Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Senior was a Filipino politician who went on to serve as the president of the country for twenty one years. Marcos’ father was lawyer and politician in his own right and he followed in his father’s footsteps both in terms of his choice of education as well as career choice. Marcos had a brush with the law early on in his life when he was accused of being involved in the murder of one of his father’s political opponents but he managed to defend himself and was acquitted. He served in the army during the Second World War and used that stint as campaigning tools at the time of his first presidential campaign. Marcos served as the president for two terms and during his second term he imposed martial law in the country in order to quell the threats posed by protesting groups and after lifting martial law, he won the presidential elections for the third time.