Cong. Imelda Marcos.pptx

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1. 17 th Congress of the Philippines Cong. Imelda Marcos

2. Imelda Marcos Imelda Romualdez Marcos [4]  (locally  [ ɪˈmelda  ˈ maɾkɔs ] ; born  Imelda Remedios Visitacion Trinidad Romualdez ; July 2, 1929) is a Filipino politician who was  First Lady of the Philippines  from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power after her husband  Ferdinand Marcos  placed the country under  martial law  in September 1972. [5] [6] [7]  She is the mother of current president  Bongbong Marcos .

3. During her husband's 21-year rule, Imelda Marcos ordered the construction of many grandiose architectural projects, using public funds and "in impossibly short order" [9]  – a propaganda practice, [10] [11]  which eventually came to be known as her " edifice complex ". [9] [12]  She and her husband  stole  billions of  pesos [13] [14]  from the Filipino people, [15] [16] [17]  amassing a personal fortune estimated to have been worth  US$ 5 billion to US$10 billion by the time they were deposed in 1986; [18] [19] [20]  by 2018, about $3.6 billion of this had been recovered by the Philippine government, [21] [22]  either through compromise deals or sequestration cases.

4. Marcos and her family gained notoriety for living a lavish lifestyle during a period of economic crisis and civil unrest in the country. [7]  She spent much of her time abroad on state visits, extravagant parties, and shopping sprees, and spent much of the State's money on her personal art, jewelry and shoe collections – amassing 3,000 pairs of shoes. [24] [25] [26]  The subject of dozens [27]  of court cases around the world, [21]  she was eventually convicted of corruption charges in 2018 for her activities during her term as governor of Metro Manila; the case is under appeal. [28] [29]  She and her husband hold the  Guinness World Record  for the "Greatest Robbery of a Government".

5. The  People Power Revolution  in February 1986 unseated the Marcoses and forced the family into exile in Hawaii. [33]  In 1991, President  Corazon Aquino  allowed the Marcos family to return to the Philippines to face various charges after the 1989 death of Ferdinand. [34] [35]  Imelda Marcos was elected four times to the  House of Representatives of the Philippines , [36]  and ran twice for the presidency of the Philippines but failed to garner enough votes.

6. Early life Imelda Remedios Visitación Romuáldez [1]  was born at dawn in  San Miguel, Manila , on July 2, 1929. [1]  Her parents were Vicente Orestes Romuáldez , a lawyer, and his second wife, Remedios Trinidad. Imelda is the sixth of Vicente's eleven children, and Remedios' firstborn. Born into the  Romualdez political dynasty  from the province of  Leyte , Imelda grew up in a wealthy clan of devout  Catholics . [38] [ page needed ]  She was baptized in the nearby  San Miguel Church  on the day after her birth.

7. Notable members of Imelda's family include the clan  matriarch   Doña  Trinidad Lopez de Romualdez; her uncle  Norberto Romualdez , who was a  Supreme Court  Associate Justice; [39]  and her younger brother  Benjamin " Kokoy " Romualdez , who served as  Governor of Leyte  and later as an ambassador under the regime of Imelda's husband,  Ferdinand Marcos . At the time of her birth, the Romualdezes were wealthy. Around 1932, the financial conditions of Imelda's family began to decline.

8. Imelda's parents were separated for a time, during which Remedios worked for the nuns at the  Asilo de San Vicente de Paul . [41] [ page needed ]  Vicente and Remedios eventually reconciled but to avoid further conflict, she and her children, including Imelda, moved to their house's garage. In 1937, after Conchita's birth, Remedios's health began to fail and she died on April 7, 1938, due to  double pneumonia . [41] [ page needed ]  In her ten years of marriage, Remedios had six children – Imelda, Benjamin, Alita, Alfredo, Armando and Conchita. [42] [ page needed ]  Remedios was born & raised in  Baliwag ,  Bulacan .

9. In the same year, 1938, [41] [ page needed ]  Imelda's father gave up Manila due to his declining fortunes in his law practice and returned to  Tacloban , where he could support his family with a simpler lifestyle. She grew up learning the  Waray language , and then learned the  Tagalog language  and eventually English.

10. Education Elementary Imelda finished grade one in the nearby  College of the Holy Spirit Manila , where her older half-sisters also studied. She continued her early studies at Holy Infant Academy, a convent school run by  Order of Saint Benedict . The old wooden structure of the school still stands today four blocks away from the Romualdez house. At school, Imelda had to face her family's humiliating poverty, and she was frequently among the students who had to apologize for late payments.

11. High school In 1942, the Romualdezes returned to  Tacloban , and around that time, Imelda's father refused to let her go back to school. [44]  When the Americans  returned in 1944 , she was eager to resume her studies at Leyte Progressive High School. She finished her first year at the provincial high school where she was also chosen Miss I-A; then in her second year, she moved to Holy Infant and stayed there until she graduated. [45] Imelda continued her higher studies at Holy Infant Academy from 1938 to 1948, the year she graduated from high school. As a student, her scholastic record shows that she had a general average of 80 percent throughout her primary and high school.

12. College Imelda ran for President of the student council at St. Paul's College (now named  Divine Word University ) in 1951, three years before her marriage to Marcos. [38] [ page needed ]  At that time, she was about to graduate with a degree in Education. She was put up as candidate for the Department of Education, which had an enrollment of 800 students. Even during the nomination, her victory was already a foregone conclusion, but the school authorities insisted that another candidate be put up to make the elections a democratic procedure. That was how the College of Law, with 200 students, put up Francisco Pedrosa.

13. While an undergraduate student, Marcos taught at a local Chinese high school before graduating in 1952. She had won a scholarship to study music at the  Philippine Women's University  under Adoración Reyes, a close friend of the family. She briefly held a job at a music store but left this for a better one at the  Central Bank . [46]  After a few lessons, Adoración was convinced that Imelda had talent and persuaded her to enroll at the College of Music and Fine Arts at  Philippine Women's University  (PWU), under a special arrangement that put her on register while Adoración continued to give her free lessons.

14. Early career Imelda returned to Manila in 1952 under the rule of President  Elpidio Quirino  and stayed in the house of her relative,  House of Representatives of the Philippines  Speaker  Pro tempore   Daniel Romuáldez , who had three adopted children. Imelda's status in the Romuáldez household during this time has been described as "higher than servants and lower than family members as a poor relative". Imelda found work as a salesgirl in a store called P.E. Domingo, which infuriated her father when he learnt of during one of his visits, perceiving it as ill treatment of Imelda.

15. To calm the indignation of Vicente Romuáldez , Eduardo and Daniel exercised their political and economic influence to find work for Imelda in the  Central Bank  where she worked under Braulio Hipuna , the Chief Clerk of the Intelligence Division. During this time her cousin Loreto Ramos introduced her to Adoración Reyes, a teacher from the College of Music and Fine Arts of  Philippine Women's University  (PWU), who gave her vocal lessons and a chance to get a PWU scholarship. She later sang three songs at a performance with her cousin Loreto at Holy Ghost College (now named  College of the Holy Spirit Manila ).