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1917-1989. Filipino right-wing politician,
president from 1965 to 1986, when he was
forced into exile in Hawaii. He was backed by
the USA when in power, but in 1988 US
authorities indicted him and his wife Imelda
Marcos (1931-) for racketeering,
embezzlement, and defrauding US banks; she
was acquitted after his death. Marcos was
convicted while a law student 1939 of
murdering a political opponent of his father,
but eventually secured his own acquittal. In
World War II he was a guerrilla fighter,
survived the Japanese prison camps, and
became president 1965. His regime became
increasingly repressive, with secret
pro-Marcos groups terrorizing and executing
his opponents. He was overthrown and exiled
1986 by a popular front led by Corazon
Aquino, widow of a murdered opposition
leader. A US grand jury investigating Marcos
and his wife alleged that they had embezzled
over $100 million from the government of the
Philippines, received bribes, and defrauded
US banks. Marcos was too ill to stand trial.