Mariano Marcos

Mariano Marcos
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Ilocos Norte's 2nd district
In office
1925–1931
Preceded byRoman Pada Campos
Succeeded byEmilio Medina
Personal details
Born
Mariano Marcos y Rubio

(1897-04-21)April 21, 1897
Batac, Ilocos Norte, Captaincy General of the Philippines
DiedMarch 8, 1945(1945-03-08) (aged 47)
Bacnotan, La Union, Philippine Commonwealth
Political partyNacionalista
Spouse
(m. 1916)
Children4 (including Ferdinand and Pacifico)
OccupationLawyer, educator, legislator

Mariano Marcos y Rubio (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾjano ˈmaɾkos i ˈruβjo]; April 21, 1897 – March 8, 1945) was a lawyer, educator, and politician from Batac, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. A Congressman from 1925 to 1931,[1] he is best known for being the father of Ferdinand Marcos, who was the 10th President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, and the grandfather of current senator Imee Marcos and the current 17th Philippine president Bongbong Marcos.

There are conflicting accounts about the exact nature of his death, with the mainstream version coming from American guerrilla unit leader Major Robert Lapham saying that he was drawn and quartered in Bacnotan, La Union by Lapham's guerrilla unit for being a Japanese collaborator. The guerilla unit was led by Kumander Tasyo (Anastacio Badua Buccat of Galongen, Bacnotan, La Union). This was corroborated by Luis Buccat Aquino, a nephew of Kumander Tasyo, and a member of the guerilla unit. The Marcos family maintains he was executed by the Japanese.[2][3][4][5]

He is the namesake of two Philippine state universities: the Mariano Marcos State University in Ilocos Norte, and the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University in La Union, as well as the town of Marcos, Ilocos Norte.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Families Remain Strong in Congress, but their Influence is Waning". Archived from the original on 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
  2. ^ "The Official Website of the Municipality of Bacnotan, la Union". Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
  3. ^ "File No. 60: A family affair | Philstar.com". The Philippine STAR. Archived from the original on 2018-01-18. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  4. ^ Robert Lapham, Bernard Norling (23 April 2014). Lapham's Raiders: Guerrillas in the Philippines, 1942–1945. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813145709. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  5. ^ Seagrave, Sterling. (1988). The Marcos dynasty (1st ed.). New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-015815-8. OCLC 17674565. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2020-07-06.