Educational Attainment

• Engineering — Mapua Institute of
  Technology

Professional/Public Service Record

• President of the Philippines — 1998-
  2001
• Vice President of the Philippines — 1992-1998
• Senator — 1987-1992
• Mayor of San Juan — 1969-1986

Significant Achievements

• In 1972, he was selected as one of the Ten
  Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) in Public
  Administration by the Philippine Jaycees.
• He established the Movie Workers Welfare
  Foundation (MOWELFUND), Inc. which has
  now become a robust organization that
  provides industry workers with financial and
  professional assistance.
• As a senator, he was one of the so-called
  “Magnificent 12” who voted to terminate
  the RP-US Military Bases Agreement in
  1991 leading to the withdrawal of American
  servicemen from the Clark Air Base in
  Pampanga and the Subic Naval Base in
  Zambales.
• In 1989, the Free Press cited him as one
  of the Three Outstanding Senators of the
  Year.

Major Positions on Development and Reform
Agenda and Other Major Advocacies

• On March 21, 2000, President Joseph
  Estrada declared an “all-out-war” against
  the MILF. During the war, the Catholic
  Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines
  (CBCP) asked Estrada to have a cease-fire
  with MILF, but Estrada opposed the idea
  arguing that a cease-fire would cause more
  terrorist attacks. For the next three months
  of the war, Camp Abubakar, headquarters
  of the MILF, fell along with 13 other major
  camps and 43 minor camps. The MILF later
  declared a jihad on the government. On
  July 10 of the same year, the President went
  to Mindanao and raised the Philippine flag
  symbolizing victory. After the war Estrada
  said, “... will speed up government efforts
  to bring genuine and lasting peace and
  development in Mindanao.”
• As President, he ordered the removal of
  all sovereign guarantees on contracts for
  public projects which would require the
  people to assume the financial losses of
  private companies doing business with the
  government.
• Under the Estrada administration,
  agriculture received greater priority, while
  the national government likewise took
  steps to bring down the cost of medicine.
• Mr. Estrada’s administration has been
  criticized for its slow pace of land
  distribution under CARP and for its actions
  on the coconut levy funds that favored his
  ally Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco.
• He was charged with and convicted of
  plunder, but was quickly pardoned by
  President Arroyo in 2006.

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