Diosdado Macapagal

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Diosdado Macapagal was a Filipino lawyer, politician, and the ninth president of the Philippines, known for his economic reforms and for moving the country's Independence Day to June 12.

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Diosdado Macapagal canonical 4
Macapagal 2
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Filipino politician
human
lawyer
birthDate 1910-09-28
birthPlace Lubao, Pampanga, Philippine Islands
burialPlace Libingan ng mga Bayani
causeOfDeath heart failure
changedNationalHoliday Philippine Independence Day from July 4 to June 12
child Evangelina Macaraeg
surface form: Cielo Macapagal-Salgado

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
countryOfCitizenship Philippines
deathDate 1997-04-21
education University of Santo Tomas
University of the Philippines
era 20th-century Philippine politics
familyName Diosdado Macapagal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Macapagal
fullName Diosdado Macapagal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Diosdado Pangan Macapagal
givenName Diosdado
honorificPrefix His Excellency
implementedPolicy decontrol program for foreign exchange
land reform measures
knownFor economic reforms in the Philippines
moving Philippine Independence Day to June 12
legislativeBody House of Representatives of the Philippines
memberOf Philippine Bar
notableWork autobiography "Macapagal: The Incorruptible"
occupation lawyer
politician
officeEnd 1965-12-30
officeStart 1961-12-30
parentOfPresident Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
placeOfDeath Makati
surface form: Makati, Philippines
politicalParty Liberal Party of the Philippines
surface form: Liberal Party (Philippines)
positionHeld Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
President of the Philippines
Vice President of the Philippines
precededBy Carlos P. Garcia
presidentialOrder 9
profession attorney
religion Roman Catholicism
representedDistrict 1st District of Pampanga
servedUnder Carlos P. Garcia
surface form: President Carlos P. Garcia
spouse Evangelina Macaraeg
Purita de la Rosa
succeededBy Ferdinand Marcos
termEndAsVicePresident 1961-12-30
termStartAsVicePresident 1957-12-30
vicePresident Emmanuel Pelaez

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State funeral of John F. Kennedy attendedBy Diosdado Macapagal
this entity surface form: President Diosdado Macapagal
Carlos P. Garcia succeededBy Diosdado Macapagal
Ferdinand Marcos precededBy Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Macapagal fullName Diosdado Macapagal self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Diosdado Pangan Macapagal
Diosdado Macapagal familyName Diosdado Macapagal self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Macapagal
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo familyName Diosdado Macapagal
this entity surface form: Macapagal
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo father Diosdado Macapagal