Miriam Defensor Santiago, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Miriam Defensor Santiago

Filipino politician and lawyer

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1945

Place of Birth: Iloilo City, Philippines

Date of Death: 29-Sep-2016

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician, journalist

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Miriam Defensor Santiago

  • Miriam Palma Defensor Santiago (June 15, 1945 – September 29, 2016) was a Filipino academic, lawyer, judge, author, and statesman, who served in all three branches of the Philippine government: judicial, executive, and legislative.
  • Defensor Santiago was named one of The 100 Most Powerful Women in the World in 1997 by The Australian magazine.
  • She was a long-serving Senator of the Republic of the Philippines. In 1988, Defensor Santiago was named laureate of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for government service, with a citation for bold and moral leadership in cleaning up a graft-ridden government agency.
  • She ran in the 1992 presidential elections but was controversially defeated.In 2012, Defensor Santiago became the first Filipina and the first Asian from a developing country to be elected a judge of the International Criminal Court.
  • She later resigned the post, citing chronic fatigue syndrome, which turned out to be lung cancer.
  • In 2016, she became part of the International Advisory Council of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), an intergovernmental body that promotes the rule of law.Defensor Santiago served three terms in the Philippine Senate.
  • On 13 October 2015, Defensor Santiago declared her candidacy for President of the Philippines in the 2016 election after her doctors from the United States declared her cancer 'stable' and 'receded', but lost in the election.
  • In December 2018, the prestigious Quezon Service Cross was posthumously conferred upon Santiago, making her the first and only woman and the sixth person since 1946 to be enthroned in the country's highest roster.Defensor Santiago was known as the Dragon Lady, the Platinum Lady, the Incorruptible Lady, the Tiger Lady, and most popularly, the Iron Lady of Asia.
  • She is colloquially known in Philippine pop culture as simply Miriam or MDS.

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