Deaths
Published: 01:07 AM, 01 August 2018
Corazon C. Aquino
Born as Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Coju-angco ,"Cory" was a Filipina politician who served as the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office.
She is widely accredited as the Mother of Asian Democracy. The first female president in the Philippines, Aquino was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled the 21-year rule of President Ferdinand Marcos. She was named Time magazine's "Woman of the Year" in 1986.
Prior to this, she had not held any other elective office. She is the leader of the world's most successful non-violent and bloodless peace revolution against a dictatorial regime.
In recognition for her role in the world's most peaceful revolution to attain democracy, she was awarded the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1998. In 2008, Aquino was diagnosed with colorectal cancer and died on August 1, 2009.
