https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/lp/07dda69174e80201b895c01d2e40aa86/ https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/07dda69174e80201b895c01d2e40aa86/Phillipine-President-Corazon-Aquino-at-the-University-of-California-in-Berkeley/ Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino (born January 25 1933) widely known as 'Cory Aquino' was President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the first female President of The Philippines. She was Asia's first female President and world-renowned advocate of democracy and peace and, women empowerment and religious piety, Aquino is the widow of the popular opposition senator Benigno Aquino Jr. and when he was assassinated at then Manila International Airport on his return from exile on August 21 1983 she became the focus of the opposition to the autocratic rule of President Ferdinand Marcos UPI UPI https://cdnph.upi.com/pv/upi/07dda69174e80201b895c01d2e40aa86/Maria-Corazon-Sumulong-Cojuangco-Aquino.jpg
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Phillipine President Corazon Aquino at the University of California in Berkeley



Phillipine President Corazon Aquino at the University of California in Berkeley

BERKELEY, CALIF: Corazon Aquino, President of the Republic of the Philippines, spoke at the University of California in Berkeley on September 23, 1986, to a crowd estimated at 8,500. President Aquino is shown after her speech receiving the Berkeley Medal, the highest honor of the campus, from Chancellor Ira Michael Heyman. (UPI Photo/John Green/Files)

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