Joseph Estrada

Joseph Estrada
Estrada in 2000
13th President of the Philippines
In office June 30, 1998 – January 20, 2001
Vice President	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded by	Fidel V. Ramos
Succeeded by	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
9th Vice President of the Philippines
In office June 30, 1992 – June 30, 1998
President	Fidel V. Ramos
Preceded by	Salvador Laurel
Succeeded by	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
22nd Mayor of Manila
In office June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2019
Vice Mayor	Isko Moreno (2013–2016) Honey Lacuna (2016–2019)
Preceded by	Alfredo Lim
Succeeded by	Isko Moreno
18th Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
In office June 30, 1998 – April 12, 1999
President	Himself
Preceded by	Sonny Collantes (OIC)
Succeeded by	Ronaldo Puno
Chairman of the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission
In office 1992–1997
President	Fidel V. Ramos
Senator of the Philippines
In office June 30, 1987 – June 30, 1992
14th Mayor of San Juan
In office August 5, 1969 – March 26, 1986
Preceded by	Braulio Santo Domingo
Succeeded by	Reynaldo San Pascual
Personal details
Born	Jose Marcelo Ejercito (1937-04-19) April 19, 1937 (age 88) Tondo, Manila, Philippines
Political party	PMP (since 1991)
Other political affiliations	Nacionalista (1969–1987) Liberal (1987–1991) NPC (1991–1997) LAMMP (1997–2001) UNO (2005–2010) UNA (2012–2015)
Spouse	Luisa Pimentel ​ (m. 1959)​
Children	11 (incl. Jose Jr., Joseph Victor, Jude and Juan Emilio)
Parent	Emilio Ejercito Sr. (Father) Maria Marcelo (Mother)
Relatives	Ejercito family
Residence	Santa Mesa, Manila
Alma mater	Mapúa University Central Colleges of the Philippines
Occupation	Politician actor
Profession	Businessman
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Criminal information
Criminal status	Pardoned on October 26, 2007 by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Criminal charge	Plunder
Penalty	Reclusión perpetua

Joseph Ejercito Estrada KGCR ([ʔɛˌhɛːɾ.sɪˈto ʔɛsˈtɾaː.dɐ]; born Jose Marcelo Ejercito; April 19, 1937), also known by the nickname Erap,^[1][a] is a Filipino politician and former actor, who served as the 13th president of the Philippines from 1998 until his resignation in 2001. Estrada previously served as the ninth vice president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998, the 22nd mayor of Manila, the country's capital from 2013 to 2019, and the 14th mayor of San Juan from 1969 to 1986. In 2000, he became the first chief executive in Asia to be formally impeached, resigning two months later at the height of the Second EDSA Revolution.^[2] As a result, Estrada served the third shortest term as Philippine president, after Emilio Aguinaldo and Sergio Osmeña.

Estrada gained popularity as a film actor, playing the lead role in over a hundred films in an acting career spanning some three decades. He also worked as a model, beginning as a fashion and ramp model at the age of 13. He used his popularity as an actor to make gains in politics, serving as the mayor of San Juan from 1969 to 1986, as a senator from 1987 to 1992, then as vice president under President Fidel V. Ramos from 1992 to 1998.

Estrada was elected president in 1998 with a wide margin of votes separating him from the other challengers and was sworn into the presidency on June 30, 1998. In 2000, he declared an "all-out-war" against Moro Islamic Liberation Front and captured its headquarters and other camps.^[3] Allegations of corruption spawned an impeachment trial in the Senate, and in 2001, Estrada was forced out of the Philippine presidency during the Second EDSA Revolution after the prosecution walked out of the impeachment court when the senator-judges voted not to open an envelope that allegedly contained incriminating evidence against him. After his arrest on April 25, 2001, on charges of plunder, his supporters rallied and marched to Malacañang Palace and attempted to storm the premises in EDSA III.

In 2007, Estrada was sentenced by a special division of the Sandiganbayan to reclusión perpetua under a charge of plunder for the embezzlement of the $80 million from the government but was later granted a pardon by the president and his former deputy, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. He ran for president again in the 2010 presidential election but was defeated by Senator Benigno Aquino III by a wide margin. He later served as the mayor of Manila for two terms, from 2013 to 2019.

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