Presidency of Benigno Aquino III

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Political positions Early Life Family Death and funeral of Corazon Aquino Philippine presidential election, 2010 Aquino-Binay Campaign, 2010 Transition President of the Philippines Policies Foreign Policy International trips 2012 Scarborough Shoal standoff Philippines v. China arbitration case Inauguration Presidency CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion Moro Conflict 2010 Manila hostage crisis Impeachment of Merceditas Gutierrez and Renato Corona Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro K-12 Program Pork barrel scam and Million People March Zamboanga City crisis Haiyan (Yolanda) Mamasapano clash 2015 Lumad massacre Bullet planting scandal Senator of the Philippines Philippine Senator Member of the House of Representatives from Tarlac's 2nd district Philippine House of Representatives election (1998)

President of the Philippines

Policies

Senator of the Philippines

Member of the House of Representatives from Tarlac's 2nd district

The Presidency of Benigno S. Aquino III, also known as Benigno Aquino III Administration, began at noon on June 30, 2010, when he became the fifteenth President of the Philippines, succeeding Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Aquino is the third-youngest person to be elected president, and the fourth-youngest president after Emilio Aguinaldo, Ramon Magsaysay and Ferdinand Marcos. Aquino is the first president to be a bachelor, being unmarried and having no children. Aquino is the second president not to drink alcoholic beverages; the first president not to drink alcohol was Emilio Aguinaldo. Aquino is the eighth president to be a smoker. Aquino is the first graduate of Ateneo de Manila University to become president. Aquino is the third president who will only hold office in Malacañan Palace, but not be a resident, following Corazon Aquino and Fidel V. Ramos. Aquino is the first president to make Bahay Pangarap his official residence. Aquino is the third president to use his second given name, Simeon, as his middle initial, as Manuel L. Quezon and José P. Laurel did. Aquino is the second president to be a child of a former president, his mother was former President Corazon Aquino; the first president to be a child of a former president was President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who is the daughter of former President Diosdado Macapagal.

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