Benigno Aquino junior

Ninoy Aquino is a redirect to this article. For other meanings, see Ninoy Aquino (disambiguation) .

Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino junior (born November 27, 1932 in Concepcion , Tarlac Province , † August 21, 1983 in Manila , Philippines ) was a Filipino politician.

Life

At 17, Benigno Aquino was the youngest reporter to cover the Korean War . He studied fine arts at the Ateneo de Manila University and then began a law degree at the University of the Philippines , but dropped out to focus on his political career. At the age of 21, he was a key contributor to then Defense Minister Ramon Magsaysay . When Magsaysay finally became president, he sent him as a personal envoy to the Hukbalahap leader Luis Taruc . Aquino achieved the unconditional surrender of Taruc after four months of negotiations .

In 1954 Ninoy Aquino married Corazon Cojuangco , who was of the same age , and a year later, at the age of just 22, he was elected mayor of his hometown.

Political career

Aquino became vice governor at the age of 27 and governor of his province of Tarlac just two years later . In 1966 he was appointed general secretary of the opposition Liberal Party , and in 1967, at the age of only 34, he was elected the youngest senator in Filipino history. Because of his rapid rise and popularity, Ferdinand Marcos saw him as a rival, also because he was one of his greatest critics.

When Marcos declared martial law in 1972 , Aquino was imprisoned and tried before a military tribunal. In 1975 he went on a 40-day hunger strike . In 1977 a military tribunal sentenced him to death , but the sentence was not carried out.

Ninoy Aquino on the 500 peso note

In 1980 he had his first heart attack and was allowed to travel to the USA for medical treatment with his wife . After his recovery, he continued his political work as an opposition leader in exile and stayed in the USA until mid-1983 before finally returning to the Philippines in August 1983 at his own request. Ferdinand Marcos was ill at that time and Aquino assumed that this would lead to his early death. He feared that chaos or even civil war would break out in the country, unless there was a strong opposition figure in the country after Marcos' death. He ignored warnings from Imelda Marcos to stay out of the country. He returned to his country on August 21, 1983 under the false name of Marcial Bonifacio and was shot while leaving the plane at Manila Airport , which today bears his name.

His murder made Aquino a martyr especially for the People's Power movement. Two million people attended his funeral. A mass movement against the Marcos regime emerged. His widow Corazon Aquino (1933–2009) became the leading figure of this movement, which finally culminated in the EDSA revolution in February 1986. Corazon Aquino became president of the Philippines in 1986 after early elections, a subsequent mutiny by parts of the military and mass demonstrations.

Benigno and Corazon Aquino were parents to a total of five children. These are the four daughters Maria Elena Aquino Cruz, Aurora Corazon Abellada, Victoria Eliza Aquino Dee and Kristina Bernadette Aquino Yap, and the only son Benigno Simeon III "Noynoy" Aquino . Many years ago, during his imprisonment, Ninoy once wrote to his son in a letter: "Son, the ball is now in your hands". Following this call, Noynoy Aquino is also politically active, was a senator from 2007 and was finally elected the 15th President of the Philippines in the presidential elections in May 2010 .

In honor of Ninoy Aquino, the city of Sen. Ninoy Aquino bears his name and Manila International Airport was renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport on August 17, 1987 . In addition, the portrait of the politician adorns the front of the Philippine 500 peso - touch and August 21. Since 2004, the official day of remembrance "Ninoy Aquino Day" .

Web links

Wikiquote: Benigno Aquino junior  - Quotes

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} www.notablebiographies.com Benigno Aquino (English)
2. ↑ Sunstar Pampanga Ka Luis Taruc's death mourned ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
3. ↑ www.time.com Corazon Aquino - Woman of the Year (English)
4. ↑ www.time.com Bloody Welcome (English)
5. ↑ Sunstar Davao The speech by Benigno Aquino that was not given ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
6. ^ Encyclopedia of the developing world (English), Volume 1, p. 66, ISBN 1-57958-388-1
7. ↑ More detailed description of what led to Corazon Aquino's presidency ( memento of the original from May 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
8. ↑ www.senate.gov.ph Noynoy Aquino (English)
9. ↑ derstandard.at: Another Aquino for the Philippines
10. ↑ Focus: Benigno Aquino sworn in as the new President , accessed on June 30, 2010.