Bongbong Marcos

Bongbong Marcos
Official portrait, 2022
17th President of the Philippines
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2022
Vice President	Sara Duterte
Preceded by	Rodrigo Duterte
Secretary of Agriculture
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2022
President	Himself
Preceded by	William Dar
Senator of the Philippines
In office June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2016
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Ilocos Norte's 2nd district
In office June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2010
Preceded by	Imee Marcos
Succeeded by	Imelda Marcos
In office June 30, 1992 – June 30, 1995
Preceded by	Mariano Nalupta Jr.
Succeeded by	Simeon Valdez
Governor of Ilocos Norte
In office June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2007
Preceded by	Rodolfo Fariñas
Succeeded by	Michael Marcos Keon
In office March 23, 1983 – February 25, 1986
Preceded by	Elizabeth Keon
Succeeded by	Castor Raval (OIC)
Vice Governor of Ilocos Norte
In office June 30, 1980 – March 23, 1983
Personal details
Born	Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. (1957-09-13) September 13, 1957 (age 66) San Juan, Metro Manila Philippines
Political party	PFP (2021–present) Nacionalista (2009–2021) Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (1980–2009)
Spouse(s)	Louise Araneta ​ (m. 1993)​ [1]
Children	3, including Sandro Marcos
Parents	Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Imelda Marcos
Relatives	Marcos family
Residence	Batac, Ilocos Norte
Alma mater	St Edmund Hall, Oxford (special diploma) Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania (did not graduate)
Signature
Website	www.bongbongmarcos.com

Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr.^[2][3] (born September 13, 1957) is a Filipino politician who is the President of the Philippines since 2022. He was a senator from 2010 to 2016. He is the second child and only son of the president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos.

Marcos was also a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1992 until 1995 and again from 2007 until 2010. He also was the Governor of Ilocos Norte from 1983 until 1986 and from 1998 until 2007.

In October 2021, Marcos announced his candidacy for President of the Philippines in the 2022 election.^[4] He won the election in May 2022 in a landslide victory.^[5][6]

1. ↑ "Bongbong takes a bride". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. April 19, 1993. p. 4. Retrieved October 10, 2021. Rep. Ferdinand (Bongbong) Marcos II wed his fiancee, Louise 'Lisa' Araneta Saturday [April 17] at the Church of St. Francis in Siesole [sic], Italy.
2. ↑ "A dynasty on steroids". The Sydney Morning Herald. November 24, 2012.
3. ↑ "Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos Jr". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
4. ↑ Sharma, Akanksha; Westcott, Ben (October 6, 2021). "Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos, son of late dictator, announces Philippines presidential bid". CNN. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
5. ↑ "Biden, Xi congratulate Marcos Jr on Philippine presidential win". Al Jazeera. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
6. ↑ Cabato, Regine; Westfall, Sammy (10 May 2022). "Marcos family once ousted by uprising wins Philippines vote in landslide". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 May 2022.