Jovito R. Salonga
President of the Senate of the Philippines from 1987 to 1992 · Philippines · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1920 to 2016 · aged 95
Jovito Reyes Salonga, KGCR also called "Ka Jovy," was a Filipino lawyer and politician, as well as a leading opposition leader during the regime of Ferdinand Marcos from the declaration of martial law in 1972 until the People Power Revolution in 1986, which removed Marcos from power.
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Jovito Salonga's (second row, middle) family photo in 1947
Salonga was one of the 10 outstanding congressmen covered by the Philippines Free Press in 1963
Representative Salonga's official portrait during the 5th Congress.
Salonga in 1965
Salonga as a senator, photograph released by the Philippine Congress, c. 1988
Salonga at a speaking engagement, 2005
Jovito Salonga receives the 2010 Ka Pepe Diokno Human Rights Award.Awards
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Salonga was then elected as the 14th president of the Senate of the Philippines and the first one after the new Constitution was just ratified, serving from 1987 up to his retirement from politics in 1992.
