Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

The 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1947

Place of Birth: San Juan, Luzon, Philippines

Profession: politician, economist, university teacher

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

  • Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo (Tagalog pronunciation: [makapa'gal ?'??j?], born April 5, 1947) is a Filipino professor and politician who was the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 until 2010.
  • She recently held the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, making her the first woman to hold the position from 2018 until 2019 before her retirement.Arroyo studied Economics at Georgetown University at Washington DC where she began a lasting friendly relationship with classmate and future U.S president Bill Clinton.
  • Born as the daughter of President Diosdado Macapagal, Arroyo is a former professor of economics at Ateneo de Manila University where her eventual successor President Benigno Aquino III was one of her students.
  • She entered government in 1987, serving as assistant secretary and undersecretary of the Department of Trade and Industry upon the invitation of President Corazon Aquino, Benigno's mother.
  • After serving as a senator from 1992 to 1998, she was elected to the vice presidency under President Joseph Estrada, despite having run on an opposing ticket. After Estrada was accused of corruption, she resigned her cabinet position as Secretary of Social Welfare and Development and joined the growing opposition to the president, who faced impeachment.
  • Estrada was soon forced out from office by the Second EDSA Revolution in 2001, and Arroyo was sworn into the presidency by Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr.
  • on January 20.
  • In 2003, the Oakwood mutiny occurred after signs of a martial law declaration were seen under her rule.
  • She was elected to a full six-year presidential term in the controversial and fraudelent 2004 Philippine elections, and was sworn in on June 30, 2004.
  • The election results was marred with cheating due to the Hello Garci scandal.
  • Her administration was also embroiled in the 2007 NBN–ZTE deal corruption scandal.
  • Arroyo's presidency in the first quarter of 2001 began with a net satisfaction rating of +24.
  • By the first quarter of 2009, her net satisfaction rating was at -32, making her one of the most unpopular presidents in Philippine history.
  • A 2010 leaked diplomatic cable from the United States stated that Arroyo's administration was 'corrupt', even worse than Ferdinand Marcos's, and that Arroyo's husband, Jose Miguel Arroyo, is 'one of the most corrupt'.
  • Following her presidency, she was elected to the House of Representatives through her home district, which was her last bailiwick, making her the second Philippine president—after JosĂ© P.
  • Laurel—to pursue a lower office after their presidency. On November 18, 2011, Arroyo was arrested following the filing of criminal charges against her for electoral fraud.
  • She was held at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City under charges of electoral sabotage but released on bail in July 2012.
  • She was rearrested on charges of misuse of $8.8 million in state lottery funds in October 2012.
  • She was given a hospital arrest allegedly due to "life-threatening health conditions" certified by her doctors.
  • On July 19, 2016, she was acquitted by the Supreme Court by a vote of 11-4 under the administration of her ally, Rodrigo Duterte.
  • Also, the Supreme Court declared the DOJ's hold departure order unconstitutional.
  • Her lawyers afterwards stated that Arroyo no longer needed her medical paraphernalia, releasing her from the hospital.She has since been a member of the Philippine Academy of the Spanish Language after she announced her support to bring back Spanish as an official language of the Philippines during her 9-year presidency. In July 23, 2018, she was elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines under the Duterte Administration controversially replacing Pantaleon Alvarez.
  • She spearheaded various controversial bills, including a bill that sought to lower the age of criminal liability to 12 years old.

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