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The presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, also known as the Arroyo administration, spanned nine years from January 20, 2001, to June 30, 2010.
Jun 7, 2024 · Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (born April 5, 1947, San Juan, Philippines) is a Filipino politician who was president of the Philippines (2001–10). Arroyo’s father, Diosdado P. Macapagal, was president of the Philippines from 1961 to 1965.
She is the longest-serving president since Ferdinand Marcos. Before her presidency, she was the 10th vice president of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001 under President Joseph Estrada, becoming the first female vice president. She was also a senator from 1992 to 1998.
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo succeeded Estrada as president. The daughter of Diosdado Macapagal, the president of the Philippines in the early 1960s, she was Estrada’s vice president and became president after he was ousted in 2001.
Jun 8, 2018 · Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born 1947) assumed presidency of the Philippines in 2001, after a corruption scandal forced her predecessor, Joseph Estrada, from the post. Her move into Malacanang Palace, the presidential residence, served as a homecoming.
Mar 14, 2024 · Gloria Macapagal Arroyo served as the 14th President of the Philippines. Her presidency lasted from January 20, 2001, to June 30, 2010. Arroyo’s presidency was marked by economic policies, controversies, and legal battles .
Mar 23, 2022 · Twenty months into her presidency in 2002, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the second female president of the country after Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino, was facing difficult times which she said “try men’s souls and tax a woman’s patience.”
In 1998, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo decided to run for the presidency but instead chose to contest the election for the Vice President and was elected as the first female Vice President of Philippines. Concurrently, she held the cabinet position of Secretary of Social Welfare and Development.
She was elected as a senator in 1992 and as Vice-President in 1998, defeating the candidate of Joseph Estrada, who won the presidential election. In 2001 Estrada was ousted by street protests and a loss of support from the army, and Macapagal Arroyo became president.
Feb 24, 2006 · Gloria Macapagal Arroyo came to power in the Philippines after a popular revolt against her predecessor, Joseph Estrada. When she took office in January 2001, it was hoped she could help...
