Philippine politician who became the country's first woman president in 1986 after the People Power Revolution, a nonviolent uprising that ended the twenty year rule of Ferdinand Marcos. She entered politics only after her husband, opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr., was assassinated in 1983, and ran as the united opposition's candidate when Marcos called a snap election in February 1986 and claimed victory amid widely documented fraud. As president until 1992 she restored democratic institutions and a new constitution while surviving several attempted military coups.
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Aquino was the unified opposition's candidate whose disputed defeat triggered the uprising, and she was installed as president when it succeeded.
Source Corazon Aquino (Britannica)
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1. Corazon Aquino (Wikipedia)
2. Corazon Aquino (Britannica)
Encyclopaedia BritannicaEntity description, gender reference sentence
She entered politics only after her husband, opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr., was assassinated in 1983, and ran as the united opposition's candidate when Marcos called a snap election in February 1986 and claimed victory amid widely documented fraud.
- Led: People Power Revolution
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