Marcos reist nach Indonesien

[AlexSchumacher]

Imelda war ein ganz anderes Kaliber. 
Die kriegte schnell mal die Fäden in die Hand, an denen Ferdinand Marcos hing.

...that Imelda used the humiliation of the Dovie Beams affair as leverage to begin developing an independent political agenda which gave her more and more political power. Initially, this meant that Imelda had free rein on her projects while her husband prepared for the Ferdinand Marcos 1969 presidential campaign, but as Marcos's health declined, it involved her being put in increasingly powerful positions, including those of Minister of Human Settlements and of Governor of Metro Manila.
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Since the President hardly left the Malacañang Palace, Ferdinand increasingly sent his wife on official visits to other countries as a de facto vice president

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