12 Facts About Butz Aquino

Agapito "Butz" Aquino was a Senator of the Philippines from 1987 to 1995, congressman from Makati and a part-time film and television actor.

Butz Aquino was born to former senator Benigno S Aquino Sr.

Butz Aquino was the brother of former senators Benigno S Aquino Jr.

In 2024, Butz Aquino was honored by having his name inscribed at the wall of remembrance of the Philippines' Bantayog ng mga Bayani memorial, which honors the martyrs and heroes who fought against the Martial Law regime of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

Butz Aquino started out as an entrepreneur and was the President of Mofire Fiberglass Inc from the 1970s until the 1980s.

Butz Aquino was said to be cynical about politics and believed that it was a "ballgame of the rich".

Butz Aquino started participating in politics when his brother Ninoy, was assassinated on August 21,1983, at Manila International Airport.

Butz Aquino then became part of the House of Representatives when he was elected as the first representative of the 2nd District of Makati in 1998.

Butz Aquino continued to be as a representative until his third term ended in 2007.

In 2010, he said in an interview with The Philippine Star that he had plans in returning to the Senate but after learning that his nephew, Benigno Butz Aquino III, was one of the Liberal Party's candidate for president, he backed out and supported his nephew.

Butz Aquino was known for being an advocate of small farmers and of cooperative principles as he legislated the notable Magna Carta for Small Farmers, Seed Act, and the Cooperative Code of the Philippines.

Butz Aquino died on August 17,2015, while confined at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center, citing "natural causes", according to his nephew, Senator Bam Butz Aquino.