Loi Ejercito, is a Filipino politician and physician who last served as a Senator of the Philippines from 2001 to 2007.
11 Facts About Loi Ejercito
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Loi Ejercito is the wife of former Philippine President Joseph Ejercito Estrada, and was the twelfth First Spouse of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001.
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Loi Ejercito's son, Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, is an incumbent senator since 2022 and previously from 2004 to 2016.
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Loi Ejercito was born Luisa Fernandez Pimentel on June 2,1931 to Rufino Pimentel and Manuela Fernandez.
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Loi Ejercito grew up and received her primary and secondary education in the town of Iba in Zambales.
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Loi Ejercito later pursued higher education at University of Santo Tomas, where she obtained an associate in arts degree from the College of Liberal Arts in 1949 and doctor of medicine in 1954.
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Loi Ejercito later worked at the National Center for Mental Health, where she became a Junior Resident.
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Loi Ejercito served as a Training Fellow at Ararat Mental Hospital in 1961.
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Loi Ejercito won, placing 11th overall, and served in the 12th and the 13th Congress, making her the first First Lady to win a seat in the Senate.
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Loi Ejercito decided to seek re-election in 2007, but she didn't push through with it.
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In January 2014, letters sent to the Department of Agriculture showed that Loi Ejercito allocated her pork barrel to at least two non-governmental organizations linked to Janet Lim-Napoles during her Senate term.