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Marcos’s 1986 Presidential Campaign Marcos’s 1986 Presidential Campaign

Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Marcos was elected president of the Philippines in 1965. In 1972 he imposed martial law and seized dictatorial powers. A massive four-day protest known as the People Power Movement forced him from office in 1986 and restored democracy in the Philippines.
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