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Juan Ponce Enrile

Juan Furagganan Ponce Enrile Sr., also referred to by his initials JPE, was a Filipino politician and lawyer, who served as 26th President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2008 until his resignation in 2013. Enrile was one of the longest-serving Filipino politicians in history, and one of the few to reach the age of 100. He was known for his role in the administration of Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos; his role in the failed coup that helped hasten the 1986 People Power Revolution and the ouster of Marcos; and his tenure in the Philippine legislature in the years after the revolution. Enrile also participated in rallies supporting ousted president Joseph Estrada in April 2001 that preceded the May 1 riots near Malacañang Palace. Enrile served four terms in the Senate, in a total of twenty-two years and three-hundred twenty days, one of the longest-tenures in the history of the upper chamber. In 2022, at the age of 98, he returned to government office as the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel in the administration of President Bongbong Marcos, serving until his death in 2025.

Si Juan Ponce Enrile ay isang Pilipinong politiko. Ipinanganak si Ponce Enrile bilang Juanito Furugganan sa Gonzaga, Cagayan noong 14 Pebrero 1924. Bilang protehido ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos, naglingkod siya bilang Kalihim ng Katarungan at bilang Ministro ng Tanggulang Pambansa sa ilalim ng rehimeng Marcos. Sa huli isa rin siya sa mga naging pinuno ng Kilusang Himagsikan ng Lakas ng Bayan noong 1986 na nagpaalis kay Marcos sa kapangyarihan. Nagpatuloy si Enrile bilang isang prominenteng politiko pagkatapos noon; at naging Pangulo ng Senado ng Pilipinas simula noong Nobyembre 2008 hanggang Hunyo 2013.

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