Bongbong Marcos | |
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17th President of the Philippines | |
Assumed office June 30, 2022 | |
Vice President | Sara Duterte |
Preceded by | Rodrigo Duterte |
Secretary of Agriculture | |
In office June 30, 2022 – November 3, 2023 | |
President | Himself |
Preceded by | William Dar |
Succeeded by | Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. |
Senator of the Philippines | |
In office June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2016 | |
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Ilocos Norte's 2nd district | |
In office June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2010 | |
Preceded by | Imee Marcos |
Succeeded by | Imelda Marcos |
In office June 30, 1992 – June 30, 1995 | |
Preceded by | Mariano Nalupta Jr. |
Succeeded by | Simeon Valdez |
Governor of Ilocos Norte | |
In office June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2007 | |
Preceded by | Rodolfo Fariñas |
Succeeded by | Michael Marcos Keon |
In office March 23, 1983 – February 25, 1986 | |
Preceded by | Elizabeth Keon |
Succeeded by | Castor Raval (OIC) |
Vice Governor of Ilocos Norte | |
In office June 30, 1980 – March 23, 1983 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. September 13, 1957 San Juan, Metro Manila Philippines |
Political party | PFP (2021–present) Nacionalista (2009–2021) Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (1980–2009) |
Spouse(s) | [1] |
Children | 3, including Sandro Marcos |
Parents | Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Imelda Marcos |
Relatives | Marcos family |
Residence | Batac, Ilocos Norte |
Alma mater | St Edmund Hall, Oxford (special diploma) Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania (did not graduate) |
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Website | www |
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr.[2][3] (born September 13, 1957) is a Filipino politician who is the President of the Philippines since 2022. He was a senator from 2010 to 2016. He is the second child and only son of the president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos.
Marcos was also a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1992 until 1995 and again from 2007 until 2010. He also was the Governor of Ilocos Norte from 1983 until 1986 and from 1998 until 2007.
In October 2021, Marcos announced his candidacy for President of the Philippines in the 2022 election.[4] He won the election in May 2022 in a landslide victory.[5][6]
Rep. Ferdinand (Bongbong) Marcos II wed his fiancee, Louise 'Lisa' Araneta Saturday [April 17] at the Church of St. Francis in Siesole [sic], Italy.