(05-13-2022 09:09 PM)Native Georgian Wrote: Honestly shocked to learn that Imelda Marcos is still alive. She fled the Philippines in 1986. Has she been in Hawaii all this time?
No doubt she has slowed down now at 92, but Imelda's been a busy lady! Probably wore out several pairs of shoes with all of her efforts....
1990 - acquitted of racketeering in the US; lost case in Switzerland over assets held in Swiss banks
1991 - allowed to return to the Philippines from exile in Hawai'i
1992 - ran for President, finishing 5th out of 7
1993 - convicted of graft in the Philippines, overturned in 2008
1995 - elected to Congress; lost case in Hawai'i over human rights violations during the dictatorship
1998 - ran for President again, finishing 9th out of 11
2001- considered running for Mayor of Manila
2006- started Imelda Collection fashion label
2008 - acquitted of illegal fund transfer to Swiss banks in Philippines
2010 - elected to Congress again
2013 - re-elected to Congress
2016 - re-elected to Congress for third & final term
2018 - convicted of graft & corruption in Philippines, disqualified from public office
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imelda_Marcos