Diosdado Macapagal (1910-1997)
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- Name (English)
- Diosdado Macapagal
- Short name
- Diosdado Macapagal
- Year of birth
- 1910
- Year of death
- 1997
- Short Description
- "Diosdado Pangan Macapagal Sr. (Tagalog pronunciation: [makapaˈɡal], September 28, 1910 – April 21, 1997) was the ninth President of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the sixth Vice-President, serving from 1957 to 1961. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives, and headed the Constitutional Convention of 1970. He was the father of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who followed his path as President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010.
A native of Lubao, Pampanga, Macapagal graduated from the University of the Philippines and University of Santo Tomas, both in Manila, after which he worked as a lawyer for the government. He first won election in 1949 to the House of Representatives, representing the 1st district in his home province of Pampanga. In 1957, he became vice president under the rule of President Carlos P. Garcia, whom he later defeated in the 1961 election." - (en.wikipedia.org 11.08.2021) - Entity Encoding
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