Juan Ponce Enrile Biography

Juan Ponce Enrile Sr. (/huːwɑːn/ /pɔːnsɛ/ /ɛnrɪlɛ/ Tagalog pronunciation: [hwɐ̞n ˈpɔ̝nsɛ̝ ɛnˈrilɛ], born February 14, 1924) is a Filipino politician and lawyer. He was a protégé of President Ferdinand Marcos, and served as Justice Secretary and then Defense Minister under the Marcos regime. He later became one of the leaders (along with General Fidel V. Ramos) of the 1986 People Power Revolution that drove Marcos from power and into exile. Enrile has continued to be a prominent politician since then; he was Senate President from November 2008 until his resignation on June 5, 2013.