2 Quotes & Sayings By Ferdinand E Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel "Bongbong" Marcos (April 25, 1917 - September 28, 1986) was a Filipino politician who served as President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was the standard-bearer of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), whose coalition won in the 1965 presidential and 1969 legislative elections and later in the presidential election in 1971 and 1972. Marcos was born to a poor family in Ilocos Sur on April 25, 1917. He studied primary school at the Ateneo de Manila and high school at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, both in Manila. He finished his college studies at the University of Santo Tomas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in civil engineering
During World War II, he volunteered his services to the government and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Philippine Army Air Corps. In 1946, he earned a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University and earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1952. Marcos married Imelda Romualdez on November 15, 1947 at La Fortaleza in Manila.
They had five children: Ferdinand Jr., Irene, Imee, Pio and Bongbong Marcos, Jr.. He also had nine grandchildren: Ferdinand VIcenzo III (commonly known as Bongbong), Ferdinand Vito Pablo ("Pompee"), Irene Fe del Pilar ("Ig"), Imee Romualdez Marcos ("Imee"), Imeldas Fe del Pilar ("Imelda"), Maria Carolina del Pilar Marcos ("Mariano"), Jose Miguel "Mike" del Pilar Marcos ("Mikey"), Philip Salvador "Philip" Marcos ("Philip), Ferdinand Emmanuel "Bongbong" Marcos III (commonly known as BBM), Pia Emma Aragoncillo Marcos (commonly known as Pinky) and BBM's daughter Juliana Bautista ("Jay"). His first wife, Josefa Llona-Cruz died on December 18, 1953; he later remarried her sister, Virgilia Cruz-Llamas on September 10, 1959; she died on July 4, 1967 due to an accidental fire at their home. On February 1, 1968 at age 58, following his first term as president (1965-1969), he changed his name from "Fernando" to "Ferdinand", after King