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Imelda Marcos

1929 - Today

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Imelda Romuáldez Marcos (locally [ɪˈmelda ˈmaɾkɔs]; born Imelda Remedios Visitación Trinidad Romuáldez; July 2, 1929) is a Filipino politician who was First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power after her husband Ferdinand Marcos placed the country under martial law in September 1972. She is the mother of current president Bongbong Marcos.During her husband's 21-year rule, Imelda Marcos ordered the construction of many grandiose architectural projects, using public funds and "in impossibly short order" – a propaganda practice, which eventually came to be known as her "edifice complex". She and her husband stole billions of pesos from the Filipino people, amassing a personal fortune estimated to have been worth US$5 billion to US$10 billion by the time they were deposed in 1986; by 2018, about $3.6 billion of this had been recovered by the Philippine government, either through compromise deals or sequestration cases.Marcos and her family gained notoriety for living a lavish lifestyle during a period of economic crisis and civil unrest in the country. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Imelda Marcos has received more than 6,505,695 page views. Her biography is available in 96 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 94 in 2019). Imelda Marcos is the 299th most popular companion (down from 212th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Philippines (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Filipino Companion.

Imelda Marcos is most famous for being the wife of the former president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos. After he was removed from power in 1986, she was accused of corruption and embezzlement.

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  • 96

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 8.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Imelda Marcos ranks 299 out of 673Before her are Queen Rania of Jordan, Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary, Scribonia, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Rogneda of Polotsk, and Karin Månsdotter. After her are Vipsania Agrippina, Kunigunda of Halych, Princess Ileana of Romania, Princess Taiping, Berengaria of Portugal, and Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Imelda Marcos ranks 87Before her are Gordon Moore, Hebe Camargo, Ed Asner, Andriyan Nikolayev, Michael Atiyah, and Christos Sartzetakis. After her are Omar Torrijos, Bob Newhart, Gerald Edelman, Fernanda Montenegro, Helmut Rahn, and Abdel Halim Hafez.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Imelda Marcos ranks 7 out of 126Before her are Rodrigo Duterte (1945), Ferdinand Marcos (1917), Emilio Aguinaldo (1869), Lapu-Lapu (1491), José Rizal (1861), and Corazon Aquino (1933). After her are Paulino Alcántara (1896), Andrés Bonifacio (1863), Isabel Preysler (1951), Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932), Manuel L. Quezon (1878), and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947).

Among COMPANIONS In Philippines

Among companions born in Philippines, Imelda Marcos ranks 1