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    Corazon Aquino was the first female president of the Philippines. She led the 1986 People Power Revolution that overthrew the authoritarian regime of Ferdinand Marcos, restoring democracy. As an unwilling leader, Aquino united the opposition against Marcos and challenged him in a snap election. When Marcos claimed victory despite evidence of fraud, massive protests led to his ouster and Aquino being installed as president. As president, Aquino oversaw the restoration of democracy and promulgation of a new constitution, giving emphasis to civil liberties, human rights, and peace talks. She focused economic policies on regaining economic health and confidence.

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    Corazon Aquino was the first female president of the Philippines. She led the 1986 People Power Revolution that overthrew the authoritarian regime of Ferdinand Marcos, restoring democracy. As an unwilling leader, Aquino united the opposition against Marcos and challenged him in a snap election. When Marcos claimed victory despite evidence of fraud, massive protests led to his ouster and Aquino being installed as president. As president, Aquino oversaw the restoration of democracy and promulgation of a new constitution, giving emphasis to civil liberties, human rights, and peace talks. She focused economic policies on regaining economic health and confidence.

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    Corazon Aquino was the first female president of the Philippines. She led the 1986 People Power Revolution that overthrew the authoritarian regime of Ferdinand Marcos, restoring democracy. As an unwilling leader, Aquino united the opposition against Marcos and challenged him in a snap election. When Marcos claimed victory despite evidence of fraud, massive protests led to his ouster and Aquino being installed as president. As president, Aquino oversaw the restoration of democracy and promulgation of a new constitution, giving emphasis to civil liberties, human rights, and peace talks. She focused economic policies on regaining economic health and confidence.

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    Corazón Aquino

    President of the Philippines

    María Corazón "Cory" Sumúlong Cojuangco Aquino (January 25, 1933 – August 1,
    2009) was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold such office.
    Aquino was also the first popularly and democratically-elected female president and head
    of state in Asia.[1][2][3] Aquino is best remembered for leading the 1986 EDSA People
    Power Revolution, which toppled the authoritarian regime of the late strongman
    Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines. Cory, as she is
    affectionately known, is considered and revered by many Filipinos as the Philippines'
    Icon of Democracy. She has been hailed by TIME Magazine as the 'Saint of Democracy,'
    due to her well-known spiritual life and strong adherence to non-violence and democracy.

    A self-proclaimed "plain housewife",[4] Aquino was married to Senator Benigno Aquino,


    Jr., the popular opposition leader and staunchest critic of then President Ferdinand
    Marcos, who was assassinated on August 21, 1983 upon returning to the Philippines after
    his exile in the United States.

    After her husband's assassination, the widowed Aquino became the unwilling and
    reluctant leader of the opposition against the authoritarian rule of the Marcos regime. She
    united the fragmented opposition and strengthened its moral crusade against the abuses
    and excesses of President Marcos' martial rule. In late 1985, when President Marcos
    called for a snap election, Cory Aquino was called upon by the people to challenge his
    regime. Reluctant at first, Aquino thrust herself into the political arena after one million
    signatures urging her to run for president were presented to her.

    Despite having no prior political experience, except being her husband Ninoy's wife,
    Aquino proved to be a charismatic leader, inspiring orator and skilled campaigner. She
    ran for president with former senator Salvador Laurel as her vice-presidential running
    mate. When the Marcos allies-dominated Batasang Pambansa proclaimed Ferdinand
    Marcos as the winner in the 1986 Snap Presidential Elections, Cory called for massive
    civil disobedience protests against him, declaring herself as having been cheated and as
    the real winner in the elections. Filipinos enthusiastically heeded her call and rallied
    behind her. These series of events eventually led to the ouster of Marcos from power and
    the installation of Aquino as president of the Philippines in February 1986, an event
    which is now known as the historic 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution.

    Now in power, Aquino oversaw the restoration of democracy in the Philippines and the
    promulgation of a new constitution, which limited the powers of the presidency and
    established a bicameral legislature. Her administration gave strong emphasis and concern
    for civil liberties and human rights, peace talks and dialogues with communist insurgents
    and Muslim secessionists. Aquino's economic policies, meanwhile, centered on bringing
    back economic health and confidence and focused on creating a market-oriented and
    socially-responsible economy. Despite these achievements, Aquino's presidency was not
    smooth-sailing as she had to face series of nine coup attempts against her administration
    and destructive natural calamities and disasters, which she was able to weather and
    survive until the end of her term in 1992.

    After her term expired in 1992, Aquino returned to private life although she remained
    active in the public eye, constantly voicing her views and opinions on the pressing
    political issues in the country. In 2008, Aquino was diagnosed with colon cancer and
    after a one-year battle with the disease, she died on August 1, 2009.

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