Diosdado Macapagal
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diosdado Macapagal | | 9th President of the Philippines | In office
December 30, 1961 – December 30, 1965 | Vice President | Emmanuel Pelaez | Preceded by | Carlos Garcia | Succeeded by | Ferdinand Marcos | 2nd President of the 1971 Philippine Constitutional Convention | In office
June 14, 1971 – January 17, 1973 | President | Ferdinand Marcos | Preceded by | Carlos P. Garcia | Succeeded by | Position Abolished | 6th Vice President of the Philippines | In office
December 30, 1957 – December 30, 1961 | President | Carlos Garcia | Preceded by | Carlos Garcia | Succeeded by | Emmanuel Pelaez | Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Pampanga's 1stdistrict | In office
December 30, 1949 – December 30, 1957 | Preceded by | Amado Yuzon | Succeeded by | Francisco Nepomuceno | | Born | September 28, 1910
Lubao, Philippines | Died | April 21, 1997 (aged 86)
Makati City, Philippines | Political party | Liberal Party | Spouse(s) | Purita de la Rosa (1938–1943)
Eva Macaraeg (1946–1997) | Children | Arturo
Cielo
Gloria
Diosdado | Alma mater | University of the Philippines
University of Santo Tomas | Profession | Lawyer
Professor | Religion | Roman Catholicism | Signature | |
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal (September 28, 1910 – April 21, 1997) was the 9th President of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the 6th Vice President, serving from 1957 to 1961. He is sometimes referred to as the Poor Boy from Lubao, Champion of the Common Man and The Incorruptible. His daughter, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo served as president of the Philippines from 2001-2010.
Macapagal graduated from the University of the Philippines and University of Santo Tomas, after which he worked as a lawyer for the government. He first won election in 1949 to the House of Representatives, representing a district in his home province of Pampanga. In 1957 he
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