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Corazon Aquino

1933 - 2009

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Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (Tagalog: [kɔɾaˈsɔn kɔˈhwaŋkɔ aˈkino]; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipino politician who served as the eleventh president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution, which ended the two-decade rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and led to the establishment of the current democratic Fifth Philippine Republic. Corazon Aquino was married to Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., who was one of the most prominent critics of President Marcos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Corazon Aquino has received more than 4,218,081 page views. Her biography is available in 95 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 94 in 2019). Corazon Aquino is the 3,192nd most popular politician (down from 1,710th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Philippines (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Filipino Politician.

Corazon Aquino is most famous for being the first female president of the Philippines. She became president after the assassination of her husband, President Benigno Aquino, Jr. She was president from 1986-1992.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Corazon Aquino ranks 3,192 out of 15,577Before her are Prince George of Denmark, Philip I, Duke of Burgundy, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Violeta Chamorro, Robert IV of Sablé, and Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry. After her are Bahram II, Adélaïde of France, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, Simeon of Moscow, Mariano Rajoy, and Shalmaneser V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Corazon Aquino ranks 61Before her are Ali Shariati, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Larry King, Ilia II of Georgia, and Edward de Bono. After her are Than Shwe, Edmund Phelps, Henryk Górecki, Tomislav Ivić, Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, and Antonio Negri. Among people deceased in 2009, Corazon Aquino ranks 30Before her are Jennifer Jones, Vitaly Ginzburg, Bobby Robson, Abdurrahman Wahid, Juan Almeida Bosque, and Robert F. Furchgott. After her are John Updike, Günther Rall, João Bernardo Vieira, Norman Borlaug, Raúl Alfonsín, and Ephraim Katzir.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Corazon Aquino ranks 6 out of 126Before her are Rodrigo Duterte (1945), Ferdinand Marcos (1917), Emilio Aguinaldo (1869), Lapu-Lapu (1491), and José Rizal (1861). After her are Imelda Marcos (1929), Paulino Alcántara (1896), Andrés Bonifacio (1863), Isabel Preysler (1951), Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932), and Manuel L. Quezon (1878).

Among POLITICIANS In Philippines

Among politicians born in Philippines, Corazon Aquino ranks 5Before her are Rodrigo Duterte (1945), Ferdinand Marcos (1917), Emilio Aguinaldo (1869), and Lapu-Lapu (1491). After her are Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932), Manuel L. Quezon (1878), Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947), Jose P. Laurel (1891), Apolinario Mabini (1864), Elpidio Quirino (1890), and Florencio Campomanes (1927).