Benigno Aquino III
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Benigno Simeon Aquino III, also known as Noynoy Aquino and colloquially as PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. The son of assassinated politician Benigno Aquino Jr. and 11th President of the Philippines Corazon Aquino, he was a fourth-generation politician as part of the Aquino family of Tarlac.
Aquino takes the oath of office as the 15th president of the Philippines before Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales at the Quirino Grandstand on June 30, 2010.
President Aquino at work
Aquino with US President Barack Obama and Vietnamese President Nguyễn Minh Triết at a working lunch with leaders of the ASEAN around the United Nations General Assembly Meeting in New York City in 2010.
Ninoy Aquino
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Benigno "Ninoy" Simeon Aquino Jr., was a Filipino politician who served as a senator of the Philippines (1967–1972) and governor of the province of Tarlac. Aquino was the husband of Corazon Aquino, who became the 11th president of the Philippines after his assassination, and father of Benigno Aquino III, who became the 15th president of the Philippines. Aquino, together with Gerardo Roxas and Jovito Salonga, helped form the leadership of the opposition towards then President Ferdinand Marcos. He was the significant leader who together with the intellectual leader Sen. Jose W. Diokno led the overall opposition.
Benigno Aquino Jr. (right) with President Ramon Magsaysay in August 1951
Undated photo of President Ferdinand Marcos meeting Aquino
Aquino's statue at the Aquino-Diokno Memorial and AFP Center for Human Rights Dialogue in Fort Magsaysay, Laur, Nueva Ecija