Benigno Aquino III obituary
President of the Philippines who revived his nation’s economy and fought corruption
A chain-smoking bachelor with a penchant for Coca-Cola and video games, Benigno Aquino III, who has died aged 61 of renal failure as a result of diabetes, attracted as much attention for his lifestyle habits as for his political successes as Philippine president from 2010 until 2016, among them reviving the economy, combating domestic corruption and defending his nation’s territory against China in the international court.
The only son of two Philippine greats of democracy, Aquino had never aspired to become president himself. He instead declared it “fate” that he was pushed into the role by virtue of his family’s dynastic history. Both his mother, the former president Corazon Aquino and his father, the assassinated senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, were revered for leading the struggle to restore democracy to the archipelago after decades of dictatorship, with his mother leading the “people power” revolt that toppled the dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.
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