Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal ( born September 28, 1910 in Lubao, † April 21, 1997 in Makati City ) was a Filipino politician, and the ninth President of the Philippines. He is the father of President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo.
Member of Parliament and Vice- President
After studying law and the acquisition of a Bachelor of Laws in 1935 he served under President Manuel Quezon others as legal advisor and later as Second Secretary at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, DC
He was from 1949 to 1956 for its location north of Manila home province of Pampanga representative in the House of Representatives and represented the interests of the Liberal Party there. During this time he was also three times representative to the UN General Assembly. 1957 Macapagal ran successfully as Vice President and was thus the second man in the state behind the then President Carlos P. Garcia, the " Nacionalista Party" belonged. In addition, he was 1957-1961 chairman of the traditional Liberal Party.
President of the Republic of the Philippines 1961-1965
In the elections of November 1961, he ran for the office of President and to this end forged an electoral alliance of the Liberal Party and the progressive parties. During the election campaign, he called for especially tough action against corruption as the main objective. In the election, he then beat the incumbent and President Garcia with a big vote lead.
He promoted the strengthening of the economy, led the peso in the free currency exchange, in which he abkoppelte him to the U.S. dollar, exports and encouraged to put a tax evasion especially the wealthiest families curb. He initiated land reforms remained largely insignificant. His attempts at reform, however, were curtailed by the of the " Nacionalista Party " dominated Senate and the House of Representatives.
In addition, he was the date of independence on July 4 (1946 ), the declaration of Philippine independence by the United States, 12 June (1898), the Declaration of Independence from Spanish colonial power by the revolutionary army to change. 1965 defeated Macapagal, who described himself as president of the " poor" in the presidential election the candidate of the " Nacionalista Party " Ferdinand Marcos.
Political action in the Marcos era
1972 Macapagal was president of the Assembly, which drafted the constitution of 1973. However, he noted in 1981 the validity of the signing of the Constitution in question. In 1979 he organized the " National Union for Liberation " ( NUL ) as an opposition party to the Marcos regime.
Under the presidency of his daughter Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, a 200 -peso banknote was issued with his portrait.