Miriam Defensor Santiago was a former Filipino academic, lawyer, judge, author, and politician 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 died on September 29, 2016, at the age of 71 in Taguig, Philippines.
How many times did Miriam Santiago run for president?
She run for president three times and lost all of them. After serving as a regional trial court judge, Immigration commissioner, and then as Secretary of Agrarian Reform, Santiago ran for president but lost in the 1992 race. She ran and lost again in the 1998 presidential polls.
In October 2015, Defensor Santiago announced her intention to run in the 2016 Philippine presidential election after her cancer was deemed ‘stable’ and ‘receded’ by doctors from the United States.
Who is the mother of Miriam Defensor Santiago?
The mother of Miriam Defensor Santiago is called Dimpna Palma. She was a college dean.