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Ernesto Maceda (Ernesto Madarang Maceda) was born on 26 March, 1935 in Pagsanjan, Laguna, Philippine Islands, is a President of the Senate of the Philippines from 1996 to 1998. Discover Ernesto Maceda's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

Popular As Ernesto Madarang Maceda
Occupation Lawyer; Politician
Age 81 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 26 March, 1935
Birthday 26 March
Birthplace Pagsanjan, Laguna, Philippine Islands
Date of death 20 June, 2016
Died Place Quezon City, Philippines
Nationality Philippines

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Children 5 (including Manny and Edward)

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1935

Ernesto "Ernie" Madarang Maceda Sr. (March 26, 1935 – June 20, 2016) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, and columnist who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1971 to 1972 and again from 1987 to 1998.

Maceda was born on March 26, 1935, in Pagsanjan, Laguna.

1952

Maceda earned his Associate in Arts degree, magna cum laude, in 1952, and Bachelor of Laws degree, cum laude, from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1956.

1957

He then finished Master of Laws, taxation and international law, at Harvard Law School, Massachusetts, US, in 1957.

1959

At the age of 23, he was hailed as the No. 1 councilor of Manila in 1959.

Because of his numerous achievements in the then Manila Municipal Board, Councilor Maceda was named “Outstanding Councilor of Manila".

1966

In 1966, Maceda was appointed the Presidential Assistant on Community Development and was the youngest Cabinet Member of the Marcos administration.

1969

In 1969, he was appointed executive secretary in concurrent capacity as chairman of the Commission on Reorganization.

1970

In 1970, the Commerce and Industry portfolio was given to Maceda.

In the post, he launched consumer protection programs and established trade relations with various Eastern European Social countries.

1971

During the 1971 midterm elections, Maceda was only one out of three senators elected under the banner of the Nacionalista party of then-President Ferdinand Marcos.

He took office on December 30, 1971.

1972

In 1972, Maceda's bill granting protection to real estate buyers on installment basis was the only bill signed into law before Martial Law was proclaimed.

The bill is known as the Maceda Law.

1977

His term was supposed to have ended on December 30, 1977.

1984

Maceda went into exile in the United States after breaking with President Marcos over the Martial Law declaration and eventually became the adviser of Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. Following Aquino's assassination, he became one of the leaders of the opposition during the 1984 Batasan Pambansa Campaign and the 1986 snap presidential election.

When Corazon Aquino was installed as President of the Philippines, he was appointed to head the Ministry of Natural Resources.

The following year he ran for the Senate on Corazon Aquino's ticket and won.

1987

He served his second term as senator from June 30, 1987, to June 30, 1992.

1991

In January 1991, a survey organized by Senate reporters regarding the senators' overall performance was released, with Maceda receiving the most number of points.

On September 16, 1991, Maceda was among the "Magnificent 12" senators who voted against the extension of the PH-US Bases Treaty.

1992

During the 1992 general elections, Senator Maceda was re-elected under the Nationalist People's Coalition, which was a faction that bolted from the Nacionalista Party, headed by former Tarlac Governor Danding Cojuangco.

Placed sixth in the senatorial race, he took office for the third time and served from June 30, 1992, to June 30, 1998.

Then Senator Neptali Gonzales, whom Maceda helped, was installed as Senate President from 1992 to 1993 and 1995 to 1996 succeeded him.

Maceda became the new minority leader of the Senate.

1996

He served as Senate President from 1996 to 1998.

In his third term, he served as senate president from 1996 to 1998.

On October 10, 1996, the Senate was re-organized and Maceda was installed as Senate President succeeding Neptali A. Gonzales, Sr. In November of that year, Senate President Maceda delivered a speech denouncing the PEA-Amari Scandal – calling the same as the "grandmother of all scams".

The PEA-Amari Scandal was a controversial deal involved the acquisition of 158 hectares of reclaimed land on Manila Bay that was to be converted into so-called Freedom Islands.

The deal was forged as part of the Ramos administration's Manila Bay Master Development Plan (MBMDP).

During this time, he was also nicknamed "Mr. Expose" by the Philippine Free Press.

1998

On January 26, 1998, he resigned as Senate President, citing loss of support by the majority of his fellow senators.

In February 1998, months before his second and last term as senator ended, Maceda ran for mayor of Manila in the 1998 presidential elections, but lost to Lito Atienza.

Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, then the Assistant Minority Leader of the Senate became the acting minority leader even though he was also running for the presidency of the Philippines.

After his term in the Senate ended, Maceda was appointed Philippine Ambassador to the United States (1998–2001) by President Joseph Estrada.

2004

In the 2004 elections, Maceda ran for senator under the Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino of presidential candidate Fernando Poe, Jr. but lost.

2007

In 2007, he joined the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and became one of the professors of the PLM College of Law.

He wrote a thrice-weekly column for the Philippine Star, entitled "Search For Truth", and hosted his own talk show "Mr. Expose" on the radio station DZRJ-AM.

2013

He ran again in the 2013 elections, but lost his bid to return to the Senate.

Maceda holds the distinction of being the only Filipino to have held 5 Cabinet positions in his lifetime.