Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Roa Duterte, also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, the ruling political party in the Philippines during his presidency. Duterte is the first president of the Philippines to be from Mindanao, and is the oldest person to assume office, beginning his term at age 71.
Some of the key events about Rodrigo Duterte
- 1988Elected as Mayor of Davao City for the first time
- 1988Faced allegations of human rights abuses as mayor of Davao City
- 1995Implemented a comprehensive anti-smoking ordinance in Davao City
- 1995Admitted to killing a law student during his time as a law student himself
- 1998Established the 911 emergency response system in Davao City
- 2002Introduced a ban on the use of firecrackers in Davao City
- 2007Initiated the "Lingap Para sa Mahirap" program to provide financial assistance for medical needs
- 2009Threatened to kill rice smugglers and feed them to the fish in Manila Bay
- 2010Implemented a liquor ban in Davao City to reduce crime rates
- 2012Received the "Seal of Good Housekeeping" from the Department of Interior and Local Government
- 2013Provided immediate assistance to victims of Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban
- 2015Launched the "Byaheng DO30" program to improve public transportation in Davao City
- 2015Made a controversial joke about the rape and murder of an Australian missionary
- 2016Elected as the 16th President of the Philippines
- 2016Launched a violent "war on drugs" that resulted in thousands of extrajudicial killings
- 2016Compared himself to Hitler, expressing a desire to kill millions of drug addicts
- 2017Threatened to bomb indigenous schools, accusing them of teaching subversion
- 2018Ordered the arrest of a 71-year-old nun for "disorderly conduct"
- 2019Threatened to declare martial law in response to communist rebels
- 2020Signed an anti-terrorism law criticized for potentially stifling dissent and civil liberties
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