1998 Philippine presidential election
The 1998 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on May 11, 1998. In the presidential election, Vice President Joseph Estrada won a six-year term as President by a landslide victory. In the vice-presidential race, Senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo won a six-year term as Vice President, also by a landslide victory. This was the third election where both the president and vice president came from different parties.
Image: Joseph Estrada Landscape Portrait
Image: President Rodrigo Duterte with former House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and Gina de Venecia
Image: Raul Sagarbarria Roco
Image: Lito Osmena
Joseph Ejercito Estrada, also known by the nickname Erap, is a Filipino politician and former actor. He served as the 13th President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, the 9th Vice President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998, and the 26th Mayor of the City of Manila, the country's capital, from 2013 to 2019. In 2001, he became the first Chief Executive in Asia to be formally impeached and resigned from power. At the age of 87, he is currently the oldest living former Philippine President.
Estrada at the Pentagon in 2000
Estrada in 2012.
Estrada (center, back row) with members of the 10th City Council of Manila on July 13, 2016
Then-mayor-elect Isko Moreno (second from left) paying a courtesy visit to then outgoing mayor Joseph Estrada (second from right) weeks after defeating the latter in the 2019 local elections