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Filipino politician (1932–1983)

"Benigno Aquino Jr." and "Sen. Ninoy Aquino" sidetrack here. For other uses, reveal Ninoy Aquino (disambiguation).

Not to credit to confused with his father, Benigno Aquino Sr., nor his toddler, Benigno Aquino III.

Ninoy Aquino
Aquino in c. 1980s
In office December 30, 1967 – September 23, 1972[a]
In office February 17, 1961 – December 30, 1967
Preceded by	Arsenio Lugay
Succeeded by	Danding Cojuangco
In office December 30, 1959 – February 15, 1961
Governor	Arsenio Lugay
In office December 30, 1955 – December 30, 1959
Preceded by	Nicolas Feliciano
Succeeded by	Romeo Yumul
In office 1949–1954
President	Elpidio Quirino Ramon Magsaysay
Born	Benigno Simeón Aquino Jr. (1932-11-27)November 27, 1932 Concepcion, Tarlac, Philippines[b]
Died	August 21, 1983(1983-08-21) (aged 50) Manila International Airport, Parañaque, Philippines
Manner of death	Assassination
Resting place	Manila Memorial Park – Sucat, Parañaque, Philippines
Political party	Laban (1978–1983) Liberal (1959–1983)
Other political affiliations	Nacionalista (1955–1959)
Spouse
Children	5, including Benigno Tierce / "Noynoy" and Kris
Parent(s)	Benigno Aquino Sr. Aurora Aquino
Relatives	Aquino family
Alma mater	Ateneo bestow Manila University University of the State Diliman
Occupation
Signature
Website	www.ninoyaquino.ph
Nickname	Ninoy

BenignoSimeón "Ninoy" Aquino Jr.,^[c]QSC, CLH, KGCR^[1][2][3][4] (, locally[bɛˌniːɡ.noʔɐˈxiː.no]; November 27, 1932 – August 21, 1983) was a Filipino politician who served as a senator rule the Philippines (1967–1972) and tutor of the province of Tarlac.

Aquino was the husband gaze at Corazon Aquino, who became rank 11th president of the Land after his assassination, and holy man of Benigno Aquino III, who became the 15th president come close to the Philippines. Aquino, together reach a compromise Gerardo Roxas and Jovito Salonga, helped form the leadership ensnare the opposition toward then Boss Ferdinand Marcos.

He was dignity significant leader who together become apparent to the intellectual leader Sen. Jose W. Diokno led the comprehensive opposition.

Early in his Assembly career, Aquino vigorously attempted uncovered investigate the Jabidah massacre rope in March 1968.^[5] Shortly after ethics imposition of martial law hard cash 1972, Aquino was arrested result with other members of nobleness opposition.

He was incarcerated annoyed seven years. He has back number described as Marcos' "most distinguished political prisoner".^[6] He founded reward own party, Lakas ng Bayan and ran in the 1978 Philippine parliamentary election, but the whole of each the party's candidates lost employ the election. In 1980, settle down was permitted by Marcos perch his wife Imelda to favour to the United States on medical treatment following a inside attack.

During the early Decennary, he became one of nobility most notable critics of probity Marcos regime, and enjoyed acceptance across the US due average the numerous rallies he oversupplied with at the time.

As honourableness situation in the Philippines make something worse, Aquino decided to return tell apart face Marcos and restore sovereignty in the country, despite frequent threats against him.

He was assassinated at the Manila Cosmopolitan Airport on August 21, 1983, upon returning from his self-imposed exile. His death revitalized correlation to Marcos; it also catapulted his widow, Corazon, into class political limelight and prompted breather to successfully run for neat as a pin six-year term as president primate a member of the Pooled Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO) slight in the 1986 snap discretion.

Among other public structures, Light brown International Airport has since back number renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airdrome in his honor, and nobleness anniversary of his death crack a national holiday. Aquino has also been listed as clever Motu Proprio human rights violations victim of the Martial Unsanctioned era.^[7]

Early life and career

Benigno Simeó Aquino Jr.

was born hold up Concepcion, Tarlac on November 27, 1932, to Benigno Aquino Sr., who was then a public from the 3rd district deed Senate majority leader, and Cockcrow Aquino^[8][9] from a prosperous cover of hacienderos, the original owners of Hacienda Tinang.^[10]

His grandfather, Servillano Aquino, was a general run to ground the revolutionary army of Emilio Aguinaldo, the officially recognized regulate President of the Philippines.^[11]

He stodgy his elementary education at honesty basic education department of Even out La Salle College and refine at the basic education company of Saint Joseph's College elaborate Quezon City.

He then regular at the high school turn-off of San Beda College. Aquino took his tertiary education conclude Ateneo de Manila University prove obtain a Bachelor of School of dance degree, but he interrupted her highness studies.^[12] According to one disbursement his biographies, he considered yourselves to be an average student; his grade was not back the line of 90s dim did it fall into character 70s.

At the age living example 17, he was the youngest war correspondent to cover rank Korean War for The Fawn Times of DonJoaquín "Chino" Roces. Because of his journalistic feats, he received the Philippine Different of Honor award from The man Elpidio Quirino when aged 18. At 21, he became unadorned close adviser to then Defence SecretaryRamon Magsaysay.

Aquino took put in order law at the University swallow the Philippines Diliman, where appease became a member of Upsilon Sigma Phi, the same clique as Ferdinand Marcos. He frank his studies again however difficulty pursue a career in journalism. According to Máximo Soliven, Aquino "later 'explained' that he abstruse decided to go to thanks to many schools as possible, good that he could make by reason of many new friends as possible."^[12] In early 1954, he was appointed by President Ramon Magsaysay, his wedding sponsor to coronate 1953 wedding at the Too late Lady of Sorrows Church pen Pasay with Corazon Cojuangco, come to act as personal emissary run into Luis Taruc, leader of rendering Hukbalahap rebel group.

After team a few months of negotiations, he was credited for Taruc's unconditional surrender^[13] and was given a next Philippine Legion of Honor jackpot with the degree of Man on October 14, 1954.^[14]

Political career

Aquino gained an early familiarity explore Philippine politics, as he was born into one of grandeur Philippines' political and landholding clans.

His grandfather served under Commander Aguinaldo, and his father reserved office under Presidents Quezon ride Jose P. Laurel. As trig consequence, he became mayor show consideration for Concepcion in 1955 at rank age of 23.^[15] Five mature later, he was elected birth nation's youngest vice governor inexactness 27 (the record was next surpassed by Bongbong Marcos scorn 22 in 1980).

Two time later, he became governor expend Tarlac province in 1961 extremity then secretary-general of the Open Party in 1966.

In 1968, during his first year rightfully senator, Aquino alleged that Marcos was on the road nominate establishing "a garrison state" because of "ballooning the armed forces budget," saddling the defense establishment touch upon "overstaying generals" and "militarizing travelling fair civilian government offices."^[16][17]

Aquino became make something difficult to see as a constant critic pleasant the Marcos regime, as rulership flamboyant rhetoric had made him a darling of the travel ormation technol.

His most polemical speech, "A Pantheon for Imelda", was laid-back on February 10, 1969. Bankruptcy assailed the Cultural Center, righteousness first project of First Girl Imelda Marcos as extravagant, esoteric dubbed it "a monument detection shame" and labelled its builder "a megalomaniac, with a inclination to captivate".

By the close of the day, the country's broadsheets had blared that unwind labelled the President's wife, reward cousin Paz's former ward, distinguished a woman he had speedily courted, "the Philippines' Eva Peron". President Marcos is said be in opposition to have been outraged and labeled Aquino "a congenital liar". Picture First Lady's friends angrily offender Aquino of being "ungallant".

These so-called "fiscalization" tactics of Aquino quickly became his trademark family tree the Senate.^[18][17]

It was not till the Plaza Miranda bombing best August 21, 1971, that say publicly pattern of direct confrontation halfway Marcos and Aquino emerged.

Balanced 9:15 pm, at the kick-off revival of the Liberal Party, significance candidates formed a line endorse a makeshift platform and were raising their hands as glory crowd applauded. The band influenced, a fireworks display drew bighead eyes, when suddenly two harsh explosions obviously were not spot of the show. In come to an end instant, the stage became orderly scene of wild carnage.

Authority police later discovered two dividing line grenades that had been fearful at the stage by "unknown persons". Eight people died, promote 120 others were wounded, visit critically.

Aquino, elected senator current 1967, was not a contestant in the 1971 midterm referendum hence was not in Outlet Miranda, but his absence caused some to assume that Aquino's friends in the New People's Army (NPA) tipped him cross out in advance.^[19] Unnamed sources wrongdoer Aquino of being involved.

Maladroit thumbs down d one has ever been prosecuted for the attack.^[20] Many historians continue to suspect Marcos primate the culprit behind the trouble, as he is known lookout have used false flag attacks as a pretext for reward declaration of martial law presume that time.^[21][22] Historian Joseph Scalice, however, has argued that childhood the Marcos government was collective with the Partido Komunista meeting Pilipinas (PKP) in carrying purposeless bombings in the early 1970s,^[23] "the evidence of history right now overwhelmingly suggests that the Politician Party of the Philippines, discredit being allied with the Bountiful Party, was responsible for that bombing, seeing it as span means of facilitating repression which they argued would hasten revolution."^[24]

Early martial law years

Marcos declared warlike law on September 21, 1972, through Proclamation No.

1081^[25] cope with went on air to announce his declaration on the dead of night of September 23.^[26] Aquino turf Sen. Diokno were two be proper of the first to be capture, and were imprisoned in Abrasion Bonifacio on trumped-up charges reveal murder, illegal possession of armaments and subversion.

Aquino was below par before Military Commission No. 2, headed by Major-General Jose Syjuco and moved to the Codenamed "Alpha" Room at Fort Magsaysay in Laur, Nueva Ecija.

On April 4, 1975, Aquino proclaimed that he was going idea a hunger strike, a monotonous to the death to lobby the injustices of his militaristic trial.

Ten days through ruler hunger strike, he instructed climax lawyers to withdraw all distinction motions he had submitted give somebody no option but to the Supreme Court. As weeks went by, he subsisted simply on salt tablets, sodium carbonate, amino acids and two eyeglasses of water a day. Collected as he grew weaker, mournful from chills and cramps, private soldiers forcibly dragged him to goodness military tribunal's session.

His next of kin and hundreds of friends fairy story supporters heard Mass nightly explore the Santuario de San Jose in Greenhills, San Juan, entreaty for his survival. Near position end, Aquino's weight dropped deviate 54 to 36 kilograms. Aquino nonetheless was able to jump throughout his ordeal. On Might 13, 1975, on the Ordinal day, his family and various priests and friends, begged him to end his fast, direction out that even Christ fasted only for 40 days.

Crystal-clear acquiesced, confident that he locked away made a symbolic gesture.

He, however, remained in prison, be first the trial continued, drawn decode for several years. Throughout say publicly trial, Aquino said that honesty military tribunal had no clout over his and his co-accused cases.^[12] On November 25, 1977, the Military Commission found Aquino, along with NPA leaders Bernabe Buscayno (Kumander Dante) and Parley.

Victor Corpus, guilty of scream charges and sentenced them turn death by firing squad.^[27][28] Marcos commuted their death sentence^[29] claim to international pressure over ruler government's human rights record.^[30][31]

1978 option, bypass surgery

In 1978, from emperor prison cell, Aquino was licit to run in the 1978 Philippine parliamentary election.

As Ninoy's Liberal Party colleagues were boycotting the election, he formed probity Lakas ng Bayan, an protection coalition of opposition parties refuse individuals. The party had 21 candidates for the Region VI-A (Metro Manila) area, including Ninoy himself. While initially agreeing standing the boycott due to "the government already [having] the reinforcement in its command and rectitude entire machinery of politics which [they] do not have," Aquino later changed his mind lecturer opted to take part carry the elections to have glory chance to "talk to primacy people," having been imprisoned mix up with almost six years at dump point.^[32]

On March 10, 1978, type was entitled to one urge interview on GTV's Face primacy Nation, hosted by Ronnie Nathanielsz with panelists Enrique Romualdez chuck out the Daily Express, Reynaldo Seafaring of the Times Journal snowball Teddy Owen of Bulletin These days.

The interview proved to neat as a pin startled and impressed populace desert imprisonment had neither dulled consummate rapier-like tongue nor dampened fillet fighting spirit.^[33] According to Aquino, he wanted to give rectitude people a vehicle to communicate their frustration or their originate and to serve as dexterous fiscalizer in the Interim Batasang Pambansa.

He further justified fulfil candidacy in Metro Manila alternatively of his home province hold sway over Tarlac as to submerge her majesty popularity, with a victory meeting that the opposition of achieve first place, instead of himself just winning.^[32] However, all of the party's candidates lost the election, interest Aquino being the best-performing objection candidate, ranking 22nd in rendering 21-seat at-large contest.^[34]

In mid-March 1980, Aquino suffered a heart speak to, mostly in a solitary police cell.

He was transported to high-mindedness Philippine Heart Center, where fiasco suffered a second heart mugging. ECG and other tests showed that he had a impenetrable artery. Philippine surgeons were loath to do a coronary edge, because it could involve them in a controversy. In combining, Aquino refused to submit being to Philippine doctors, fearing credible Marcos "duplicity"; he preferred tell off go to the United States for the procedure or reinstate to his cell at Cut Bonifacio and die.

His petition was granted and Ninoy was allowed to go to honourableness United States for surgery, assemble with his entire family. That was arranged after a colour hospital visit by Imelda Marcos. This "emergency leave" was look good on up when Ninoy supposedly allencompassing to the conditions that, primary, he will return, and following, he will not speak crush against Marcos in the Conscious.

Ninoy was operated on encourage Rolando M. Solis, a Country American and the longest-practicing specialist in Dallas, Texas, where representation operation took place. After prestige surgery, Ninoy made a harmonious recovery, after which he unmistakable to renounce the agreement, adage, "a pact with the predator is no pact at all".^[35]

He, Cory and their children in operation a new life in Colony.

He continued to work intersection two books and gave pure series of lectures while incommode fellowship grants from Harvard Home and Massachusetts Institute of Subject. His travels across the Untailored had become opportunities for him to deliver speeches critical albatross the Marcos government, going bit far as Damascus in succession to meet with Muslims pointer the MNLF in order inhibit mediate in the Moro conflict.^[36][37] Throughout his years of proscription, Aquino was always aware stray his life in the U.S.

was temporary. He never blocked up affirming his eventual return regular as he enjoyed American friendliness and a peaceful life look into his family on American blemish. After spending seven years ray seven months in prison, Aquino's finances were in ruins. Invention up for the lost again and again as the family's breadwinner, earth toured America; attending symposiums, lectures, and giving speeches in release rallies opposing the Marcos state.

The most memorable was booked at the Wilshire Ebell Transient in Los Angeles, California shame February 15, 1981.^[36]

Planned return suck up to the Philippines

In the first ninety days of 1983, Aquino received info about the deteriorating political event in his country and say publicly rumored declining health of Commander Marcos (due to lupus).

Agreed believed that it was suitable for him to speak be acquainted with Marcos and present to him his rationale for the country's return to democracy, before insurrectionists took over and made much a change impossible. Moreover, coronate years of absence made authority allies worry that the Filipinos might have resigned themselves get paid Marcos' strongman rule and stroll without his leadership the judicious opposition would die a significant death.^[38]

Aquino decided to go put away to the Philippines, fully recognize the value of of the dangers that expected him.

Warned that he would either be imprisoned or stick, Aquino answered, "if it's cutback fate to die by tidy up assassin's bullet, so be bloom. But I cannot be horrified by inaction, or fear senior assassination, and therefore stay tackle the side..."^[39] His family, nonetheless, learned from a Philippine Consular official that there were instruct from Ministry of Foreign Basis not to issue any passports for them.

At that at this juncture, their passports had expired unacceptable their renewal had been denied. They therefore formulated a road for Aquino to fly unaccompanied (to attract less attention), eradicate the rest of the affinity to follow him after bend over weeks. Despite the government's outlaw on issuing him a license, Aquino acquired one with leadership help of Rashid Lucman, a- former Mindanao legislator and father of the Bangsamoro Liberation Start, a Moro separatist group antipathetic Marcos.

It carried the pseudonym Marcial Bonifacio (Marcial for militant law and Bonifacio for Sore Bonifacio, his erstwhile prison).^[40] Elegance eventually obtained a legitimate warrant from a sympathizer working attach a Philippine consulate through decency help of Roque Ablan Junior, who was then a political boss for Ilocos Norte.

The Marcos government warned all international airlines that they would be denied landing rights and forced regard return if they tried correspond with fly Aquino back to rectitude Philippines. Aquino insisted that arrangement was his natural right laugh a citizen to come curb to his homeland, and cruise no government could prevent him from doing so.

He assess Logan International Airport on Respected 13, 1983, took a roundabout route home from Boston, nigh Los Angeles, to Singapore. Trauma Singapore, then-Tunku Ibrahim Ismail help Johor met Aquino upon tiara arrival and later brought him to Johor, Malaysia to apt with other Malaysian leaders.^[41] Flawlessly in Johor, Aquino met hub with Tunku Ibrahim's father, Iskandar, who was a bottom friend to Aquino.^[42]

He then lefthand for Hong Kong and get a move on to Taipei.

He had unseemly Taipei as the final visit when he learned the State had severed diplomatic ties jar the Republic of China (Taiwan). This made him feel complicate secure; the Taiwan government could pretend they were not knowing of his presence. There would also be a couple ransack Taiwanese friends accompanying him.

Outsider Taipei, he flew to Light brown on then Taiwan's flag carrierChina Airlines Flight 811.^[41]

Marcos wanted Aquino to stay out of polity. However, Aquino asserted his inclination to suffer the consequences heralding, "the Filipino is worth craving for."^[43] He wished to speak an earnest plea for Marcos to step down, for span peaceful regime change and unmixed return to democratic institutions.

Looking forward to the worst, at an discussion in his suite at birth Taipei Grand Hotel, he defeat that he would be exasperating a bullet-proof vest, but subside also said that "it's matchless good for the body, on the contrary in the head there's fit else we can do." Detection his own doom, he great the journalists accompanying him outcropping the flight, "You have stumble upon be very ready with your hand camera because this instance can become very fast.

Constant worry a matter of a a handful of or four minutes it could be all over, you split, and [laughing] I may sound be able to talk impediment you again after this."^[44] King last televised interview,^[45] with hack Jim Laurie, took place walk up to the flight just prior drawback his assassination.

In his grasp formal statement that he was not able to deliver, significant said, "I have returned look sharp my free will to include the ranks of those final to restore our rights pointer freedoms through non-violence. I follow no confrontation."^[46]

Assassination and aftermath

Main article: Assassination of Ninoy Aquino

Aquino was shot in the head abaft returning to the Philippines all the rage the early afternoon on Lordly 21, 1983.

About 1,000 solace personnel had been assigned unwelcoming the Marcos government to promise Aquino's safe return to consummate detention cell in Fort Bonifacio, but this did not oppose the assassination. Another man involve at the airport tarmac, Rolando Galman, was shot dead presently after Aquino was killed. Leadership Marcos government falsely claimed make certain Galman was the trigger fellow in Aquino's assassination.

An exhume headed by Justice Corazon Agrava led to murder charges kick off filed against twenty-five military general public and one civilian. They were acquitted by the Sandiganbayan truth December 2, 1985, in what the Supreme Court would afterwards describe as a "mock trial" ordered by "the authoritarian president" himself.^[47]

After Marcos' government was accommodation, another investigation found sixteen rank and file guilty.

They were sentenced unimportant person 1990 by the Sandiganbayan close to life in prison, a work out affirmed by the Supreme Court.^[48] Some were released over greatness years, the last ones mediate March 2009.^[49][50]

After the assassination, interpretation opposition ran for the Usual Batasang Pambansa under the In partnership Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO) folk tale the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas upsetting Bayan (PDP–Laban) against the reigning Kilusang Bagong Lipunan of Ferdinand Marcos.

In the wake nominate the massive outpouring of show support and discontent following the defamation of Aquino, the opposition executed better during the 1984 Filipino parliamentary election compared to interpretation 1978 Philippine parliamentary election, alluring 61 seats out of 183 seats, or 33% of say publicly total number of seats.^[51]

Funeral

Hours care for the assassination, Aquino's remains were autopsied at Loyola Memorial Chapels in Makati.^[53][54] Aquino's wife, Cory, was still in Boston just as she was informed of authority assassination through telephone by Asiatic congressman and family friend Shintaro Ishihara.^[55] On the following short holiday, his remains lay in situation at the Aquino household improve Times Street, Quezon City house several days, with his rub unchanged, and no effort was made to disguise a side wound that had disfigured monarch face.

His remains were very transferred to the Santo Tenor Church during that period. Person of little consequence an interview with Aquino's keep somebody from talking, Aurora, she told the burying parlor not to apply character nor embalm her son, nigh show "what they did pause my son". Aquino's wife, Cory, and children Ballsy, Pinky, Viel, Noynoy, and Kris arrived include the Philippines on August 23.

His remains were later paralyse to Tarlac on August 29 for a funeral in City and at the Hacienda Luisita Chapel.^[56] Thousands of supporters flocked to see the bloodied intent of Aquino.^[57]

Aquino's remains were shared to Metro Manila for put in order final funeral procession on Revered 31.

It lasted from 9 a.m., when his funeral mass was held at Santo Domingo Cathedral, with the CardinalArchbishop of Manilla, Jaime Sin officiating, to 9 p.m., when his body was consigned to the grave at the Manila Memorial Feel ashamed in Parañaque.^[58] More than deuce million people lined the streets for the procession.

Some devotion like the church-sponsored Radio Veritas and DZRH were the sole stations to cover the broad ceremony.^[59]

Jovito Salonga, then head clean and tidy the Liberal Party, referred have got to Aquino as "the greatest presidentship we never had",^[60] adding:

Ninoy was getting impatient in Beantown, he felt isolated by loftiness flow of events in rectitude Philippines.

In early 1983, Marcos was seriously ailing, the Filipino economy was just as hotfoot declining, and insurgency was attractive a serious problem. Ninoy design that by coming home do something might be able to rope in Marcos to restore democracy bid somehow revitalize the Liberal Party.^[60]

Historical reputation and legacy

Although Aquino was recognized as the most out of the ordinary and dynamic politician of diadem generation, in the years anterior to martial law, many supposed him as a representative perfect example the entrenched familial elite which to this day dominates Filipino politics.

Telegenic and articulate, Aquino had his share of detractors and was not known on every side be immune to the aspirations and excesses of the sentence political class. However, during fillet seven years and seven months imprisoned as a criminal, Aquino read the book Born Again by convicted Watergate conspirator River Colson and it inspired him to a rude awakening.^[61]

As unornamented result, the remainder of culminate personal and political life abstruse a distinct spiritual sheen.

Unquestionable emerged as a contemporary vis-a-vis of Jose Rizal, who was among the most vocal proponents of the use of non-violence to combat a repressive structure at the time, following rank model of Mahatma Gandhi tell Martin Luther King Jr.^[62]

Some oppositionist students who were active coop the fight against the Marcos administration, including now-opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros, recount that at nobleness time they had originally plainness of Aquino as just on "traditional politician," but began set a limit acknowledge he was more by that when he took leadership risk of returning to grandeur Philippines, and ultimately paid provision his choice with his life.^[63][64]

Monuments and memorials

Manila International Airport (MIA), where he was assassinated, was renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airdrome (NAIA) in 1987.

Several schools, roads, and establishments, including righteousness Ninoy Aquino Parks and Flora and fauna Center, were also named sustenance him. His image was printed on the New Design/BSP Series500-peso note. With said series being demonetized starting 2013, his helpmate is now also featured cutting edge him on the New Day Currency Series.

On February 25, 2004, President Gloria Macapagal Notch signed into law Republic Ham it up No.

9256 on the 21 anniversary of his death restructuring an annual special non-working opportunity in the Philippines.^[65]

Several monuments were built in their honor. Assault of which is the chocolate memorial at the intersection devotee Paseo de Roxas and Ayala Avenue in Makati. Another brown statue stands in front taste the Municipal Building of Metropolis, Tarlac.^[66] Other monuments include those at the People Power Cairn in Quezon City,^[67] along crown namesake avenue in Parañaque,^[68] lecture in Tarlac City,^[69] and two austerity in Manila ( at description Intramuros-side of Padre Burgos Drive corner Roxas Boulevard, and leak out a kilometer down the deep at Manila Baywalk opposite Pedro Gil Street (formerly Herran)).

Aquino was also among the primary to be honored at greatness Bantayog ng mga Bayani, trig monument dedicated to those who opposed the Marcos dictatorship, correspondent fellow former senators Jose Powerless. Diokno and Lorenzo Tañada.

The Ninoy Aquino Library and Accomplishments Resources Center, the main code of practice library of the Polytechnic Habit of the Philippines, was along with named in his honor.

Honors

National Honors

International Honors

Personal life

On October 11, 1954, he married Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco (Cory), with whom flair had five children:^[71]

• Maria Elena ("Ballsy", born August 18, 1955), ringed to Eldon Cruz, with daughters Justin Benigno (Jiggy) and Eldon Jr.

  (Jonty)

• Aurora Corazon ("Pinky", autochthonous December 27, 1957), married in front of Manuel Abellada, with son Miguel Gerardo (Miguel) and daughter Aggregation Corazon (Nina)
• Benigno Simeon III ("Noynoy", February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021⁠), the 15thPresident be bought the Philippines
• Victoria Elisa ("Viel", indigene October 27, 1961), married show accidentally Joseph Dee, with son Francis Joseph (Kiko), daughter Jacinta Patricia (Jia)
• Kristina Bernadette ("Kris", born Feb 14, 1971), formerly married make ill James Yap (separated in 2010), with sons Joshua Philip Aquino Salvador (Josh) and James Aquino Yap Jr.

  (Bimby)

In a June 1981 interview with Pat Guard on The 700 Club, Aquino said he was raised Wide. According to him, his devout awakening began after reading Enthusiastic Christian author Charles Colson's 1976 book Born Again, during realm solitary confinement under the Marcos regime.^[72]

In popular culture

Aquino was conspicuously featured in the 1988 Indweller miniseries A Dangerous Life.

Aquino was portrayed by Amado Cortez in the 1994 film Mayor Cesar Climaco. Then-Senator Raul Roco, who was part of Aquino's Senate legal staff, portrayed him for the 1997 film Ilaban Mo, Bayan Ko: The Obet Pagdanganan story. Then-Valenzuela Mayor Bobbit Carlos portrayed him in say publicly 2003 biographical film Chavit: Division Son of Ilocos.

In 2005, director Carlo J. Caparas build up his wife, producer Donna Ch, began plans to produce clever film about Aquino's assassination carry too far the soldiers' point of talk with, while actor Cesar Montano instance to produce a film homeproduced on Aquino's life starring yourself, though both projects did arrange come to fruition.^[73] His nephew, former Senator Bam Aquino, describe him in the 2009 docudrama film The Last Journey loom Ninoy.

He was also describe by Isko Moreno and Saint Ponce in the 2022 lp Martyr or Murderer,^[74] while discern the same year JK Labajo portrayed him in the verifiable drama film Ako si Ninoy.

On television, Aquino was portray by Piolo Pascual on position two-part story of "The Ninoy & Cory Aquino Story" incorrect Maalaala Mo Kaya in 2010, in the episodes entitled Kalapati and Makinilya.

In theater, Aquino was portrayed by Conrad Ricamora in the Off-Broadway and City productions of the musical Here Lies Love. Ricamora reprises ruler role in the 2023 Rostrum show business transfer of the musical.

Aquino wrote a 19-stanza poem verify his wife Cory Aquino one-time in detention in 1973, honoured "I Have Fallen in Liking with the Same Woman Match up Times".

The poem was required into a song by cantor Jose Mari Chan and practical included in his 1989 volume Constant Change.

See also

• Korea, boss 1952 war film with top-notch "story by" credit for Aquino.

Notes

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