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Miriam Defensor Santiago
Miriam Defensor Santiago was a Filipina academic, lawyer, judge, author, and stateswoman, who served in all three branches of the Philippine government: judicial, executive, and legislative. Defensor Santiago was named one of The 100 Most Powerful Women in the World in 1997 by The Australian. She was known for being a long-serving Senator of the Republic of the Philippines, an elected judge of the International Criminal Court, and the sole woman recipient of the Philippines' highest national honor, the Quezon Service Cross. In 1988, Defensor Santiago was named laureate of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for government service, with a citation for bold and moral leadership in cleaning up a graft-ridden government agency. After being appointed by President Corazon Aquino as Secretary of Agrarian Reform from 1989 to 1990, she ran in the 1992 presidential election but was controversially defeated in events that involved a car crash injury and power outages during voting process.
BornMiriam Palma Defensor, June 15, 1945, Iloilo City, Philippines
DiedSeptember 29, 2016, Taguig, Philippines
Political partyPeople's Reform Party
Other political affiliationsNacionalista (2010)
ChildrenNarciso D. Santiago III, Alexander D. Santiago
EducationUniversity of the Philippines Visayas, University of the Philippines Diliman, University of Michigan, Maryhill School of Theology

About Miriam Defensor Santiago

Lawyer Miriam Defensor Santiago was born in Philippines on June 15, 1945. She dies at the age of 71, on September 29, 2016.

Senator from the Philippines who also served on the International Criminal Court as a judge.

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Miriam Defensor Santiago before becoming famous

Miriam Defensor Santiago was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1945 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rooster (雞).

She earned her bachelor's degree in political science from the University of the Philippines, Visayas. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, she served as Secretary of the Philippine Department of Agrarian Reform.

Achievement of Miriam Defensor Santiago

In the 1992 presidential election in the Philippines, she was narrowly beaten.

Miriam Defensor Santiago's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1970, she married Narciso Santiago.

Miriam Defensor Santiago Collabed with

She was the Secretary of Agrarian Reform in World Leader Corazon Aquino's presidential administration.

Miriam Defensor Santiago Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Miriam Defensor Santiago updated on March 16 2023.