Joseph Estrada
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His Excellency
Joseph Estrada
Joseph Estrada in 1998
13th
President of the Philippines
In office
June 30, 1998 – January 20, 2001
Vice President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded by
Fidel Ramos
Succeeded by
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
26th
Mayor of Manila
In office
June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2019
Vice Mayor
Isko Moreno
(2013–2016)
Honey Lacuna (2016–2019)
Preceded by
Alfredo Lim
Succeeded by
Isko Moreno
9th
Vice President of the Philippines
In office
June 30, 1992 – June 30, 1998
President
Fidel V. Ramos
Preceded by
Salvador Laurel
Succeeded by
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Chairman of the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission
In office
1992–1997
President
Fidel Ramos
Senator of the Philippines
In office
June 30, 1987 – June 30, 1992
Mayor of
San Juan, Metro Manila
In office
August 5, 1969 – March 26, 1986
Preceded by
Braulio Santo Domingo
Succeeded by
Reynaldo San Pascual
Personal details
Born
Jose Marcelo Ejercito
April 19, 1937 (age 82)
Tondo, Manila
,
Commonwealth of the Philippines
Political party
PMP
(1997–present)
Other political
affiliations
Nacionalista
(1969–1988)
Liberal Party
(1988–1991)
NPC
(1991–1997)
UNA
(2012–2015)
Spouse(s)
Luisa Pimentel
(m. 1959)
Children
11 (incl.
Jinggoy
,
Joseph Victor
)
Residence
Santa Mesa, Manila
Alma mater
Mapúa University
Central Colleges of the Philippines
Occupation
Actor, politician
Profession
Businessperson
Signature
Website
erap.ph
Joseph Ejercito Estrada
(born
Jose Marcelo Ejercito
; April 19, 1937) is a
Filipino
politician and
former actor who served as the
13th President of the Philippines
from 1998 to 2001,
ninth Vice
President of the Philippines
from 1992 to 1998, and the 26th
Mayor
of the
City of Manila
, the
country's capital,
[1]
from 2013 to 2019. In 2001, he became the first president in Asia to be
impeached from an executive role and resigned from power.
Estrada gained popularity as a film actor, playing the lead role in over a hundred films in an acting
career spanning some three decades, and model, who was started as a fashion and ramp model at
the age of 13. He used his popularity as an actor to make gains in politics, serving as Mayor of
San
Juan
from 1969 to 1986, as
Senator
from 1987 to 1992, then as
Vice President
under
President
Fidel Ramos
from 1992 to 1998.
Estrada was elected President in 1998 with a wide margin of votes separating him from the other
challengers, and was sworn into the presidency on June 30, 1998. In 2000 he declared an "all-out-
war" against the
Moro Islamic Liberation Front
and captured its headquarters and other camps.
[2]
[3]
However, allegations of corruption spawned an
impeachment
trial in the Senate, and in 2001
Estrada was ousted by "
People Power 2
" after the prosecution walked out of the impeachment court
when the senator-judges voted "no" in the opening of the second envelope.
In 2007, Estrada was sentenced by a special division of the
Sandiganbayan
to
reclusión perpetua
for
the
plunder
of
$
80 million from the government, but was later granted
pardon
by President and his
former deputy
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
. He ran for president again in the
2010 presidential election
,
