18 Facts About Ernesto Maceda

Ernesto Maceda served as Senate President from 1996 to 1998.

Ernesto Maceda then finished Master of Laws, taxation and international law, at Harvard Law School, Massachusetts, United States, in 1957.

In 1966, Ernesto Maceda was appointed the Presidential Assistant on Community Development and was the youngest Cabinet Member of the Marcos administration.

In 1972, Ernesto Maceda's bill granting protection to real estate buyers on installment basis was the only bill signed into law before Martial Law was proclaimed.

Ernesto Maceda's term was supposed to have ended on December 30,1977.

Ernesto Maceda went into exile in the United States after breaking with President Marcos over the Martial Law declaration and eventually became the adviser of Senator Benigno Aquino Jr.

Ernesto Maceda served his second term as senator from June 30,1987, to June 30,1992.

In January 1991, a survey organized by Senate reporters regarding the senators' overall performance was released, with Ernesto Maceda receiving the most number of points.

On September 16,1991, Ernesto Maceda was among the "Magnificent 12" senators who voted against the extension of the PH-US Bases Treaty.

On October 10,1996, the Senate was re-organized and Maceda was installed as Senate President succeeding Neptali A Gonzales, Sr.

In February 1998, months before his second and last term as senator ended, Ernesto Maceda ran for mayor of Manila in the 1998 presidential elections, but lost to Lito Atienza.

Ernesto Maceda ran again in the 2013 elections, but lost his bid to return to the Senate.

Ernesto Maceda holds the distinction of being the only Filipino to have held 5 cabinet positions in his lifetime.

Ernesto Maceda wrote a thrice-weekly column for the Philippine Star, entitled "Search for Truth", and hosted his own talk show Mr Expose on the radio station DZRJ-AM.

Ernesto Maceda became estranged from his wife Maria Azucena, popularly known as Marichu Vera-Perez of Sampaguita Pictures fame.

Ernesto Maceda's father-in-law was the great star builder and producer Dr Jose Perez.

Ernesto Maceda died of multiple organ failure at St Luke's Medical Center in Quezon City, Philippines on the night of June 20,2016.

Ernesto Maceda was interred beside his parents at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina on June 25,2016.