Imelda Marcos
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Imelda Romualdez Marcos is a Filipino politician who was First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power after her husband Ferdinand Marcos placed the country und
Marcos in c. 1973
Imelda's father, Vicente Orestes Romuáldez
Imelda Marcos in 1953
Imelda Marcos with President Ferdinand Marcos and family during the 1965 inauguration
Ferdinand Marcos
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Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. was a Filipino lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. From 1972 to 1981, Marcos ruled the Philip
Imelda Marcos
…July 2, 1929) is a Filipino politician who was First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power after her husband Ferdinand Marcos placed the country under martial law in September 1972. She is the mother of current president Bongbong Marcos. During her husband's 21-year rule…
Marcos in 1982
Marcos (pictured here with Lady Bird Johnson, his wife Imelda, and Lyndon B. Johnson) maintained strong relations with the United States during the Cold War.
September 24, 1972, issue of the Sunday edition of the Philippine Daily Express
Marcos on a visit to the United States in 1982