joseph estrada
Joseph Estrada
Former President

  Joseph Estrada

Full Name:
Jose Marcelo Ejercito (Joseph Ejercito Estrada)filipinofirst
Date of Birth:
April 19, 1937
Nickname:
Erap
Political Party:
Partido ng Masang Pilipino / Genuine Opposition
Hometown:

San Juan City, Philippines

Occupation:

Actor

Religion:
Roman Catholic
Quote:
“Ang kaibigan, walang iwanan.”
Website:
www.erap.ph
Spouse:
Luisa Pimentel Ejercito

Current Poll Ranking: 7
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Educational Attainment

Elementary School: Ateneo de Manilafilipinofirst 1951
High School: Ateneo de Manila High School (did not finish)
College: Mapua Institute of Technology (did not finish)
     

Government Service

Mayor San Juan, Metro Manila 1969-1986
Senator Republic of the Philippines 1987-1992
Vice-President Republic of the Philippines 1992-1998
Chair Presidential Anti-Crime Commission 1992-1997
President Republic of the Philippines filipinofirst 1998-2001
     

Private Sector Work Experience

Movie Actor  

1956-1989

Movie Producer

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Net Worth

P 35.9 Million (based on 1999 SALN)filipinofirst

Notes
Played the lead role in more than 120 movies

Producer of over 70 films

The First Filipino Academy for Movie Art and Science (FAMAS) Hall of Fame Awardee as an Actor in 1981

Filipino Academy for Movie Art and Science (FAMAS) Hall of Fame Awardee as a Producer in 1983

Awarded of Outstanding Mayor and Foremost Nationalist by the Inter-Provincial Information Service in 1971filipinofirst

Awarded Ten Outstanding Young Men in Public Administration in 1972

Most Outstanding Metro Manila Mayor in the Philippine Princeton Poll in 1973

Authored RA 7307, the Philippine Carabao Act

Named one of the Three Outstanding Senators by the Philippine Free Press in 1989

One of the "Magnificent 12" senators who voted for the termination of the RP-US Military Bases Agreement

The first Asian president to be impeached

Ousted as President by the EDSA 2 People Power Revolt on January 20, 2001

Convicted of the crime of plunder on September 12, 2007 and was sentenced to reclusion perpetua by the Sandiganbayan

Granted executive clemency by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on October 25, 2007

Husband of Luisa Ejercito, a Senator of the Philippines from 2001-2007

Father of Jinggoy Estrada, a current Senator, and JV Ejercito, current City Mayor of San Juan

Chairman Emeritus of the United Oppositionfilipinofirst



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