Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo,often referred to as PGMA or GMA,is a Filipino academic and politician who served as the 14th president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010. She is the longest-serving president since Ferdinand Marcos. Before her presidency,she was the 10th vice president of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001 under President Joseph Estrada,becoming the first female vice president. She was also a senator from 1992 to 1998. After her presidency,she was elected as the representative of Pampanga's 2nd district in 2010 and continues to serve in this role. She also served as the speaker of the House from 2018 to 2019,and as deputy speaker from 2016 to 2017 and 2022 to 2023. Alongside former president Sergio Osmeña,she is one of only two Filipinos to hold at least three of the four highest offices:vice president,president,and house speaker.
Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino 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.
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.
Diosdado Ignacio Jose Maria "Dato" Macapagal Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2016. He represented Camarines Sur's 1st district from 2007 to 2010,and the 2nd district from 2010 to 2016. Born into the Macapagal family,his mother,Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,served as the 14th president of the Philippines,while his grandfather and namesake,Diosdado Macapagal,was the 9th president.
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.
This article covers the history of the current Philippine republican state following the 1986 People Power Revolution,known as the Fifth Philippine Republic.
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.
Ceferino "Joker" Paz Arroyo Jr. was a Filipino statesman and key figure in the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution that ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos. He was a Congressman for Makati from 1992 to 2001 and Senator from 2001 to 2013. Arroyo received various awards and commendations for his significant contributions to the law profession and public service. Among these are the Philippine Bar Association's Most Distinguished Award for Justice as a "man beholden to no one except to his country" and Senate Resolution No. 100 enacted in the 8th Congress citing his invaluable service to the Filipino people. He was also known for being the thriftiest legislator,earning the title of "Scrooge of Congress",as he only had few staff members without bodyguards and did not use his pork barrel funds. In 2018,Arroyo was identified by the Human Rights Victims' Claims Board as a Motu proprio human rights violations victim of the Martial Law Era.
Renato Tereso Antonio Coronado Corona was a Filipino judge who was the 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2010 to 2012. He served as an associate justice after being appointed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on April 9,2002,and later as Chief Justice on May 12,2010,upon the retirement of Chief Justice Reynato Puno.
Jose Ma. Clemente "Joey" Sarte Salceda is a Filipino statesman and the current Representative of Albay's 2nd District in the Philippine House of Representatives. He previously served as governor of Albay province in the Philippines for three terms. Prior to that,he was a three-year term representative of the Third District of Albay and was appointed as Presidential Chief of Staff on February 10,2007,after the resignation of Michael Defensor,before he himself resigned on March 29,2007,to pursue his gubernatorial bid in his province. Salceda has also been chairman of the powerful House Committee on Ways and Means since 2019. Salceda is the principal author of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law,the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Law,which reduced corporate income taxes in the Philippines to 20%,and the Free College Tuition Law.
The presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,also known as the Arroyo administration,spanned nine years from January 20,2001,to June 30,2010. She served the remainder of her predecessor Joseph Estrada's term after he was deposed,and she was elected to a full second term in 2004 which ended in 2010. Arroyo is the daughter of 9th president Diosdado Macapagal.
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.
Teofisto "Tito" Tayko Guingona Jr. is a Filipino politician and diplomat who served as the 11th Vice President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2004,during the first term of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Born in San Juan,he is a graduate of Ateneo de Manila University,where he was a working student.
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.
Jesli Aquino Lapus is a former Congressman of Tarlac,former Secretary of Education and uncle of President Benigno Aquino III.
The Disbursement Acceleration Program in the Philippines is a "special" budget allocated to accelerate or hasten a government project without Congress or Senate's approval. This replaces the traditional pork barrel,the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF),after the Pork barrel scam was uncovered in 2013.
Menardo Ilasco Guevarra is a Filipino lawyer serving as Solicitor General of the Philippines since 2022 under President Bongbong Marcos. He previously served as the Secretary of Justice under President Rodrigo Duterte and as a commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission under President Benigno Aquino III. Before joining the government,he was involved in private litigation practice as a founding partner of the Medialdea Ata Bello Guevarra &Suarez law firm since 1990. He was also an active faculty member at his alma mater Ateneo de Manila University,where he graduated in 1974.
Norberto Borja Gonzales is a Filipino social democratic politician who served as secretary of national defense and national security adviser under 14th President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Gonzales was a candidate in the 2022 presidential election.
