PHILIPPINE

PRESIDENTS:
CONTRIBUTION AND
ISSUES
GROUP 3
ABM 403
FERDINAND
EMMANUEL
EDRALIN
MARCOS SR.
10th Philippine President
(December 30, 1965 –
February 25, 1986)
CONTRIBUTIONS:
• Military Service (World War II)
• House of Representatives (1949-1959)
• Philippine Senate (1959-1965)
CONTRIBUTIONS:
• Presidency (1965-1981)
– First Term (1965-1969)
• Expansion of Philippine Military
• Vietnam War
• Infrastructure Development
– Second Term (1969-1972)
• Early growth of the CPP New People’s Army
– Martial Law (1972-1981)
• Proclamation No. 1081
• Bagong Lipunan (New Society)
• US Foreign Policy and Martial Law under Marcos
• Withdrawal of Taiwan in favor of the People’s Republic of China
ISSUES:
• Most decorated war hero of the Philippines
• Loans for Infrastructure Development
• Inflation and social unrest
• Aquino’s assassination
 MARIA
CORAZON
“CORY”
COJUANCO
AQUINO
11th Philippine President
(February 25, 1986 –
June 30, 1992)
CONTRIBUTIONS:
• Country’s transition to Democracy
• Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG)
• Constitutional Commission
• Economic Management
• Revolutionary Government
CONTRIBUTIONS:
• Landmark Legislation
• 1986 Constitutional Commission
• Agrarian Reform
• Japanese Relations
• Executive Order No. 128
ISSUES:
• Democracy
 FIDEL
VALDEZ
RAMOS
12th Philippine President
(June 30, 1992 –
June 30, 1998)
CONTRIBUTIONS:
• Lakas-CMD (Christian-Muslim Democrats Party)
• Oversaw Philippine economic growth
• Presided over celebrations of Philippine Independence
Centennial in 1998
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George
• Fourth Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Leader’s Summit in
the Philippines in 1996
CONTRIBUTIONS:
• Philippine Stock Exchange became an international favorite
during his presidency
• Death penalty reinstated while he was in office
• Signed peace agreement with the rebel Moro National
Liberation Front
• Science and Technology Agenda for National Development
(STAND)
ISSUES:
• Clark Centennial Expo Scandal
• PEA-Amari
• Scandal
• Role in EDSA 2 ouster of President Joseph Estrada
• Unsound Economic Policies
• Wikileaks Exposé
• Midterm Elections
THANK YOU!!!

GROUP 3
ABM 403