1. Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. Born on September 11, 1917 , died on September 28, 1989. He
was a Filipino politician, lawyer, dictator, who was the 10th president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He
ruled under martial law from 1972 until 1981[16] and kept most of his martial law powers until he was deposed in
1986, branding his rule as "constitutional authoritarianism under his Kilusang Bagong Lipunan New Society
Movement.
2. Ferdinand Marcos was inaugurated to his first term as the 10th president of the Philippines on December 30,
1965,
3. Ferdinand Marcos' second term as President of the Philippines began on December 30, 1969, as a result of
his winning the 1969 Philippine presidential election on November 11, 1969. Marcos was the first and last
president of the Third Philippine Republic to win a second full term.
4. Proclamation No. 1081 was the document which contained formal proclamation of martial law in the Philippines
by President Ferdinand Marcos, as announced to the public on September 23, 1972.
The proclamation marked the beginning of a 14-year period of authoritarian rule, which would include 8 years of
Martial Law (ending on January 17, 1981, through Proclamation No. 2045), followed by six more years where
Marcos retained essentially all of his powers as dictator.
5. After being elected for a third term in the 1981 Philippine presidential election and referendum, Marcos's
popularity suffered greatly, due to the economic collapse that began in early 1983 and the public outrage over
the assassination of opposition leader Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. later that year. This discontent, the
resulting resurgence of the opposition in the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election, and the discovery of
documents exposing his financial accounts and false war records led Marcos to call the snap election on
November 3, 1985.
The 1986 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on February 7, 1986. Popularly known
as the 1986 snap election,
6. 1986 Snap election – The National Movement for Free Elections or NAMFREL, results showed that Corazon
Aquino led by over 1million votes, however, Batasang Pambansa declared Marcoz and Arturo Tolentino won the
election over C. Aquino and Salvador Laurel as president and vice-president respectively.
7. The declaration of Batasang Pambansa that Marcoz won the snap election, that event led to the People Power
Revolution and Ousted Ferdinand Marcos on February 25, 1986,
8. Corazon C. Aquino and Salvador H. Laurel took their oath of office on February 25, 1986 as president and
vice president of the Philippine Republic.