introduced a number of significant bills, many
of which found their way into the Republic statute books.

He was elected President of the Philippines in 1965 and was reelected in

1969. On September 21, 1972, Marcos imposed martial law and he stayed in
power until 1986, after the historic four-day “ People Power ” revolution at
EDSA.

Marcos went on exile in Hawaii, where he died on September 28, 1989. He

left behind his wife, Imelda and their three children: Maria Imelda Josefa
Trinidad (Imee), Ferdinand Jr. (Bongbong), and Irene Victoria.
Thus far, he is the last Senate President to become President of the
Philippines.
 PALACE DECLARES FERDINAND MARCOS' BIRTHDAY A
HOLIDAY IN ILOCOS NORTE
MALACAÑANG HAS DECLARED SEPTEMBER 11,
MONDAY, A SPECIAL NON-WORKING HOLIDAY IN
ILOCOS NORTE PROVINCE TO MARK THE 100TH BIRTH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE LATE DICTATOR FERDINAND
MARCOS.
PROCLAMATION NO. 310 SAID ILOCOS NORTE
RESIDENTS SHOULD "BE GIVEN FULL OPPORTUNITY
TO CELEBRATE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE OCCASION
WITH APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES."
PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE SYMBOLICALLY HONOURED FERDINAND MARCOS ON THURSDAY BY DECLARING THE LATE
DICTATOR'S 100TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY A PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE EX-LEADER'S HOME PROVINCE.

IT MARKED ANOTHER STEP IN THE REHABILITATION OF MARCOS 31 YEARS AFTER HE WAS CHASED INTO EXILE IN THE US BY A POPULAR REVOLT
THAT ENDED HIS 20-YEAR RULE MARKED BY ALLEGATIONS OF MASSIVE CORRUPTION AND RAMPANT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

DUTERTE, WHO CONSIDERS MARCOS TO HAVE BEEN THE COUNTRY'S BEST-EVER PRESIDENT, STUNNED THE NATION LAST NOVEMBER BY
ALLOWING HIS REMAINS TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE NATIONAL "HEROES' CEMETERY" DESPITE A WIDESPREAD OUTCRY.

ON THURSDAY, DUTERTE DECLARED SEPTEMBER 11 A "SPECIAL NON-WORKING DAY" IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE, THE
MARCOS STRONGHOLD.

"THE ILOCANO COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ANNUALLY CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDATE OF THE LATE FERDINAND E. MARCOS AND COMMEMORATING
HIS LIFE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN, DISTINGUISHED LEGISLATOR, AND FORMER
PRESIDENT," THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE PROCLAMATION READ.

"IT IS BUT FITTING THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE BE GIVEN FULL OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE AND PARTICIPATE IN
THE OCCASION WITH APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES."
MARCOS WAS ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM STATE COFFERS, WITH ANTI-CORRUPTION
WATCHDOG TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL IN 2004 NAMING HIM THE SECOND MOST CORRUPT LEADER OF ALL TIME,
BEHIND INDONESIAN DICTATOR SUHARTO.
THE DICTATOR ALSO OVERSAW WIDESPREAD HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES TO MAINTAIN HIS CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY AND
ENABLE HIS PLUNDERING, WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE KILLED AND TORTURED, PREVIOUS PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENTS
SAID.
NO MEMBER OF THE MARCOS CLAN HAS EVER GONE TO PRISON, WHILE HIS FAMILY HAS MADE A POLITICAL COMEBACK IN
THE PHILIPPINES, WITH WIDOW IMELDA AND THEIR CHILDREN BEING ELECTED TO OFFICE.
DUTERTE SAID LAST WEEK THAT A MARCOS FAMILY MEMBER HAD CONSULTED HIM ABOUT A PROPOSAL TO HAND OVER
SOME OF ITS WEALTH TO THE GOVERNMENT, LATER SUGGESTING THAT THEY MAY ASK FOR IMMUNITY IN EXCHANGE.
ILOCOS NORTE WILL MARK THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A WEEK OF EVENTS INCLUDING A LITERARY AND ART FESTIVAL
AND A FASHION SHOW FEATURING LOOKALIKES OF THE LATE PRESIDENT AND HIS WIDOW.