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Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr.〔Leonard, Thomas M. (2006). (''Encyclopedia of the developing world, Volume 1'' ).〕〔Lentz, Harris M. (1988). (''Assassinations and executions: an encyclopedia of political violence, 1865–1986'' ).〕〔("Benigno Simeon Aquino, Jr." ). ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.〕〔Jessup, John E. (1998). (''An encyclopedic dictionary of conflict and conflict resolution, 1945–1996 ).〕 (November 27, 1932 – August 21, 1983) was a Filipino Senator (1967–1972) and a former Governor of Tarlac. Aquino, together with Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga, formed the leadership of the opposition to the government of President Ferdinand Marcos. Shortly after the imposition of martial law, he was arrested in 1972 along with other dissidents and incarcerated for seven years. In 1980 Aquino was permitted to travel to the United States for medical treatment following a heart attack. He was assassinated at the Manila International Airport in 1983 upon returning from his self-imposed exile. His death catapulted his widow, Corazon Aquino, into the political limelight, and prompted her to run for president as member of the UNIDO party in the 1986 snap elections. Among other public structures, Manila International Airport has since been renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honour, and the anniversary of his death is a national holiday. ==Early life== Benigno Simeón Aquino y Aquino was born in Concepcion, Tarlac, on November 27, 1932, to a prosperous family of ''hacenderos'', original owners of Hacienda Maling, Hacienda Sawang and Hacienda Murcia. His grandfather, Servillano Aquino, was a general in the revolutionary army of Emilio Aguinaldo, the first officially recognised President of the Philippines . His father, Benigno Aquino, Sr. (1894–1947) was the Speaker of the House of Representatives during the Japanese collaborationist government of José P. Laurel during the Second World War. His father was one of two politicians representing Tarlac during his lifetime, the other being José Cojuangco, father of his future wife. His mother, ''Doña'' Aurora Aquino, was also his father's third cousin. His father died while Ninoy was in his teens prior to coming to trial on treason charges resulting from his collaboration with the Japanese during the latter's occupation of the country. Aquino was educated in different prominent schools—he finished his grade school education at Saint Joseph's College of Quezon City and high school education at San Beda College. Aquino took his tertiary education at Ateneo de Manila to obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree, but he interrupted his studies.〔Soliven, Maximo V. (August 26, 2008). ("Ninoy: In the Eye of Memory" ).〕 According to one of his biographies, he considered himself to be an average student; his grade was not in the line of 90s nor did it fall into the 70s. At age 17, he was the youngest war correspondent to cover the Korean War for ''The Manila Times'' of ''Don'' Joaquín "Chino" Roces. Because of his journalistic feats, he received the Philippine Legion of Honor award from President Elpidio Quirino at age 18. At 21, he became a close adviser to then Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay. Aquino took up law at the University of the Philippines, where he became a member of Upsilon Sigma Phi, the same fraternity as Ferdinand Marcos. He interrupted his studies again however to pursue a career in journalism. According to Máximo Soliven, Aquino "later 'explained' that he had decided to go to as many schools as possible, so that he could make as many new friends as possible."〔 In early 1954, he was appointed by President Ramon Magsaysay, his wedding sponsor to his 1953 wedding at the Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Pasay with Corazon Cojuangco, to act as personal emissary to Luis Taruc, leader of the Hukbalahap rebel group. After four months of negotiations, he was credited for Taruc's unconditional surrender and was given a second Philippine Legion of Honor award with the degree of Commander on October 14, 1954.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://tumblr.malacanang.gov.ph/post/30023940935/on-october-14-1954-for-successfully-bringing )〕 He became mayor of Concepcion in 1955 at the age of 22. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benigno Aquino, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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