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Maria Corazon “Cory” Cojuangco Aquino was a Filipina politician who served as the 11th President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the first woman ever to hold that office despite having never held prior elective office.

Aquino was born into a wealthy and politically prominent family from Tarlac.

After receiving much of her education in the US, she returned to the Philippines and studied law at Far Eastern University.

Corazon aquino biography tagalog version of dance

After meeting Benigno “Ninoy” Simeon Aquino, Jr., a promising young politician, she discontinued her studies and married him in 1954. They had five children together, and Cory stayed mostly behind the scenes raising the children during her husband’s career in public office.