Ferdinand Marcos

"My countrymen, as of the twenty-third of this month, I signed Proclamation #1081 placing the entire Philippines under Martial Law."

- Ferdinand Marcos



Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr. (September 11th, 1917 – September 28th, 1989) was a Filipino dictator who held the title of President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 and was the husband of Imelda Marcos. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives (1949 – 1959) and a member of the Philippine Senate (1959 – 1965). He was Senate President from 1963 – 1965.

History
Ferdinand Marcos was born in Sarrat in 1917. He grew up here and killed his opponent of his father. When World War 2 began, his father was tortured to death as a spy of Japan. He married Imelda Marcos later. He became a president in 1965, it was then normal. Then in 1969, he was on second term with much controversies, the social unrise rose. On September 21, 1989, he put Philippines under martial law, like it was under Nazi Germany or in North Korea with such suppressions and repressions of civil liberties and freedoms. Not only were Filipinos disciplined; they were punished for their crimes.

While in power he implemented wide-ranging programs of infrastructure development and economic reform. However, his administration was marred by massive authoritarian corruption, despotism, nepotism, political repression, and human rights violations. The controversy was that he may have been extremely polarizing figure as his loyalists, cronies and critics call him the best president they ever had and the most corrupt one.

Anti-heroic acts or evil acts

 * Ferdinand Marcos attained 32 medals, which turned out to be fake by the USA.
 * He completed 200 achievements such as buildings.
 * He formulated 7,000 decrees,
 * But he and the army killed 3,200 people and tortured 34,000 of them.
 * Before his death, the debt was $28 billion dollars.

Quotes
"I am sort of kind of a hero."

Controversy
His loyalists and loyal supporters were attempting to bring him to life as the eternal president of the Philippines and a hero despite his death in 1989, but they were trying to lash out critics but to whitewash the atrocities.