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Ferdinand Marcos

1917 - 1989

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Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino lawyer, politician, dictator, and kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled the country under martial law from 1972 to 1981, granting himself expanded powers under the 1973 Constitution. Marcos described his philosophy as "constitutional authoritarianism". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Marcos is the 132nd most popular politician (up from 1,642nd in 2019), the most popular biography from Philippines (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Filipino Politician.

Ferdinand Marcos was the president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. Marcos is most famous for his declaration of Martial Law in 1972 and his ousting from power in 1986.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ferdinand Marcos ranks 132 out of 19,576. Before him are Nicolae Ceaușescu, Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Hirohito, Mary I of England, Louis XIII of France, and Selim I. After him are Ashoka, Napoleon III, Al Gore, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Ivan the Terrible, and Boris Yeltsin.

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Among people born in 1917, Ferdinand Marcos ranks 3. Before him are Indira Gandhi, and John F. Kennedy. After him are Park Chung-hee, Heinrich Böll, John Fenn, Arthur C. Clarke, Rodney Robert Porter, Ilya Prigogine, Frederica of Hanover, James Rainwater, and Christian de Duve. Among people deceased in 1989, Ferdinand Marcos ranks 4. Before him are Salvador Dalí, Nicolae Ceaușescu, and Hirohito. After him are Ruhollah Khomeini, Herbert von Karajan, Samuel Beckett, Konrad Lorenz, Ted Bundy, Georges Simenon, Sergio Leone, and Zita of Bourbon-Parma.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos ranks 1 out of 155. After him are Rodrigo Duterte (1945), Imelda Marcos (1929), Lapu-Lapu (1491), Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947), Bongbong Marcos (1957), Luis Antonio Tagle (1957), Manuel L. Quezon (1878), Fidel Ramos (1928), Corazon Aquino (1933), Joseph Estrada (1937), and Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932).

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Among POLITICIANS In Philippines

Among politicians born in Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos ranks 1. After him are Rodrigo Duterte (1945), Lapu-Lapu (1491), Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947), Bongbong Marcos (1957), Manuel L. Quezon (1878), Fidel Ramos (1928), Corazon Aquino (1933), Joseph Estrada (1937), Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932), Sergio Osmeña (1878), and Emilio Aguinaldo (1869).

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