Benigno Simeon Aquino III,also known as Noynoy Aquino and colloquially as PNoy,was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. The son of assassinated politician Benigno Aquino Jr. and 11th President of the Philippines Corazon Aquino,he was a fourth-generation politician as part of the Aquino family of Tarlac.
Alberto "Bert" Gatmaitan Romulo is a Filipino politician and diplomat. He served in the Philippines in various capacities as executive secretary,finance secretary,foreign affairs secretary,and budget secretary. His most recent office is his leadership of the Department of Foreign Affairs before and during the early period of the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.
Manuel "Mar" Araneta Roxas II is a Filipino politician who served as a Senator of the Philippines. He is the grandson and namesake of former Philippine President Manuel Roxas. He served in the Cabinet of the Philippines as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government from 2012 to 2015. Previously,he was the Secretary of Trade and Industry from 2000 to 2003 and Secretary of Transportation and Communications from 2011 to 2012. He is the son of former Senator Gerry Roxas.
Brother Armin Altamirano Luistro,FSC is a Filipino Lasallian Brother who served as secretary of the Department of Education of the Philippines under President Benigno Aquino III. Luistro entered De La Salle Scholasticate in Manila in April 1979 while he was studying in De La Salle University (DLSU). He received the religious habit of the congregation in October 1981 at the La Salle Novitiate in Lipa. He professed his first religious vows in October 1982,and his final vows in May 1988.
The presidential transition of Benigno Aquino III began when he won the 2010 Philippine presidential election. On June 9,2010,at the Batasang Pambansa Complex,in Quezon City,the Congress of the Philippines proclaimed Aquino as the president-elect of the Philippines,following the 2010 election with 15,208,678 votes,while Jejomar Binay,the former mayor of Makati,was proclaimed as the vice president-elect of the Philippines with 14,645,574 votes,defeating runner-up for the vice presidency Mar Roxas,the standard-bearer of the Liberal Party for vice president.
The presidency of Benigno Aquino III began on June 30,2010,when he became the 15th president of the Philippines,succeeding Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. His term ended on June 30,2016. Aquino,the third-youngest person elected president,is the only son of the 11th president,Corazon Aquino,and former senator Benigno Aquino Jr.
Corazon Victoria "Dinky" Nerves Juliano-Soliman was a Filipina politician,activist and social worker who served as Secretary of Social Welfare and Development twice,under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from 2001 to 2005,and President Benigno Aquino III from 2010 to 2016.
Voltaire Tuvera Gazmin is a retired Filipino soldier who was the 35th Secretary of the Department of National Defense of the Philippines. Gazmin assumed office on 1 July 2010,after President Benigno S. Aquino III had issued the former's appointment the day before.
Florencio "Butch" Barsana Abad is a Filipino lawyer and politician. Having held many cabinet-level ranks in the past,he was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III as Secretary of the Philippine Department of Budget and Management. Abad held various cabinet-level positions in the past,particularly as Secretary of the Department of Education and Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform.
Jose de Jesus is a former Philippine Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communications. On June 29,2010,President Benigno Aquino III picked him as his Secretary of Transportation and Communications.
Cayetano "Dondon" Paderanga Jr. was a Filipino economist and former Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA),a cabinet-level agency of the Philippine government responsible for economic development and planning.
The Manila hostage crisis,officially known as the Rizal Park hostage-taking incident,took place when a disgruntled former Philippine National Police officer named Rolando Mendoza hijacked a tourist bus in Rizal Park,Manila,Philippines,on August 23,2010. The bus carried 25 people:20 tourists,a tour guide from Hong Kong,and four local Filipinos. Mendoza claimed that he had been unfairly dismissed from his job,and demanded a fair hearing to defend himself.
Albert Ferreros del Rosario Sr. was a Filipino businessman,diplomat,and government official. He served as the secretary of foreign affairs of the Philippines from 2011 to 2016 under the Benigno Aquino III administration. During his tenure as foreign minister,he was notable for representing the Philippines in a case against China's claim of the South China Sea under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Ramon Reyes Jimenez Jr. sometimes known as Monet or Mon Jimenez,was a Filipino advertising executive who previously served in the Cabinet of the Philippines as Secretary of Tourism from 2011 to 2016 during the presidency of Benigno Aquino III. He was appointed as the country's tourism chief following the resignation of Alberto Lim,and during his six-year tenure,tourist arrivals and revenues had almost doubled,and the Philippines improved 20 places in a tourism competitive index among nations. Jimenez assisted with the advertising campaign of Aquino earlier.
The term "Hyatt 10" refers to a group of seven secretaries of the Cabinet and three heads of government agencies in the Philippines who resigned their posts on July 8,2005,as a result of the Hello Garci scandal,which allegedly implicated then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in rigging the 2004 general election in her favor.
Pilipinas Kay Ganda was a short-lived advertising campaign made by the Department of Tourism to promote tourism in the Philippines. Launched in 2010,it replaced the WOW Philippines campaign that was launched in 2002.
The Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization (PAFSAM) was a Cabinet-level position under the Office of the President of the Philippines. It was created on May 5,2014,by President Benigno Aquino III.
Alfredo Benjamin Sabater Caguioa is a Filipino lawyer who is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Prior to his appointment as associate justice,he served as acting secretary of the Department of Justice and chief presidential legal counsel under the presidency of Benigno Aquino III.
Vitaliano "Vit" Napeñas Aguirre II is a Filipino lawyer serving as a commissioner of the National Police Commission from January 11,2021 to June 30,2022. He previously served as Secretary of Justice under the Duterte administration from 2016 until his resignation in 2018,and vice president and chief legal counsel of Clark Development Corporation under former President Benigno Aquino III. He gained wide public attention in 2012 during the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona when he was cited for contempt after he was caught covering his ears while being lectured by the late Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago.
Emmanuel Leido Caparas is a Filipino lawyer who served as acting Secretary of Justice under the presidency of Benigno Aquino III. Prior to his appointment as acting secretary he worked as undersecretary and spokesperson of the Department of Justice. He also worked as Acting Chief of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office.
