7. Young Ferdinand Marcos with Family
• From left to right are
Pacifico E. Marcos, Josefa
Edralin Marcos
(matriarch), Elizabeth
Marcos, Mariano Marcos y
Rubio (patriarch), and
Ferdinand E. Marcos. The
youngest child, Fortuna,
was not yet born when
this photo was taken.
• Ferdinand Marcos was
baptized into the
Aglipayan or Philippine
8. Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin
Marcos
• Born: September 11,
1917
• Where: village of Sarrat,
on the island of Luzon, the
Philippines
• Mother: Josefa Edralin
• Father: Mariano Marcos
9. Education of
Ferdinand Marcos
Marcos attended
school in Manila. His
godfather, Ferdinand
Chua, may have helped to
pay for his educational
expenses.
During the 1930s,
Marcos studied law at the
University of the
Philippines.
Young Ferdinand
Marcos grew up in a
privileged milieu. He
excelled at school, and
took an eager interest in
martial skills such as
boxing and shooting.
10. When he
was 18 years
old, he was
arrested and
tried for a
1935 political
murder using
his shooting
skills to kill
Julio
Nalundasan
with a .22-
caliber rifle.
The young law student
was indicted for the killing,
and convicted by a district
court in November of 1939.
He appealed to the Supreme
Court of the Philippines in
1940. Representing himself,
the young man managed to
get his conviction overturned
despite strong evidence of
his guilt.
11. he continued his studies
while in prison, and even
passed the bar exam
with flying colors from
his cell.
12. He soon joined the
Filipino Army, and
fought against the
Japanese invasion as a
combat intelligence
officer in the 21st
Infantry Division.
13. • Ferdinand Marcos certainly
did serve as a special
assistant to the first
president of the newly-
independent Republic of
the Philippines, Manuel
Roxas, in 1946-47.
• Marcos served in the
House of Representatives
from 1949 to 1959 and
the Senate from 1963 to
1965 as a member of
Roxas's Liberal Party.
14. • A handsome man,
Marcos had married
the former beauty
queen Imelda
Romualdez in 1954.
Her glamour added
to his popularity.
15. “Marcos Family”
Spouse: Imelda Marcos
Children: Bongbong
Marcos, Imee Marcos, Irene
Marcos-Araneta, Aimee
Marcos
Ferdinand Marcos and
Imelda Marcos together
with their children and
grandchildren
16. Rise to Power:
In 1965, Marcos hoped to
secure the Liberal Party
nomination for the
presidency. The sitting
president, Diosdado
Macapagal (father of
current president Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo), had
promised to step aside, but
Marcos resigned from the
Liberal Party and joined
the Nationalists. He won
the election, and was
sworn in on December 30,
1965.
President Marcos
promised economic
development, improved
infrastructure, and good
government to the people
of the Philippines. He also
pledged help to South
Vietnam and the US in the
The church was founded in 1902 by Isabelo de los Reyes and a Roman Catholic priest named Gregorio Aglipay who also became its first Supreme Bishop.
Members of this church reject the spiritual authority of the Pope as well as the doctrine of the Trinity. They also denied the existence of angels, devils, miracles, and other supernatural manifestations.
