Pacifico Marcos
Filipino physician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pacífico Edralín Marcos (born January 30, 1919, date of death unknown) was a Filipino physician and known younger brother of former President of the Philippines Ferdinand E. Marcos.
Pacifico Marcos | |
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| Born | Pacifico Edralin Marcos January 30, 1919 |
| Died | Possible c. 2016 (aged 96–97) |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Known for | Medical doctor |
| Parent(s) | Mariano Rubio Marcos Josefa Edralin Marcos |
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Dr. Marcos was born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte to Mariano Rubio Marcos and Josefa Quetulio Edralin.[1] Marcos, a graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine and a member of the Mu Sigma Phi, was a President of the Philippine Medical Association.[2] In 1971 he was appointed the first chair of the nine-member Philippine Medical Care Commission.[3] This commission was tasked to provide medical insurance to poor Filipinos. The commission's program ran for almost a quarter of a century. He was chair for 12 years.[4] In the 1970s, Marcos headed a defense fund which supported two Filipina nurses accused of killing 10 patients in the Ann Arbor Hospital Murders. He called their conviction a "miscarriage of justice".[5]
He owned, controlled, or had interests in 50 corporations,[6] including a large car dealership,[3] a sugar mill called Consolidate Sugar Corporation,[7] a real estate firm called Citizens Development Inc,[8] and Philippine Seed Inc.[9]
Marcos did not involve himself in politics, and distanced himself from his brother's regime when it grew unpopular during the 1980s.[citation needed] In a 1986 interview he said he was unaware of the extent of his brother's wealth.[3] He did not join the Marcos family in Hawaii after the EDSA Revolution, and opted to stay in the Philippines in retirement.
In 1998 Marcos was the subject of a lawsuit over an under-collateralized behest loan in the amount of ₱60 million which his company, Bagumbayan Corp, received from the Development Bank of the Philippines. It was one of a series of lawsuits over behest loans given to associates of President Marcos.[10] The case was finally dismissed in 2007 by the Supreme Court, which said there was no evidence that the loan was given simply because Pacifico Marcos was a "crony" of the former president.[11]
His son, Mariano "Nonong" Marcos II, who became a provincial board member in Ilocos Norte,[12] died on February 15, 2019.
Death
By 2017, news reports indicated that Fortuna Marcos-Barba, the youngest of the Marcos siblings, was the only member of that generation still alive.[13] Reports from the February 2019 death of Pacifico's son Mariano Marcos II also reported that Pacifico had predeceased Mariano II.[14]
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