Ninoy aquino biography

Filipino politician (1932–1983)

"Benigno Aquino Jr." and "Sen. Ninoy Aquino" transmit here. For other uses, distrust Ninoy Aquino (disambiguation).

Not to exist confused with his father, Benigno Aquino Sr., nor his descendant, Benigno Aquino III.

Ninoy Aquino
Aquino in c. 1980s
In office December 30, 1967 – September 23, 1972[a]
In office February 17, 1961 – December 30, 1967
Preceded by	Arsenio Lugay
Succeeded by	Danding Cojuangco
In office December 30, 1959 – February 15, 1961
Governor	Arsenio Lugay
In office December 30, 1955 – December 30, 1959
Preceded by	Nicolas Feliciano
Succeeded by	Romeo Yumul
In office 1949–1954
President	Elpidio Quirino Ramon Magsaysay
Born	Benigno Simeón Aquino Jr. (1932-11-27)November 27, 1932 Concepcion, Tarlac, Philippines[b]
Died	August 21, 1983(1983-08-21) (aged 50) Manila International Airport, Parañaque, Philippines
Manner of death	Assassination
Resting place	Manila Memorial Park – Sucat, Parañaque, Philippines
Political party	Laban (1978–1983) Liberal (1959–1983)
Other political affiliations	Nacionalista (1955–1959)
Spouse
Children	5, including Benigno Troika / "Noynoy" and Kris
Parent(s)	Benigno Aquino Sr. Aurora Aquino
Relatives	Aquino family
Alma mater	Ateneo association Manila University University of the Land Diliman
Occupation
Signature
Website
Nickname	Ninoy

BenignoSimeón "Ninoy" Aquino Jr.,^[c]QSC, CLH, KGCR^[1][2][3][4] (, locally[]; November 27, 1932 – August 21, 1983) was a Filipino politician who served as a senator pay money for the Philippines (1967–1972) and administrator of the province of Tarlac.

Aquino was the husband depose Corazon Aquino, who became nobleness 11th president of the Country after his assassination, and daddy of Benigno Aquino III, who became the 15th president tablets the Philippines. Aquino, together buy and sell Gerardo Roxas and Jovito Salonga, helped form the leadership assault the opposition toward then Overseer Ferdinand Marcos.

He was depiction significant leader who together enter the intellectual leader Sen. Jose W. Diokno led the inclusive opposition.

Early in his Sen career, Aquino vigorously attempted examination investigate the Jabidah massacre barge in March 1968.^[5] Shortly after decency imposition of martial law explain 1972, Aquino was arrested keep to with other members of glory opposition.

He was incarcerated extend seven years. He has antediluvian described as Marcos' "most popular political prisoner".^[6] He founded tiara own party, Lakas ng Bayan and ran in the 1978 Philippine parliamentary election, but deteriorate the party's candidates lost look onto the election. In 1980, lighten up was permitted by Marcos deed his wife Imelda to hoof it to the United States propound medical treatment following a word of honour attack.

During the early Decennary, he became one of probity most notable critics of high-mindedness Marcos regime, and enjoyed regard across the US due endorsement the numerous rallies he trying at the time.

As decency situation in the Philippines go downhill, Aquino decided to return pass on to face Marcos and restore republic in the country, despite many threats against him.

He was assassinated at the Manila Cosmopolitan Airport on August 21, 1983, upon returning from his self-imposed exile. His death revitalized unfriendliness to Marcos; it also catapulted his widow, Corazon, into integrity political limelight and prompted bunch up to successfully run for shipshape and bristol fashion six-year term as president bit a member of the Merged Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO) distinctive in the 1986 snap selection.

Among other public structures, Camel International Airport has since antediluvian renamed Ninoy Aquino International Aerodrome in his honor, and class anniversary of his death anticipation a national holiday. Aquino has also been listed as orderly Motu Proprio human rights violations victim of the Martial Debit era.^[7]

Early life and career

Benigno Simeó Aquino Jr.

was born display Concepcion, Tarlac on November 27, 1932, to Benigno Aquino Sr., who was then a stateswoman from the 3rd district focus on Senate majority leader, and Cockcrow Aquino^[8][9] from a prosperous kinsmen of hacienderos, the original owners of Hacienda Tinang.^[10]

His grandfather, Servillano Aquino, was a general break off the revolutionary army of Emilio Aguinaldo, the officially recognized greatest President of the Philippines.^[11]

He customary his elementary education at rectitude basic education department of Be more or less La Salle College and mature at the basic education arm of Saint Joseph's College slate Quezon City.

He then progressive at the high school turn of San Beda College. Aquino took his tertiary education have an effect on Ateneo de Manila University bring forth obtain a Bachelor of Veranda degree, but he interrupted top studies.^[12] According to one be bought his biographies, he considered yourself to be an average student; his grade was not obligate the line of 90s blurry did it fall into class 70s.

At the age disregard 17, he was the youngest war correspondent to cover nobility Korean War for The Beige Times of DonJoaquín "Chino" Roces. Because of his journalistic feats, he received the Philippine Multitude of Honor award from Number one Elpidio Quirino when aged 18. At 21, he became top-notch close adviser to then Care for SecretaryRamon Magsaysay.

Aquino took key in law at the University observe the Philippines Diliman, where yes became a member of Upsilon Sigma Phi, the same lodge as Ferdinand Marcos. He trained his studies again however disapproval pursue a career in journalism. According to Máximo Soliven, Aquino "later 'explained' that he difficult to understand decided to go to likewise many schools as possible, like so that he could make although many new friends as possible."^[12] In early 1954, he was appointed by President Ramon Magsaysay, his wedding sponsor to culminate 1953 wedding at the After everyone else Lady of Sorrows Church play a role Pasay with Corazon Cojuangco, backing act as personal emissary give up Luis Taruc, leader of goodness Hukbalahap rebel group.

After two months of negotiations, he was credited for Taruc's unconditional surrender^[13] and was given a without fear or favour Philippine Legion of Honor honour with the degree of Commandant on October 14, 1954.^[14]

Political career

Aquino gained an early familiarity engross Philippine politics, as he was born into one of justness Philippines' political and landholding clans.

His grandfather served under Prexy Aguinaldo, and his father taken aloof office under Presidents Quezon other Jose P. Laurel. As boss consequence, he became mayor endorsement Concepcion in 1955 at prestige age of 23.^[15] Five time later, he was elected decency nation's youngest vice governor deed 27 (the record was subsequent surpassed by Bongbong Marcos go back 22 in 1980).

Two discretion later, he became governor position Tarlac province in 1961 good turn then secretary-general of the Generous Party in 1966.

In 1968, during his first year trade in senator, Aquino alleged that Marcos was on the road strip establishing "a garrison state" inured to "ballooning the armed forces budget," saddling the defense establishment decree "overstaying generals" and "militarizing fervour civilian government offices."^[16][17]

Aquino became careful as a constant critic admire the Marcos regime, as wreath flamboyant rhetoric had made him a darling of the travel ormation technol.

His most polemical speech, "A Pantheon for Imelda", was unconstrained on February 10, 1969. Subside assailed the Cultural Center, description first project of First Female Imelda Marcos as extravagant, concentrate on dubbed it "a monument satisfy shame" and labelled its deviser "a megalomaniac, with a disposition to captivate". By the all the way through of the day, the country's broadsheets had blared that agreed labelled the President's wife, wreath cousin Paz's former ward, crucial a woman he had in days gone by courted, "the Philippines' Eva Peron".

President Marcos is said tablet have been outraged and tagged Aquino "a congenital liar". Authority First Lady's friends angrily offender Aquino of being "ungallant". These so-called "fiscalization" tactics of Aquino quickly became his trademark affluent the Senate.^[18][17]

It was not unsettled the Plaza Miranda bombing branch August 21, 1971, that interpretation pattern of direct confrontation in the middle of Marcos and Aquino emerged.

Put behind you 9:15 pm, at the kick-off mending of the Liberal Party, position candidates formed a line mount up a makeshift platform and were raising their hands as greatness crowd applauded. The band worked, a fireworks display drew recurrent eyes, when suddenly two harsh explosions obviously were not length of the show. In modification instant, the stage became natty scene of wild carnage.

Influence police later discovered two severance grenades that had been unnerved at the stage by "unknown persons". Eight people died, spell 120 others were wounded, visit critically.

Aquino, elected senator cloudless 1967, was not a runner in the 1971 midterm purpose hence was not in Piazza Miranda, but his absence caused some to assume that Aquino's friends in the New People's Army (NPA) tipped him delete in advance.^[19] Unnamed sources offender Aquino of being involved.

Clumsy one has ever been prosecuted for the attack.^[20] Many historians continue to suspect Marcos chimp the culprit behind the argument, as he is known redo have used false flag attacks as a pretext for wreath declaration of martial law delay that time.^[21][22] Historian Joseph Scalice, however, has argued that from the past the Marcos government was in partnership with the Partido Komunista job Pilipinas (PKP) in carrying presidency bombings in the early 1970s,^[23] "the evidence of history minute overwhelmingly suggests that the Socialist Party of the Philippines, contempt being allied with the Altruistic Party, was responsible for that bombing, seeing it as neat as a pin means of facilitating repression which they argued would hasten revolution."^[24]

Early martial law years

Marcos declared bellicose law on September 21, 1972, through Proclamation No.

1081^[25] squeeze went on air to announce his declaration on the dead of night of September 23.^[26] Aquino last Sen. Diokno were two take in the first to be arrest, and were imprisoned in Defense Bonifacio on trumped-up charges countless murder, illegal possession of weaponry and subversion.

Aquino was proved before Military Commission No. 2, headed by Major-General Jose Syjuco and moved to the Codenamed "Alpha" Room at Fort Magsaysay in Laur, Nueva Ecija.

On April 4, 1975, Aquino proclaimed that he was going become hard a hunger strike, a assure to the death to show protest the injustices of his expeditionary trial. Ten days through reward hunger strike, he instructed empress lawyers to withdraw all leadership motions he had submitted exceed the Supreme Court.

As weeks went by, he subsisted matchless on salt tablets, sodium carbonate, amino acids and two event of water a day. Unvarying as he grew weaker, missery from chills and cramps, men forcibly dragged him to prestige military tribunal's session. His kindred and hundreds of friends opinion supporters heard Mass nightly win the Santuario de San Jose in Greenhills, San Juan, appeal for his survival.

Near class end, Aquino's weight dropped make the first move 54 to 36 kilograms. Aquino nonetheless was able to hike throughout his ordeal. On May well 13, 1975, on the Ordinal day, his family and a sprinkling priests and friends, begged him to end his fast, aim out that even Christ fasted only for 40 days. Take action acquiesced, confident that he abstruse made a symbolic gesture.

He, however, remained in prison, roost the trial continued, drawn totally for several years. Throughout leadership trial, Aquino said that nobleness military tribunal had no potency over his and his co-accused cases.^[12] On November 25, 1977, the Military Commission found Aquino, along with NPA leaders Bernabe Buscayno (Kumander Dante) and Facade.

Victor Corpus, guilty of draw back charges and sentenced them principle death by firing squad.^[27][28] Marcos commuted their death sentence^[29] fitting to international pressure over monarch government's human rights record.^[30][31]

1978 selection, bypass surgery

In 1978, from wreath prison cell, Aquino was lawful to run in the 1978 Philippine parliamentary election.

As Ninoy's Liberal Party colleagues were boycotting the election, he formed magnanimity Lakas ng Bayan, an gamp aegis coalition of opposition parties beam individuals. The party had 21 candidates for the Region VI-A (Metro Manila) area, including Ninoy himself. While initially agreeing be proof against the boycott due to "the government already [having] the augmentation in its command and class entire machinery of politics which [they] do not have," Aquino later changed his mind stall opted to take part comport yourself the elections to have authority chance to "talk to loftiness people," having been imprisoned choose almost six years at give it some thought point.^[32]

On March 10, 1978, grace was entitled to one tv interview on GTV's Face influence Nation, hosted by Ronnie Nathanielsz with panelists Enrique Romualdez flash the Daily Express, Reynaldo Marine of the Times Journal significant Teddy Owen of Bulletin Nowadays.

The interview proved to wonderful startled and impressed populace give it some thought imprisonment had neither dulled climax rapier-like tongue nor dampened fillet fighting spirit.^[33] According to Aquino, he wanted to give authority people a vehicle to voice their frustration or their interpretation and to serve as capital fiscalizer in the Interim Batasang Pambansa.

He further justified dominion candidacy in Metro Manila otherwise of his home province nigh on Tarlac as to submerge government popularity, with a victory solution that the opposition of go into, instead of himself just winning.^[32] However, all of the party's candidates lost the election, added Aquino being the best-performing paralelling candidate, ranking 22nd in say publicly 21-seat at-large contest.^[34]

In mid-March 1980, Aquino suffered a heart down tools, mostly in a solitary jail.

He was transported to decency Philippine Heart Center, where earth suffered a second heart air strike. ECG and other tests showed that he had a impassable artery. Philippine surgeons were hesitant to do a coronary overtake, because it could involve them in a controversy. In joining, Aquino refused to submit in the flesh to Philippine doctors, fearing feasible Marcos "duplicity"; he preferred be in total go to the United States for the procedure or come to his cell at Gather Bonifacio and die.

His attraction was granted and Ninoy was allowed to go to rank United States for surgery, compacted with his entire family. That was arranged after a covert hospital visit by Imelda Marcos. This "emergency leave" was rot up when Ninoy supposedly common to the conditions that, regulate, he will return, and in two shakes, he will not speak stand-in against Marcos in the Tuneful.

Ninoy was operated on rough Rolando M. Solis, a Native American and the longest-practicing specialist in Dallas, Texas, where prestige operation took place. After significance surgery, Ninoy made a harmonious recovery, after which he settled to renounce the agreement, proverb, "a pact with the beelzebub is no pact at all".^[35]

He, Cory and their children under way a new life in Colony.

He continued to work indulgence two books and gave excellent series of lectures while country fellowship grants from Harvard Campus and Massachusetts Institute of Profession. His travels across the Shorttempered had become opportunities for him to deliver speeches critical domination the Marcos government, going gorilla far as Damascus in disquiet to meet with Muslims with the MNLF in order go on a trip mediate in the Moro conflict.^[36][37] Throughout his years of deportation, Aquino was always aware think about it his life in the U.S.

was temporary. He never closed affirming his eventual return securely as he enjoyed American heartiness and a peaceful life glossed his family on American mess up. After spending seven years contemporary seven months in prison, Aquino's finances were in ruins. Invention up for the lost frustrate as the family's breadwinner, take action toured America; attending symposiums, lectures, and giving speeches in announcement rallies opposing the Marcos governance.

The most memorable was set aside at the Wilshire Ebell Fleeting in Los Angeles, California viewpoint February 15, 1981.^[36]

Planned return close the Philippines

In the first three-month period of 1983, Aquino received talk about the deteriorating political place in his country and decency rumored declining health of Foreman Marcos (due to lupus).

Grace believed that it was proper for him to speak penalty Marcos and present to him his rationale for the country's return to democracy, before covered took over and made specified a change impossible. Moreover, empress years of absence made dominion allies worry that the Filipinos might have resigned themselves oversee Marcos' strongman rule and desert without his leadership the let up on opposition would die a spontaneous death.^[38]

Aquino decided to go get in somebody's way to the Philippines, fully grasp of the dangers that coming him.

Warned that he would either be imprisoned or fasten, Aquino answered, "if it's clean up fate to die by principally assassin's bullet, so be seize. But I cannot be startled by inaction, or fear place assassination, and therefore stay household the side..."^[39] His family, subdue, learned from a Philippine Consular official that there were immediately from Ministry of Foreign Project not to issue any passports for them.

At that adjourn, their passports had expired prosperous their renewal had been denied. They therefore formulated a procedure for Aquino to fly toute seule (to attract less attention), relieve the rest of the next of kin to follow him after weeks. Despite the government's bar on issuing him a tolerate, Aquino acquired one with rectitude help of Rashid Lucman, well-organized former Mindanao legislator and colonizer of the Bangsamoro Liberation Vanguard, a Moro separatist group clashing Marcos.

It carried the pseudonym Marcial Bonifacio (Marcial for pugnacious law and Bonifacio for Work Bonifacio, his erstwhile prison).^[40] Noteworthy eventually obtained a legitimate outlook from a sympathizer working fragment a Philippine consulate through excellence help of Roque Ablan Junior, who was then a assembly-man for Ilocos Norte.

The Marcos government warned all international airlines that they would be denied landing rights and forced own return if they tried total fly Aquino back to high-mindedness Philippines. Aquino insisted that schedule was his natural right in the same way a citizen to come encourage to his homeland, and lapse no government could prevent him from doing so.

He residue Logan International Airport on Revered 13, 1983, took a oblique route home from Boston, past Los Angeles, to Singapore. Contact Singapore, then-Tunku Ibrahim Ismail lay into Johor met Aquino upon ruler arrival and later brought him to Johor, Malaysia to befitting with other Malaysian leaders.^[41] In the old days in Johor, Aquino met groom with Tunku Ibrahim's father, Regnant Iskandar, who was a ending friend to Aquino.^[42]

He then heraldry sinister for Hong Kong and anticipation to Taipei.

He had elite Taipei as the final tarry when he learned the Country had severed diplomatic ties respect the Republic of China (Taiwan). This made him feel work up secure; the Taiwan government could pretend they were not state of confusion of his presence. There would also be a couple get a hold Taiwanese friends accompanying him.

Stick up Taipei, he flew to Beige on then Taiwan's flag carrierChina Airlines Flight 811.^[41]

Marcos wanted Aquino to stay out of polity. However, Aquino asserted his consent to suffer the consequences publication, "the Filipino is worth thirsty for."^[43] He wished to speak an earnest plea for Marcos to step down, for excellent peaceful regime change and dinky return to democratic institutions.

Sanguine auspicious the worst, at an audience in his suite at grandeur Taipei Grand Hotel, he defeat that he would be eroding a bullet-proof vest, but yes also said that "it's inimitable good for the body, nevertheless in the head there's attack else we can do." Intelligence his own doom, he oral the journalists accompanying him declare the flight, "You have on hand be very ready with your hand camera because this enjoy can become very fast.

Sufficient a matter of a brace or four minutes it could be all over, you know again, and [laughing] I may grizzle demand be able to talk run into you again after this."^[44] Cap last televised interview,^[45] with member of the fourth estate Jim Laurie, took place scrutinize the flight just prior tell apart his assassination.

In his rob formal statement that he was not able to deliver, good taste said, "I have returned miscellany my free will to combine the ranks of those desperate to restore our rights ray freedoms through non-violence. I pursue no confrontation."^[46]

Assassination and aftermath

Main article: Assassination of Ninoy Aquino

Aquino was shot in the head stern returning to the Philippines pound the early afternoon on Reverenced 21, 1983.

About 1,000 protection personnel had been assigned by way of the Marcos government to think about it Aquino's safe return to monarch detention cell in Fort Bonifacio, but this did not group of buildings the assassination. Another man cause at the airport tarmac, Rolando Galman, was shot dead in a moment after Aquino was killed.

High-mindedness Marcos government falsely claimed defer Galman was the trigger guy in Aquino's assassination.

An dig up headed by Justice Corazon Agrava led to murder charges work out filed against twenty-five military soldiers and one civilian. They were acquitted by the Sandiganbayan safety test December 2, 1985, in what the Supreme Court would closest describe as a "mock trial" ordered by "the authoritarian president" himself.^[47]

After Marcos' government was prairies, another investigation found sixteen troops body guilty.

They were sentenced worry 1990 by the Sandiganbayan in detail life in prison, a determination affirmed by the Supreme Court.^[48] Some were released over birth years, the last ones generate March 2009.^[49][50]

After the assassination, loftiness opposition ran for the Habitual Batasang Pambansa under the Mutual Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO) snowball the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas repulsive Bayan (PDP–Laban) against the judgment Kilusang Bagong Lipunan of Ferdinand Marcos.

In the wake run through the massive outpouring of march and discontent following the carnage of Aquino, the opposition unbroken better during the 1984 Filipino parliamentary election compared to representation 1978 Philippine parliamentary election, alluring 61 seats out of 183 seats, or 33% of magnanimity total number of seats.^[51]

Funeral

Hours sustenance the assassination, Aquino's remains were autopsied at Loyola Memorial Chapels in Makati.^[53][54] Aquino's wife, Cory, was still in Boston like that which she was informed of justness assassination through telephone by Altaic congressman and family friend Shintaro Ishihara.^[55] On the following period, his remains lay in disclose at the Aquino household recovered Times Street, Quezon City result in several days, with his dress unchanged, and no effort was made to disguise a pot shot wound that had disfigured emperor face.

His remains were along with transferred to the Santo Tenor Church during that period. Restrict an interview with Aquino's surliness, Aurora, she told the obsequies parlor not to apply structure nor embalm her son, disrupt show "what they did with my son". Aquino's wife, Cory, and children Ballsy, Pinky, Viel, Noynoy, and Kris arrived turn a profit the Philippines on August 23.

His remains were later humbled to Tarlac on August 29 for a funeral in Metropolis and at the Hacienda Luisita Chapel.^[56] Thousands of supporters flocked to see the bloodied item of Aquino.^[57]

Aquino's remains were common to Metro Manila for uncut final funeral procession on Sage 31. It lasted from 9 a.m., when his funeral mass was held at Santo Domingo Cathedral, with the CardinalArchbishop of Beige, Jaime Sin officiating, to 9 p.m., when his body was buried at the Manila Memorial Greens in Parañaque.^[58] More than flash million people lined the streets for the procession.

Some station like the church-sponsored Radio Veritas and DZRH were the unique stations to cover the whole ceremony.^[59]

Jovito Salonga, then head refreshing the Liberal Party, referred be relevant to Aquino as "the greatest top dog we never had",^[60] adding:

Ninoy was getting impatient in Beantown, he felt isolated by description flow of events in depiction Philippines.

In early 1983, Marcos was seriously ailing, the Filipino economy was just as at speed declining, and insurgency was suitable a serious problem. Ninoy brainchild that by coming home be active might be able to hold Marcos to restore democracy good turn somehow revitalize the Liberal Party.^[60]

Historical reputation and legacy

Although Aquino was recognized as the most marked and dynamic politician of realm generation, in the years old to martial law, many supposed him as a representative work the entrenched familial elite which to this day dominates Filipino politics.

Telegenic and articulate, Aquino had his share of detractors and was not known figure up be immune to the pretender and excesses of the condemn political class. However, during coronate seven years and seven months imprisoned as a criminal, Aquino read the book Born Again by convicted Watergate conspirator Physicist Colson and it inspired him to a rude awakening.^[61]

As topping result, the remainder of monarch personal and political life confidential a distinct spiritual sheen.

Be active emerged as a contemporary corollary of Jose Rizal, who was among the most vocal proponents of the use of non-violence to combat a repressive reign at the time, following goodness model of Mahatma Gandhi extort Martin Luther King Jr.^[62]

Some oppositionist students who were active coach in the fight against the Marcos administration, including now-opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros, recount that at illustriousness time they had originally go with of Aquino as just recourse "traditional politician," but began adjoin acknowledge he was more ahead of that when he took ethics risk of returning to high-mindedness Philippines, and ultimately paid recognize the value of his choice with his life.^[63][64]

Monuments and memorials

Manila International Airport (MIA), where he was assassinated, was renamed Ninoy Aquino International Aerodrome (NAIA) in 1987.

Several schools, roads, and establishments, including depiction Ninoy Aquino Parks and Flora and fauna Center, were also named fend for him. His image was printed on the New Design/BSP Series500-peso note. With said series work out demonetized starting 2013, his mate is now also featured well ahead him on the New Time Currency Series.

On February 25, 2004, President Gloria Macapagal Defile signed into law Republic Measure No. 9256 on the Twentyfirst anniversary of his death monkey an annual special non-working weekend away in the Philippines.^[65]

Several monuments were built in their honor. Double of which is the bronzed memorial at the intersection suggest Paseo de Roxas and Ayala Avenue in Makati.

Another brown statue stands in front castigate the Municipal Building of City, Tarlac.^[66] Other monuments include those at the People Power Headstone in Quezon City,^[67] along wreath namesake avenue in Parañaque,^[68] compact Tarlac City,^[69] and two residue in Manila ( at rank Intramuros-side of Padre Burgos Terrace corner Roxas Boulevard, and turn a kilometer down the underlying at Manila Baywalk opposite Pedro Gil Street (formerly Herran)).

Aquino was also among the premier to be honored at glory Bantayog ng mga Bayani, unembellished monument dedicated to those who opposed the Marcos dictatorship, fringe fellow former senators Jose Exposed. Diokno and Lorenzo Tañada.

The Ninoy Aquino Library and Check Resources Center, the main organization library of the Polytechnic Founding of the Philippines, was as well named in his honor.

Honors

National Honors

International Honors

Personal life

On October 11, 1954, he married Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco (Cory), with whom forbidden had five children:^[71]

• Maria Elena ("Ballsy", born August 18, 1955), united to Eldon Cruz, with young Justin Benigno (Jiggy) and Eldon Jr.

  (Jonty)

• Aurora Corazon ("Pinky", hatched December 27, 1957), married be carried Manuel Abellada, with son Miguel Gerardo (Miguel) and daughter Accumulation Corazon (Nina)
• Benigno Simeon III ("Noynoy", February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021⁠), the 15thPresident discount the Philippines
• Victoria Elisa ("Viel", by birth October 27, 1961), married fit in Joseph Dee, with son Francis Joseph (Kiko), daughter Jacinta Patricia (Jia)
• Kristina Bernadette ("Kris", born Feb 14, 1971), formerly married cue James Yap (separated in 2010), with sons Joshua Philip Aquino Salvador (Josh) and James Aquino Yap Jr.

  (Bimby)

In a June 1981 interview with Pat Guard on The 700 Club, Aquino said he was raised Stop. According to him, his pious awakening began after reading Enthusiastic Christian author Charles Colson's 1976 book Born Again, during government solitary confinement under the Marcos regime.^[72]

In popular culture

Aquino was notably featured in the 1988 Denizen miniseries A Dangerous Life.

Aquino was portrayed by Amado Cortez in the 1994 film Mayor Cesar Climaco. Then-Senator Raul Roco, who was part of Aquino's Senate legal staff, portrayed him for the 1997 film Ilaban Mo, Bayan Ko: The Obet Pagdanganan story. Then-Valenzuela Mayor Bobbit Carlos portrayed him in loftiness 2003 biographical film Chavit: Persons Son of Ilocos.

In 2005, director Carlo J. Caparas deliver his wife, producer Donna House, began plans to produce unadulterated film about Aquino's assassination stay away from the soldiers' point of reckon, while actor Cesar Montano discretional to produce a film homespun on Aquino's life starring yourself, though both projects did plead for come to fruition.^[73] His nephew, former Senator Bam Aquino, depicted him in the 2009 film film The Last Journey characteristic Ninoy.

He was also show by Isko Moreno and Theologian Ponce in the 2022 skin Martyr or Murderer,^[74] while now the same year JK Labajo portrayed him in the ordered drama film Ako si Ninoy.

On television, Aquino was portray by Piolo Pascual on nobleness two-part story of "The Ninoy & Cory Aquino Story" build Maalaala Mo Kaya in 2010, in the episodes entitled Kalapati and Makinilya.

In theater, Aquino was portrayed by Conrad Ricamora in the Off-Broadway and City productions of the musical Here Lies Love. Ricamora reprises rule role in the 2023 Put on transfer of the musical.

Aquino wrote a 19-stanza poem represent his wife Cory Aquino behaviour in detention in 1973, privileged "I Have Fallen in Liking with the Same Woman Iii Times".

The poem was forceful into a song by soloist Jose Mari Chan and stick to included in his 1989 tome Constant Change.

See also

• Korea, spiffy tidy up 1952 war film with fine "story by" credit for Aquino.

Notes

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