Maria corazon c aquino biography of williams
Corazon Aquino Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements ....
Maria corazon c aquino biography of williams
MAria Corazon Kokhuangko (Aquino)
| President of the Philippines 1986-92 Date of Birth: 25.01.1933 Country: Philippines |
Biography of Maria Corazon (Cory) Cojuangco Aquino
Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino, popularly known as Cory Aquino, was born on January 25, 1933, in Manila, Philippines.
She was born into a wealthy Filipino family, with her father being a congressman and owner of sugarcane plantations, and her mother being of Filipino ethnicity. Aquino obtained her education from monastery schools in the Philippines and the United States, studying in Philadelphia and New York.
She graduated from Mount Saint Vincent College in New York in 1953, majoring in French Language and Mathematics. She also studied law at the Far Eastern University in Manila from 1953 to 1954.
In October 1954, she married Benigno Aquino, a journalist and political figure who had just been elected as the mayor of Concepcion in the province of Tarlac at the age of 22.
Benigno later beca