In which year was Ferdinand Marcos first elected as President of the Philippines?
First term of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos economy brought about the social unrest which motivated the proclamation of Martial Law in 1972. The 1969 elections were held on 11 November, and Marcos won an unprecedented second full term as President of the Philippines. His running mate, incumbent Vice President Fernando Lopez was also elected to a third full term as Vice President of the Philippines. First term of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Marcos was inaugurated to his first term as the Tenth President of the Philippines on 30 December 1965. His inauguration marked the beginning of his two-decade long stay in power, even though the
Second term of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Second term of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Marcos' second term as President of the Philippines began on December 30, 1969, as a result of his winning the 1969 Philippine presidential election nearly two months earlier on November 11, 1969. Marcos was the first and last president of the Third Philippine Republic to win a second full term. The end of Marcos' second term was supposed to be in December 1973, which would also have been the end of his presidency because the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines allowed him to have only two four-year terms. However, Marcos issued