When Marcos Became President?

Inauguration. Ferdinand Marcos was inaugurated to his first term as the 10th president of the Philippines on December 30, 1965, after winning the Philippine presidential election of 1965 against the incumbent president, Diosdado Macapagal.

Why did President Marcos declare martial law?

President Marcos imposed martial law on the nation from 1972 to 1981 to suppress increasing civil strife and the threat of a communist takeover following a series of bombings in Manila.

What year Marcos declared Martial Law?

Thus, September 21, 1972 became the official date that martial law was established and the day that the Marcos dictatorship began.