June 30, 2010 | Benigno Aquino III was sworn in on Wednesday as the Philippines' 15th president, leading a Southeast Asian nation his late parents helped liberate from dictatorship and which he promised to deliver from poverty and pervasive corruption..
Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Cojuangco Aquino III (born February 8, 1960) is the fifteenth President of the Philippines and is currently the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government. Aquino is a fourth-generation politician: his great-grandfather, Servillano "Mianong" Aquino, served as a delegate to the Malolos Congress; his grandfather, Benigno Aquino, Sr., held several legislative positions from 1919–44 and his parents were former President Corazon Aquino and former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. Aquino is a member of the Liberal Party.
