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Which country elected Bongbong as its leader?

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Which country elected Bongbong as its leader?

On May 9, 2022, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, the son of the late dictator of the Philippines, won a landslide victory in the presidential election. Marcos Jr. received nearly 30 million votes, more than double that of his closest rival. Marcos Jr., aged 64, will take office on 30 June for a single six-year term._x000D_

What happened under the first Marcos regime?

_x000D_The first Marcos regime resulted in thousands of political tortures, arrests, and disappearances, and the family stole as much as $10bn (£8bn) from their country’s treasury. 1986 marked the Marcos family’s flight into exile.

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