JOSEPEH ESTRADA
I. About Me:
A. Date of Birth
1. April 19, 1937
B. Birth Name
1. Jose Marcelo Ejercito
C. Nickname
1. Erap
D. Spouse
1.Dr. Luisa Pimentel Ejercito (1959 - present)
E. Also a
1. Filipino actor
2. Producer
II. Award and Honors
A. 1962 FAMAS Best Actor for Markang Rehas
B. 1964 FAMAS Best Actor for Geron Busabos
C. 1966 FAMAS Best Actor for Ito Ang Pilipino
D. 1969 FAMAS Best Actor for Patria Adorada
E. 1971 Outstanding Mayor and foremost Nationalist by the Inter-Provincial Information Service
F. 1972 One of the Ten Outstanding Young Men(TOYM) in Public Administration by the Philippine Jaycees
G. 1981 FAMAS Best Actor for Kumander Alibasbas
H. 1981 FAMAS Hall of Fame
I. 2007 Most Outstanding Citizen of San Juan
III. Vice-Presidency
A. In 1992, Estrada ran for Vice-president as the running mate of Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr. under the Nationalist People Coalition party
B. Estrada won the vice-presidency garnering more votes than his closest opponent, Ramon Mitra, Jr.'s running mate, Marcelo Fernan
C. As Vice-President, he as the chairman of President Ramos' Presidential Anti-Crime Commission(PACC)
D. Estrada arrested criminal warlords and kidnapping syndicates
E. He resigned as chairman of the PACC on 1997
F. In 1997 Vice-President Joseph Estrada , together with the former President Corazon Aquino, and other political leaders, led an anti-charter change rally brought in an estimated half a million people to Rizal Park against the charter change moves by supporters of President Fidel Ramos
IV. Presidency
A. Estrada was inaugurated on June 30, 1998 in the historical town of Malolos, Bulacan in paying tribute to the cradle of the First Philippine Republic
B. That afternoon the new president delivered his inaugural address at the Quirino Gradnstand in Luneta
C. He assumed office amid the Asian Financial Crisis
D. With agricultural problems due to poor weather conditions
1. slowing the economic growth to -0.6% in 1998 from a 5.2% in 1997
2. economy recovered by 3.4% in 1999 and 4% in 2000
E. In 2000 he declared an "all-out-war" against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
1. captured it's headquarters and other camps
F. allegations of corruption spawned an impeachment trial in the Senate
G. in 2001 Estrada was ousted from power after the trial was aborted.
