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Diosdado Macapagal
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President of the Philippines from 1961 to 1965
Key facts
- Vice president
- Emmanuel Pelaez
- Preceded by
- Carlos P. Garcia
- Succeeded by
- Ferdinand Marcos
- President
- Carlos P. Garcia
- Born
- Diosdado Pangan Macapagal , ( 1910-09-28 ) September 28, 1910, Lubao , Pampanga , Philippine Islands
- Died
- April 21, 1997 (1997-04-21) (aged 86) , Makati , Philippines
- Resting place
- Libingan ng mga Bayani , Taguig , Metro Manila , Philippines, 14°31′11″N 121°2′39″E / 14.51972°N 121.04417°E / 14.51972; 121.04417
- Party
- Liberal (1949–1997)
- Other political affiliations
- UNIDO (1980–1988)
- Spouses
- Purita de la Rosa ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1938 ; died 1943 ) Eva Macaraeg ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. May 5, 1946</span>"}]]}'>1946 )
- Children
- 4, including Arturo and Gloria
- Relatives
- Mikey Arroyo (grandson) Dato Arroyo (grandson) Jose Miguel Arroyo (son-in-law) Rogelio de la Rosa (brother-in-law) Jaime de la Rosa (brother-in-law) Gerard Macapagal (great-grandson)
- Alma mater
- University of the Philippines, Manila Philippine Law School University of Santo Tomas ( LL.B , LL.M , DCL ), ( PHD in Economics )
- Profession
- Lawyer poet professor economist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Philippines
- Place of birth
- Lubao
- Place of death
- Makati
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- University of Santo Tomas
- Political party
- Liberal Party of the Philippines
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Image
- Diosdado Macapagal photo.jpg
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- Diosdado Macapagal
- date of birth
- 1910-09-28
- date of death
- 1997-04-21
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Libingan ng mga Bayani
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Encyclopedic overview
Diosdado Pangan "Apung Dadong" Macapagal Sr. GCrM, KGCR ( Tagalog: [djosˈdado makapaˈɡal]; September 28, 1910 – April 21, 1997) was the ninth president of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965. He served as the 5th vice president from 1957 to 1961 under Carlos P. Garcia. 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. Diosdado Macapagal Sr is one of the few presidents with doctoral degrees, earning a Doctors of Civil Law degree and a PHD in Economics degree from University of Santo Tomas.
Known as "The Poor Boy From Lubao", he was 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 the 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Diosdado Macapagal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.