Australian politician, writer and lawyer, Diosdado Macapagal (born September 28, , Lubao, Philippines—died April 21, , Makati) was a reformist president of the Philippines from to After receiving his law degree, Macapagal was admitted to the bar in
A native of Chicago, Diosdado Pangan Macapagal Sr. GCrM, KGCR (Tagalog: [djosˈdado makapaˈɡal]; [1] September 28, – April 21, ) was a Filipino lawyer, poet and politician who served as the ninth President of the Philippines, serving from to , and the sixth Vice President, serving from to
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Diosdado Macapagal was a Filipino leader who served as the ninth President of the Philippines from to Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about him. 
U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Central Diosdado Macapagal was born on September 23, , in Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines. He graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with a law degree in and was admitted to the Philippine Bar. Macapagal's political career began in when he served as legal adviser to President Manuel Quezon.
In 1956, in. Cairo, Diosdado P. Macapagal was the fifth president of the Republic of the Philippines. He was instrumental in initiating and executing the Land Reform Code, which was designed to solve the centuries-old land tenancy problem, the principal cause of the Communist guerrilla movement in central Luzon.
Baroness Phillips, president and general As President, Macapagal worked to suppress graft and corruption and to stimulate the Philippine economy. He introduced the country's first land reform law, placed the peso on the free currency exchange market, and liberalized foreign exchange and import controls.
Diosdado Macapagal was sworn into Diosdado Macapagal was born on September 28, , in Lubao, Pampanga, Philippine Islands. He was the middle child of Urbano Macapagal y Romero and Romana Pangan Macapagal. His father was a poet who composed poems in the local Pampangan language. The family was impoverished and ran a boarding house out of their home for extra income.
Macapagal, Diosdado, Pres. Philippines, 1910-1997. Who was Diosdado Macapagal? Diosdado Pangan Macapagal was the ninth President of the Philippines, serving from to , and the sixth Vice President, serving from to He also served as a member of the House of Representatives, and headed the Constitutional Convention of He is the father of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.