The Tamesis
November 14, 2025
Manila— Juan Ponce Enrile, among the nation’s longest-serving and most questionable lawful and political numbers, has actually passed away at the age of 101.
Enrile functioned as primary lawful advice to Head of state Ferdinand Marcos Jr. till his fatality at 4:21 p.m. Thursday, according to Enrile’s little girl, Katrina Ponce Enrile.
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Born Upon February 14, 1924, Enrile is the nation’s earliest offering public authorities, and his occupation covers a number of managements, making him among the nation’s longest-lived lawful stars.
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Prior to going into national politics, Enrile finished magna orgasm laude with a bachelor’s level in regulation from the College of the Philippines in 1953 and obtained a master’s level in regulation from Harvard Regulation Institution in 1955.
Enrile’s political occupation started throughout the management of Ferdinand Marcos Sr., that ended up being head of state in 1965. After that, Enrile ended up being a protégé of Marcos Sr.
He initially functioned as Bureau of Traditions principal in the old Marcos management, after that as Replacement Assistant and Performing Assistant of Money, and ultimately as Chief law officer.
It was throughout Enrile’s period as Protection Priest from February 9, 1970 that he actually started to increase to importance and started to draw in dispute. He played an essential function throughout the 20-year regulation of Marcos Sr. and was called among the engineers of the application of martial regulation.
In a significant turn of occasions, nonetheless, Enrile later on withdrew his assistance for Marcos Sr. and turned into one of the crucial numbers in the 1986 Edsa Individuals Power Transformation, which drove the Marcos family members abroad.
After 1986, Enrile ended up being a participant of Parliament and was later on advertised to the 21st Head Of State of the Us senate of the nation.
Virtually as if by destiny, Enrile’s life finished while offering an additional Marcos, this moment a child. His last function as the Head of state’s Principal Legal Advise notes a suitable coda to a visibility in the nation’s national politics that has actually existed considering that the Marcos family members concerned power.
