Benigno Aquino III Filipino Politician | Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III Biography

Screen Name: Benigno Aquino III
15 President of the Philippines
Born: Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III
Date: February 8, 1960
Location: Manila, Philippines
Nick Name: PNOY, Noynoy Aquino
Nationality: Filipino
Political Party: Liberal Party (1995)
Residence:  Bahay Pangarap (Official), Quezon City (Private)
Religion Roman: Catholicism
Sister: Maria Elena (Ballsy) Aquino-Cruz, Aurora Corazon (Pinky) Aquino-Abellada, Victoria Elisa (Viel) Aquino-Dee, and Kristina Bernadette (Kris) Aquino
School: Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City for his elementary, high school, and college education.
Course: Bachelor's degree in Economics(1981)

Aquino was elected to the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 1998, representing the 2nd district of Tarlac. Aquino won re-election in 2001 and 2004, and served until 2007

As a member of the House of Representatives, Aquino passed numerous house bills and resolutions:

• House Bill No. 4251, granting annual productivity incentives to all workers in the private sector.
• House Bill No. 4397, strengthening the regulatory power of the Department of Trade and Industry to effectively enforce consumer laws.
• House Bill No. 4252, increasing the penalties for non-compliance of the prescribed increases and adjustments in the wage rates of workers.
• House Bill No. 3616, extending the reglementary period for the educational qualification for the Philippine National Police.
• House Bill No. 1842, providing for the codification of criminal laws.
• House Resolution No. 65, inquiry in aid of legislation into the policies and processes of the Energy Regulatory Commission in granting rate increases to electric utilities.
• House Resolution No. 788, a house bill Aquino is reportedly proudest of, which created a Congressional Oversight Committee to check and study the use of intelligence funds by government agencies, thus ensuring that allocated funds are actually used for the purposes they were originally intended for.

Aquino served on numerous committees as a member of the Congress of the Philippines:

• Civil
• Political & Human Rights
• Public Order & Security
• Transportation & Communications
• Agriculture
• Banks & Financial Intermediaries
• Peoples' Participation
• Suffrage and Electoral Reforms
• Appropriations
• Natural Resources
• Trade & Industry
• Good Government
• Inter-Parliamentary Relations & Diplomacy
• Energy
• Export Promotion
• Public Order & Safety

Aquino became Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives on November 8, 2004, but relinquished the post on February 21, 2006, when Aquino joined the Liberal Party in calling for the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the height of the Hello Garci scandal.

Aquino was also Chairman of the Board of the Central Luzon Congressional Caucus