
Diosdado Macapagal facts for kids
His Excellency
Diosdado Macapagal
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![]() Diosdado Macapagal in 1962
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9th President of the Philippines | |
In office December 30, 1961 – December 30, 1965 |
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Vice President | Emmanuel Pelaez |
Preceded by | Carlos P. García |
Succeeded by | Ferdinand Marcos |
5th Vice-President of the Philippines | |
In office December 30, 1957 – December 30, 1961 |
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President | Carlos P. García |
Preceded by | Carlos P. García |
Succeeded by | Emmanuel Pelaez |
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Born |
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal
September 28, 1910 Lubao, Pampanga, Philippine Islands |
Died | April 21, 1997 Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines |
(aged 86)
Resting place | 14°31′11″N 121°2′39″E / 14.51972°N 121.04417°E |
Nationality | Filipino |
Political party | Liberal Party |
Alma mater | University of the Philippines University of Santo Tomas |
Profession | Lawyer Professor |
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Diosdado Pangan Macapagal was the ninth President of the Philippines. He is known for changing the country's Independence Day from July 4 to June 12. June 12 is the day President Emilio Aguinaldo declared independence of the First Philippine Republic from the Spanish Empire in 1898.
He is the father of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who was the fourteenth President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010.
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