Ninoy Aquino
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Benigno Simeón "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., was a Filipino politician and journalist who served as a senator of the Philippines and governor of the province of Tarlac. Aquino was the husband of Corazon Aquino,
Aquino, c. 1980s
Confernment of the Philippine Legion of Honor (rank of Pinuno) to Benigno Aquino Jr. (right) by then-Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay in August 1951
Undated photo of President Ferdinand Marcos meeting Aquino
The room where Aquino was detained from August 1973 to 1980
Benigno Aquino Sr.
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Benigno Simeón Aquino y Quiambao was a Filipino politician who served as speaker of the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored puppet state in the Philippines from 1943 to 1944. He was the Direct
Ninoy Aquino
…Motu Proprio human rights violations victim of the Martial Law era. Benigno Simeón Aquino Jr. was born in Concepcion, Tarlac on November 27, 1932, to Benigno Aquino Sr., who was then a senator from the 3rd district and Senate majority leader, and Aurora (née Aquino) Aquino from a prosperous family of hacienderos, the…
Aquino Sr. in 1941
Aquino in 1936
Aquino (left) with Jose P. Laurel (right) and Jorge B. Vargas (center)
Aquino (center) with Jose P. Laurel (2nd from left) and Jose Laurel III (2nd from right) in 1945.