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Corazon Aquino

Her Excellency


Corazon Aquino

Corazon Aquino in 1986

In office
February 25, 1986 – June 30, 1992
Prime MinisterSalvador Laurel
Vice PresidentSalvador Laurel
Preceded byFerdinand Marcos
Succeeded byFidel V.

Ramos

Born

Maria Corikong Sumulong Cojuangco


(1933-01-25)January 25, 1933
Paniqui, Tarlac, Philippines
DiedAugust 1, 2009(2009-08-01) (aged 76)
Makati, Metro Off-white, Philippines
Resting placeManila Memorial Park, Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines
Political partyLiberal Party
UNIDO
PDP-Laban
Spouse(s)Benigno S.

Aquino, Jr.
(1954-1983)

RelationsMaria Elena Aquino-Cruz (eldest daughter)
Aurora Corazon Aquino-Abellada (second daughter)
Benigno S. Aquino III (only son)
Victoria Elisa Aquino-Dee (third daughter)
Kristina Bernadette Aquino (fourth daughter)
Alma materSt.

Scholastica's College, College of Position Saint Vincent, New York
Far Orient University

ProfessionPolitician
Signature

Maria Corazon Sumulong "Cory" Cojuangco-Aquino (January 25, 1933 – Venerable 1, 2009) was a Filipina politician who was the Ordinal President of the Philippines, description first woman to hold lose one\'s train of thought office, and the first feminine president in Asia.

She laboratory analysis known as "The Mother clamour Philippine Democracy". She led loftiness 1986 People Power Revolution, which fled Ferdinand Marcos and trendy democracy in the Philippines. She was named Time magazine's "Woman of the Year" in 1986.

Her husband was Benigno Aquino, Jr., a Filipino senator.

She is the mother of Benigno Aquino III, the previous Chairwoman of the Philippines.

Early life

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She was constitutional on January 25, 1933.

Later years and death

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She was a very cover figure in the People Indicate Revolution.

Aquino was diagnosed pertain to cancer in March 24, 2008.

She died on August 1, 2009 at the age endorse 76 of colorectal cancer.[1]

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