Title is self-explanatory.

1. Diosdad
o
Macapag
al
9th President of the
republic Of the
philippines

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Plac
e
Of
Orig
in
Highest
Educatio
nal
Attainme
nt
And
Other
relevant
info
Highligh
ts
Of
his
preside
ncy
Major
Problem
s
And/or
Issues
encounte
red
During
His
administ
ration
Ran
dom
Sh*t
Abo
ut
him

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Pl
ace
Of
Ori
gin
• Diosdado macapagal was
born on september 28, 1910
in lubao, pampanga to a
local pampangan poet (his
father) and a
schoolteacher who teaches
catechism (His Mother)
• He grew up in a poor
roman catholic
family, being the
second of four
children

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Highest
Educati
onal
Attainm
ent
And
Other
relevan
t
info
• He finished his pre-law
course at the university of
the philippines• He then enrolled at the philippine
law school, although he was forced
to quit schooling after two years• He raised enough money to continue
his studies at the University of
Santo Tomas
• After receiving his Bachelor
of Laws degree in 1936, he was
admitted to the bar, topping
the 1936 bar examination with a
score of 89.95%
• He later went on to
earn a master of laws
degree, a doctor of
civil law degree, and a
ph.d in economics

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Highlig
hts
Of
His
presid
ency
• In the 1961 presidential
election, Macapagal ran against carlos
p. Garcia's re-election bid (he was
garcia’s vice president at that time)
• He defeated the incumbent president
with a 55% to 45% margin• He was 51 years old at the time of his
inauguration• During his time as the president of the
republic of the philippines, he was able
to:
> establish the very first philippine
land reform law
> place the philippine peso on the
currency exchange market
> declare june 12, 1898 as the
philippines’ Independence Day
> sign and enact the

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Major
Problem
s
And/or
Issues
encounte
red
During
his
term
• In spite of his outstanding achievements,
diosdado’s term as president was still
marred by numerous problems and/or issues,
namely:
1. Low living standards of the masses
2. Lack of economic stability
3. Widespread Unemployment
4. Devaluation of the Philippine Peso
5. Foreigners could now buy and control
more local businesses easily because
of the exchange rate (They became
richer than most filipinos)
6. Graft and Corruption (e.g. the
Stonehill controversy)
7. rise in prices of
consumer goods

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Rand
om
Trivi
a
• He is labeled as:
> “the poor boy
from lubao”
> “champion of the
common man”
> “the incorruptible”
• He is a distant
descendant of
Don Juan
Macapagal, a
prince of
Tondo, who was
a great-
grandson of the