Former First Lady and Leyte Representative Imelda Romualdez Marcos was born on July 2, 1929, in Manila. She married former President Ferdinand Marcos in 1954. He was then a member of the House of Representatives.

When her husband became president in 1965, Marcos took an active role in political life. The Marcoses were said to have used their power to amass private wealth, siphoning foreign aid, loans, and the profits of domestic companies into private bank accounts. Mrs. Marcos faces several corruption-related cases before Philippine courts.

In the 1986 elections, a popular uprising forced the Marcoses into exile and put Corazon Aquino in power. In 1992, Mrs. Marcos returned to the Philippines and campaigned for the presidency; however, she received only a small percentage of the votes cast. In 1995 Marcos won election to the House of Representatives representing the first district in her home province of Leyte.

Mrs. Marcos has three children: Maria Imelda "Imee" R.
Marcos, Ferdinand "Bongbong"R. Marcos Jr. and Mrs. Irene Marcos-Araneta.

 

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