March 10, 2016(2016-03-10) (aged 95) Quezon City, Philippines
Nationality
Filipino
Political party
Liberal (1961-2016)
Spouse
Lydia Busuego
(m. 1948; died 2010)
Children
5
Alma mater
University of the Philippines Diliman (LL.B) Harvard University (LL.M) Yale University (SJD)
Profession
Politician, lawyer
Jovito Reyes Salonga, KGCR (Tagalog pronunciation:[hoˈvitosɐˈlɔŋga]; June 22, 1920 – March 10, 2016) also called "Ka Jovy," was a Filipino politician and lawyer, as well as a leading opposition leader during the regime of Ferdinand Marcos from the declaration of martial law in 1972 until the People Power Revolution in 1986, which removed Marcos from power. Salonga was the 14th president of the Senate of the Philippines, serving from 1987 to 1992.
^Original Term until December 30, 1977; cut short pursuant to the Declaration of Martial Law on September 23, 1972.
Jovito Reyes Salonga, KGCR (Tagalog pronunciation: [hoˈvito sɐˈlɔŋga]; June 22, 1920 – March 10, 2016) also called "Ka Jovy," was a Filipino politician...
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probably came closer to $13 billion.: "27" The PCGG's first chairperson, JovitoSalonga later said that he estimated the figure of US$5 billion–10 billion,...
that record. He worked in the notable Salonga, Ordoñez, Yap & Associates Law Offices, named after JovitoSalonga and Justice Secretary Sedfrey Ordoñez...
president of the Philippines. Aquino, together with Gerardo Roxas and JovitoSalonga, helped form the leadership of the opposition towards then President...
institution include former Senate presidents Neptali Gonzales and Senator JovitoSalonga, former Senator Rene Saguisag, Maestro Lucio San Pedro, and National...
for Palawan and future senator Ramon V. Mitra Jr., incumbent Senator JovitoSalonga, Senator Eddie Ilarde, Senator Eva Estrada-Kalaw, Liberal Party president...
political opponents and critics. Among those arrested were Senate President JovitoSalonga, and the leaders Senator Jose W. Diokno and Senator Benigno Aquino Jr...
advocate who was an early critic of Marcos' policies was opposition figure JovitoSalonga, a Pasig native who was elected representative of Rizal in 1961. When...
presidential candidates Fidel V. Ramos, Miriam Defensor-Santiago, and JovitoSalonga, moderated by Dong Puno and broadcast live on GMA Network. Estrada,...
Opposition figures of the time (such as Lorenzo Tañada, Jose W. Diokno, and JovitoSalonga) accused Marcos of exaggerating these threats and using them as an excuse...
" while some authors such as Belinda Aquino and Philippine Senator JovitoSalonga more bluntly refer to it as the "Marcos Plunder". Legally, the Philippine...
who explicitly adopted progressive positions. The coalition nominated JovitoSalonga of the Liberal Party for president, and PDP–Laban founder Aquilino Pimentel...
Assemblyman Ramon Mitra, the UNIDO, the Liberal Party headed by Senator JovitoSalonga, the National Union of Christian Democrats headed by Raul Manglapus...
Party's candidates and almost took the lives of John Henry Osmeña and JovitoSalonga. Their terms as senators were cut short as a result of the declaration...
People Power Revolution. The law was filed in the Senate by Senator JovitoSalonga and in the House of Representatives by Representative Lorna Verano-Yap...
campaign led to opposition figures such as Senator Lorenzo Tañada, Senator JovitoSalonga, and Senator Jose W. Diokno to accuse Marcos of wanting to stay in power...
Chaves and Senator JovitoSalonga. Chaves laid the blame upon Salonga, Solicitor-General Sedfrey Ordoñez and the Swiss bank lawyers. Salonga countered that...
exams. Diokno Sr., who tied for Number One with former Senate President JovitoSalonga in the 1945 Bar Exams, would have graduated from the University of Santo...
was awarded the Medal of Freedom in 1951. Former Philippine senator JovitoSalonga was imprisoned by the Kempetai in April 1942, during the onset of the...
valor." Former Senator JovitoSalonga also noted the sacrifices made by the honorees. In his address to the audience, Salonga said, "We promise their...
Field beginning in the fall of 1947 and continuing through July 1948. Salonga, Jovito (1991). "No!". Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies...
building. Its theater hosted the funeral of former Senate President JovitoSalonga in 2016. The Senate, which meets in a separate place from the House...
the Philippines, it was formally launched by Dr. JovitoSalonga himself on August 26, 2006. The Salonga Center focuses on three main areas of endeavor namely:...
from 1947 to 1972. Dubbed "The Grand Old Man of Philippine Politics". JovitoSalonga – former Senate President, Marcos-era opposition leader, former Chairman...
2013 Succeeded by Joseph Estrada Party political offices Preceded by JovitoSalonga Liberal Party nominee for President of the Philippines 1998 Vacant Title...
from the original on September 11, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2022. Jovito, Salonga (2000). Presidential plunder: the quest for the Marcos ill-gotten wealth...
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