Marcos, Ferdinand Edralin. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Marcos, Ferdinand Edralin

SYLLABICATION:	Mar·cos
PRONUNCIATION:	märks
DATES:	1917–1989
	Philippine president (1965–1986) who maintained close ties with the United States and exercised dictatorial control over his country. After a fraudulent presidential election against Corazón Aquino (1986) he fled the Philippines with his wife, Imelda (born 1930).


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