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Jun 7, 2024 · Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Filipino politician who was president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010. She brought an unprecedented academic and administrative background to the Philippines presidency, but her tenure was plagued by political unrest.
Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo (Tagalog: [ˈɡloɾja makapaˈɡal ʔaˈɾojo]; born April 5, 1947), often referred to by her initials PGMA and GMA, is a Filipino academic and politician who previously served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010.
Dec 11, 2023 · Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was the 14th president of the Philippines (and second female president). The Oakwood Mutiny occurred during her term. Arroyo oversaw road and infrastructure improvements and higher economic growth than presidents before her, but there was also controversy.
GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO. 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.
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.”
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo supported the Framework Plan for Women, which aimed to promote women’s economic empowerment, protect women’s human rights, and encourage and strengthen gender-responsive governance.
The presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, also known as the Arroyo administration, spanned nine years from January 20, 2001, to June 30, 2010. She served the remainder of her predecessor Joseph Estrada 's term after he was deposed, and she was elected to a full second term in 2004 which ended in 2010.
Jun 8, 2018 · Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. 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.
On May 11, 1998, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ran for the position of the Vice President and she won overwhelmingly over the other vice presidential candidates, then appointed as secretary of Social Welfare and Department.
Apr 7, 2010 · President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has dominated Philippine politics this entire decade, first in January 2001 as a vice president who succeeded President Joseph Estrada on the heels of a “people power” protest (triggered by the suspension of the impeachment trial of President Estrada) – a succession that was confirmed by the Supreme Court.
