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Imelda Romuáldez Marcos (born July 2, 1929) is a Filipino politician, the widow of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos. She served as First Lady from 1965 to 1986. In 1954, Imelda married Ferdinand Marcos, who would later be elected president in 1965 and declare Martial law in 1972. As first lady, Imelda Marcos held considerable influence during her husband's authoritarian rule and has been called "the other half of the conjugal dictatorship".〔 She is also an extravagant patroness of the arts and culture. The assassination of opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. in 1983 caused mass protests that eventually led to the People Power Revolution. The Marcos family were forced into exile and Aquino's widow, Corazon, was installed into the presidency. After her husband's death, Imelda Marcos returned to the Philippines and was later elected to the House of Representatives as a congresswoman for Leyte in 1995 and for Ilocos Norte in 2010 and 2013. Hundreds of criminal cases were filed against Imelda but she has not served any time in prison. Her family continues to be influential in Philippine politics with her daughter Imee and son Bongbong being able to hold positions in the government. Imelda is also known for her collection of over a thousand pairs of shoes. ==Early Life== Imelda Remedios Visitación Romuáldez was born on July 2, 1929 in Manila, Philippines, to Remedios Trinidad and Vicente Romuáldez, brother of Philippine Supreme Court Associate Justice Norberto Romuáldez. Her paternal ancestors were from a land-owning family in Tolosa, Leyte, descended from Granada, Andalusia, Spain.〔Kerima Polotan, "Imelda Romualdez Marcos, A Biography of the First Lady of the Philippines", The World Publishing Company, Ohio, 1970.〕 She has five other siblings: Benjamin (1930–2012),〔("Kokoy Romualdez, powerful younger brother of Imelda Marcos, dies at 81" ). ''GMA''. February 2012.〕 Alita, Alfredo, Armando, and Concepcion who spent their childhood in San Miguel. After their mother died in 1938, the family moved to Tacloban,〔 where they were raised by her servant Estrella Cumpas.〔Ellison, Katherine. ''Imelda, Steel Butterfly of the Philippines'', McGraw-Hill, New York, 1988. ISBN 0-07-019335-5〕〔Francia, Beatriz. ''Imelda: a Story of the Philippines'', Solar Publishing Corporation, Manila, 1992〕 She claimed to have met Douglas MacArthur when he landed in Tacloban at the end of World War II.〔(FILM CLIPS / Also opening today ). ''San Francisco Gate''. June 11, 2004.〕〔〔('Imelda': Don't Cry for Her ). ''The Washington Post''. July 16, 2004.〕 At the request of her cousin, Daniel, Romuáldez returned in the 1950s to Manila, where she worked in a music store on Escolta street as a singer to attract customers.〔 She took voice lessons at the music conservatory of the University of Santo Tomas.〔 Romuáldez would later join a beauty pageant known as Miss Manila where she placed second but was named the Muse of Manila after contesting the results.〔(Imelda Marcos (Filipino Public Figure) ). ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.〕〔(`I'm a magpie for beauty' ). ''The Chicago Tribune''. November 6, 2006.〕 She briefly dated Benigno Aquino, Jr..〔〔 On May 1, 1954, Romuáldez married Ferdinand Marcos, a Nacionalista Party congressman from Ilocos Norte.〔(Staycation guide: Overnight stay in Quiapo ). ABS-CBN News. January 6, 2014.〕 The marriage resulted in four children: Imee, Bongbong, and Irene, and an adopted girl named Aimee.〔Carmen Navarro Pedrosa. ''The Untold Story of Imelda Marcos'', Manila: Bookmark, 1969, p. 3–4.〕 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「Imelda Marcos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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