Ninoy Aquino

Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. was a Filipino senator and opposition leader assassinated in 1983 while challenging Ferdinand Marcos’s dictatorship. His killing galvanized opposition and helped precipitate the People Power Revolution.

Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr.: The 1983 killing of Filipino opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. at Manila International Airport. The event that made Aquino a national martyr and intensified resistance to Marcos.
Salvador Laurel: A Filipino politician who served as vice president under Corazon Aquino from 1986 to 1992. Laurel joined Cory Aquino’s opposition campaign after Ninoy’s assassination.
Philippine Senate: The upper chamber of the Congress of the Philippines, whose members are elected nationally. Aquino built his national profile as a senator and opposition voice.
1986 Philippine presidential election: The disputed snap election between Ferdinand Marcos and Corazon Aquino that preceded Marcos’s departure from power. Cory Aquino carried the opposition movement forward after Ninoy’s death.
People Power Revolution: The 1986 Philippine mass movement that ended Ferdinand Marcos’s rule. Aquino’s killing helped set in motion the protests that toppled Marcos.
Jovito Salonga: A Filipino senator and opposition leader who chaired the Presidential Commission on Good Government. Salonga was a fellow opposition figure during Marcos’s rule and helped expose regime abuses.
Philippine presidential election, 1967: The 1967 Philippine election in which Benigno Aquino Jr. won a seat in the Senate. His election launched his tenure as a prominent national opposition politician.
Marcos dictatorship: The authoritarian rule of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines, marked by martial law, repression, and patronage. Aquino’s opposition stood against the concentration of power that defined Marcos’s rule.
Cory Aquino: A Filipino opposition figure who became president after the 1986 People Power Revolution. Ninoy’s widow became the opposition’s presidential candidate after his death.
Jose Diokno: A Filipino senator, human-rights lawyer, and opponent of Ferdinand Marcos’s dictatorship. Diokno shared Aquino’s opposition to Marcos and endured imprisonment under martial law.

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