Macapagal

[ mah-kah-pah-gahl ]

noun

1. Di·os·da·do [dee-aws-, dah, -daw], 1910–97, Philippine statesman: president 1961–65.

Example Sentences

Roughly 30 years later, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s administration granted dual citizenship to Filipino Americans born in the U.S. after 1973 to a Philippine national.

From Washington Times

Contemporary artists find their own vengeful amusements, as demonstrated by “Akeldama,” a 2006 painting by the Filipino artist Luis Lorenzana, which portrays Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who was president of the Philippines at the time, as a hellish monster.

From New York Times

Only after his conviction was he granted a pardon by the vice president who had replaced him, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

From Washington Post

At one point, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines, Asia’s leading rice importer at the time, deployed armed soldiers to supervise government rice sales.

From New York Times

Another possible candidate is Romualdez’s ally and former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who brokered the alliance of Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte.

From Seattle Times