1. Imee Marcos previously served as governor of Ilocos Norte from 2010 to 2019 and as the representative of Ilocos Norte's 2nd district from 1998 to 2007.
66 Facts About Imee Marcos
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Imee Marcos is a daughter of 10th Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady Imelda Marcos, and the older sister of the current president, Bongbong Marcos.
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Imee Marcos ran for political office in 1998, and won three terms in the House of Representatives and three terms as governor of Ilocos Norte.
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Imee Marcos was elected to the Senate in the 2019 elections.
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Imee Marcos has been linked to the stolen wealth of her family, identified as a beneficiary of various Marcos offshore holdings as revealed in the Panama Papers and the findings in the court convictions of her mother Imelda Marcos.
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Imee Marcos was born on the morning of November 12,1955 at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Mandaluyong to Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos.
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Imee Marcos has three other siblings: Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
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Imee Marcos turned ten years old the day afterwards her father was elected in 1965.
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Imee Marcos added that it is "not necessarily the most appropriate place to bring up a kid but it was quite nice".
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Under her parents' conjugal dictatorship, Imee Marcos graduated from at least four schools, she graduated as "Cum Laude" and "class valedictorian" in two public occasions.
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Imee Marcos claimed that she graduated as class valedictorian from Santa Catalina Convent in Monterey, California.
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In 1973, Imee Marcos enrolled at Princeton University, where she took a variety of courses in religion and politics though she did not declare an academic major.
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Imee Marcos claimed in numerous venues, including a campaign leaflet and her official website, that she had graduated from Princeton.
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The ABS-CBN News network noted that the video went viral as Imee Marcos opted not to answer the question.
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The ceremony was pushed by her parents, Ferdinand and Imelda Imee Marcos, who ruled the Philippines under their conjugal dictatorship.
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Imee Marcos claimed in her curriculum vitae during her time at the House of Representatives that she graduated with a bachelor's degree from the UP College of Law.
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The yearbook's authenticity was later proven to be false, as Imee Marcos did not appear in any authenticated UP yearbook from 1983.
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Imee Marcos had sounded very confident that she would submit the certificate.
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The Asian Institute of Management refused to provide any public information on whether Imee Marcos was enrolled or had graduated from their school, as Imee Marcos has claimed through her government resume that she earned a "MA Management and Business Administration " from the school.
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Imee Marcos was already 30 when the People Power revolution finally deposed the Marcos administration in 1986.
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Imee Marcos formally held this role until the Batasang Pambansa was dissolved in the aftermath of the 1986 EDSA Revolution, which ousted their family from power.
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Imee Marcos served as co-producer of the films The Boatman, Brutal, and Scorpio Nights, but was not listed as producer or co-producer of other ECP films.
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Some specific things Imee Marcos enjoyed were her own "Marcos Mansions" in Baguio and in the Metro Manila area, and her own purchases of Marcos jewels just like her mother.
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In one instance recounted by British journalist Caroline Kennedy, Imee Marcos effectively used Philippine Airlines flights as a courier for breastmilk when she was traveling in Europe but had left her child in the Philippines.
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For example, when Imee Marcos enrolled in the University of the Philippines, the university broke its own policy of not having airconditioned classrooms and made sure the lecture halls Imee had classes in were equipped with AC.
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From 1975 to 1986, Imee Marcos produced the television shows Kulit Bulilit and Kaluskos Musmos.
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Imee Marcos collaborated as a producer with cartoonists Jose Zabala-Santos and his nephew Nonoy Marcelo to work for the first-ever Philippine full-length animated film titled Tadhana, which originally conceived as a television pilot, premiered on Philippine television during the anniversary of Martial law in 1978.
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Imee Marcos was once a columnist of Manila Bulletin in Manila, publisher of the Filipino Film Review, publisher and editor of the Kabataang Barangay Foundation, Makati, Metro Manila, and special consultant to the chairperson of the board of BBC-2, RPN 9, and IBC 13.
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Imee Marcos's father had appointed her National Chairman of the Kabataang Barangay youth organization.
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When Trajano questioned her about her appointment, Imee Marcos apparently became irritated.
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Imee Marcos's body was found hours later: he had been severely tortured and beaten to death.
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Twelve years after her family's exile, Imee Marcos returned to politics.
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Imee Marcos ran as Congresswoman of the 2nd District of Ilocos Norte and won.
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Imee Marcos was reelected in the 2016 elections, securing a third consecutive and final term.
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Imee Marcos denied the claim saying that she just helped him get votes from the Ilocos Region.
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On January 25,2019, Imee Marcos tweeted that Ilocos Norte's poverty incidence rate lessened under her governorship; however, the very same tweet showed poverty incidence rate actually increased during her rule.
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Imee Marcos has been president and executive producer of Renegade Filmmakers since 1996.
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In 2007, along with some industry luminaries, Imee Marcos established the Creative Media and Film Society of the Philippines.
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Imee Marcos is identified as a "master client" for the M Trust, which was formed in July 1997 and closed July 2009.
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Imee Marcos justified the purchase as a response to the multiple requests of farmers asking for vehicles, although Farinas had pointed out that RA 7171 does not include purchasing vehicles as a means to utilize the excise tax.
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Imee Marcos pointed out that a barangay captain from Laoag City received vehicles, despite the fact that there are no tobacco farms in that area.
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Imee Marcos admitted that the said mini-trucks were bought from a direct contractor, and was not up for public bidding, as was the protocol when government property is procured.
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The Sandiganbayan's 5th Division convicted former Imelda Imee Marcos for creating and maintaining seven private foundations in Switzerland while holding government positions from 1968 to 1986.
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Imee Marcos filed her certificate of candidacy on October 16,2018, accidentally arriving at the same time as human rights advocate Chel Diokno, who was filing his candidacy.
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Imee Marcos did not acknowledge either Chel Diokno or the protest chants of his supporters.
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On November 10,2018, the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan found that she and her siblings benefited from the illegal Swiss foundations that her mother, Imelda Imee Marcos, created and maintained.
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On November 25,2018, Imee Marcos proposed to expand the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program by providing a monthly income to fishermen and farmers.
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However, Princeton deputy university spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss stated that Imee Marcos's claim was false and completely fabricated, as she never graduated from Princeton University.
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Imee Marcos has claimed she graduated from Santa Catalina School as "class valedictorian" for more than four decades.
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On March 21,2019, Santa Catalina School assistant head of school John Aime disproved Imee's claims, stating: 'Imee Marcos attended our school for a brief period in the fall of 1972, she is not a graduate.
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On January 25,2019, Imee Marcos tweeted that Ilocos Norte's poverty incidence rate lessened under her governorship; however, the very same tweet showed poverty incidence rate actually increased during her rule.
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Imee Marcos blamed the Philippines, falsely claiming that Filipinos started the territorial conflicts with China, earning criticism from Filipinos.
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On July 22,2019, Imee Marcos was appointed as chair of the Philippine Senate Cultural Communities Committee.
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Senator Imee Marcos voted in favor of the law, which regulated and legalized POGOs, which are gambling corporations.
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In December 2022, Imee Marcos filed "fruit salad" bills promoting and protecting the Philippine's pineapple, moringa, dragon fruit, and mango industries.
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In June 2023, Imee Marcos filed a Senate resolution seeking to investigate a "request" by the United States government for the Philippines to temporarily house Afghan refugees.
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Imee Marcos maintained the request lacked transparency and said some refugees, who are "supporters of the US and possibly, even former employees of the US government or US companies", pose a threat to public safety and national security.
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In November 2023, Imee Marcos reaffirms her support and loyalty to former president Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte regarding the issue of confidential funds, while stating that the Philippines does not need to cooperate with the International Criminal Court as it will "cause great shame for the Filipinos" citing the courts are working, free and strong.
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Imee Marcos formerly belonged to the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, the political party of her father.
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Prominent examples of statements by Imee Marcos which have received such criticism include her 2016 statement that she was "too young" to have any power during her father's administration, and her 2018 assertion that critics should just "move on" regarding the crimes and excesses of the martial law era.
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Imee Marcos denies that human rights abuses occurred during her family's regime and called them political accusations.
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Imee Marcos has a number of half-siblings who are not as known by the public at large.
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Imee Marcos was married to golfer and former professional basketball coach Tommy Manotoc.
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Imee Marcos had two stepchildren during her marriage to Manotoc, including ABS-CBN reporter and news anchor TJ Manotoc.
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On October 19,2000, a 27-year-old film producer from Leyte, Leyte named Cesar Bendigo who was allegedly in a romantic relationship with Imee Marcos was killed in an ambush by New People's Army rebels; Imee Marcos last visited his residence on August 24,2000.
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Since her legal separation from Manotoc, Imee Marcos has been in a long-term relationship with Singaporean and ethnic Chinese businessman and resident Mark Chua, since the 1990s.