A.

Simple Bio-data
 Complete Name: Corazon Cojoangco Aquino

 Date of Birth: January 25, 1933

 Place of Birth: Tarlac, Philippines

 Husband: Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr

 No. Of Children: 5

 Year of Administration: 1986-1992

 Political Party: (LABAN) Liberal Party,UNIDO

 Vice President: Salvador Laurel

 Year of Death: 2009

 Cause of Death: advanced colon cancer

B. Educational Background:
1.Elementary
 St. Scholastica's College (1943)
 Graduated Valedictorian
2.Secondary
 Assumption Convent Manila (1st Year)
 Ravenhill Academy in Philadelphia (2nd Year
 Notre Dame Convent School in New York (3rd ,4th )
3.College
 New York's Mount Saint Vincent
  B.A.in French Language, minor in mathematics\
4. Post Graduate
 Far Eastern University (Law)
C. Working Experiences
 Plain houswife
II. Policies

Family Code of 1987

 law on marriage(grounds for its annulment)
 the rules on establishing filiation
 governing provisions on support, parental

authority, and adoption.
Local Government Code
 the system and powers of provincial, city, 

municipal and barangay governments in the
Philippines.
  governing law on local governments.
COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM
(CARP)
 a land reform law mandated by R.A. No. 6657
  signed by President Aquino on June 10,1988
 aims “for a more equitable distribution and

ownership of land
 It meant to distribute lands to farmers in a

span of 10 years
 as the “redistribution of lands, regardless of

crops or fruits produced, to farmers and

regular farm workers who are landless
SABAH CLAIM

 Refers to the sovereignty claim pursued by

the Philippines
 Located in the northeast portion of the

Borneo
 In late 1987, Pres. Aquino and Foreign

Affairs Sec. Manglapus urged Congress to

withdraw “Sabah Claim”.
 To foster and improve the bilateral relations

of the Philippines with Malaysia.

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III. ACHIEVEMENTS
1987 FREEDOM CONSTITUTION
18 articles, 306 sections and more than 20,0000 words
The draft submitted to the people in the Feb. 2, 1987
plebiscite for ratification
17,059,495 "Yes" votes while the "No" votes had only
5,058,714
Feb. 11, 1987, Pres. Aquino issued Proclamation No.58
declaring that the new constitution has been approved by
the Filipino people and is therefore in "Full force and
effect“
The new constitution seeks to prevent the violation of
human rights that was rampant during the Marcos regime
 THE 1987 FREEDOM CONSTITUTION
Preamble
Article I. National Territory
Article II. Declaration of Principles and State Policies
Article III. Bill of Rights
Article IV. Citizenship
Article V. Suffrage
Article VI. The Legislative Department
Article VII. The Executive Department
Article VIII. The Judicial Department
Article IX. Constitutional Commissions
Article X. Local Government
Article XI. Accountability of Public Officers
Article XII. National Economy and Patrimony
Article XIII. Social Justice and Human Rights
Article XIV. Education, Science & Technology, Arts, Culture & Sports
Article XV. The Family
Article XVI. General Provisions
Article XVII. Amendments and Revisions
Article XVIII. Transitory Provisions
 Fifth State of the Nation Address  (1991) 
Delivered on July 22, 1991 at the Batasang Pambansa Complex, Quezon City
 1986 Time Magazine Woman of the Year
 1986 Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award
 1986 Canadian International Prize for
Freedom
 1986 Nobel Peace Prize nominee
 1986 International Democracy Award from
the
 International Association of Political
Consultants
 1987 Prize For Freedom Award from Liberal
International
 1993 Special Peace Award from the Aurora
Aragon
 Quezon Peace Awards Foundation and
Concerned
Women of the Philippines
 1994 One of 100 Women Who Shaped World
History
(by G.M. Rolka, Bluewood Books, San Francisco,
CA)
 1996 J. William Fulbright Prize for
International
Understanding from the U.S. Department of
State
 1998 Ramon Magsaysay Award for
International Understanding
 1999 One of Time Magazine's 20 Most
Influential Asians of the 20th Century
 2001 World Citizenship Award
 2005 One of the World's Elite Women Who
Make a Difference by the International
Women's
Forum Hall of Fame
 2006 One of Time Magazine's 65 Asian
Heroes
 2008 One of A Different View's 15
Champions of World Democracy
 EWC Asia Pacific Community Building
Award
 Women's International Center
International Leadership Living Legacy
Award
 Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace
Prize
 United Nations Development Fund for
Women
 Noel Award for Political Leadership
VI. FAILURES AS PRESIDENT
Coup ‘d’ etat Attempt
 1986 -1987 – 7 plots to overthrow Aquino
Administration.
 involving various members of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines
 belonged to the Reform the Armed Forces
Movement(RAM)
• 1 July 1986 Manila Hotel plot
• 2 November 1986 "God Save the Queen" plot
• 3 January 1987 GMA-7 incident
• 4 April 1987 "Black Saturday" incident
• 5 July 1987 MIA plot
• 6 August 1987 coup attempt
• 7 December 1989 coup attempt
Dec. 1, 1989 (the most serious attempt)
 Col. Gregorio Honasan and retired General Jose Ma. Zumel,loyal
to Marcos.
Dec. 3
 Rebels retreat from Fort Bonifacio and then occupy high rise
buildings along the Ayala business area in Makati.
Dec. 7
 The December 3 occupation of buildings in Makati ends.
Dec. 9 
 Rebels surrender the Mactan Airbase
 the official casualty toll was 99 dead (including 50 civilians) and
570 wounded.
 graft and corruption, bureaucratic inefficiency, and lenient
treatment of communist insurgents.
NEGATIVE CRITIQUES
The euphoria of February 1986 was quickly replaced by
disappointment.
 Her 1987 constitution, with its ban on abortion and
divorce, also restored traditional dynastic government
and the presidential system, a feature that benefited
powerful families like her own.
 She was inexperienced and surrounded by squabbling
advisers, and her presidency was plagued by massive
debts and unremitting intrigues by her enemies.
 The most serious coup attempt against her, in December
1989, was only quashed when a flyover by US jets
deterred mutinous soldiers. Her retirement in June 1992
came as a relief to herself and her hard-pressed allies.
 PRESIDENT CORAZON COJUANCO AQUINO

1ST ASIAN and Philippine Woman President

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