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-> The 9th president of the Philippines (1961 - 1965) -> Born on September 28, 1910 in Lubao, Pampanga to poor parents -> Known as the poor boy from Lubao -> Parents are Urbano Macapagal who was a poet and Romana Pangan Macapagal a schoolteacher -> Married twice: first to Purita De La Rosa and then to Eva Macaraeg; had 4 children including Gloria Macapagal Arroyo - the 14th President -> Studied at UP and at the Philippine Law School -> Finished law degree at UST and topped the Bar Exam with a grade of 89.95 -> Obtained Masters of Laws in 1941 at UST -> Finished Doctor of Civil Law degree in 1947 and Ph. D. in Economics in 1957 -> Worked as a legal assistant to President Manuel L. Quezon in Malacañang Palace -> In 1943, Macapagal lost his first wife, Purita de la Rosa, to malnutrition -> In 1946 he married Evangelina Macaraeg with whom he had two children, Gloria and Diosdado Jr. -> Won as Congressman in 1949 and in 1953 -> Elected as Vice-President under the Liberal Party with presidential Candidate Jose Yulo who lost -> Elected as President in 1961 -> Implemented Agrarian Reform Law -> In 1964, changed the date of Independence Day from July 4 to June 12 -> Became President of the 1971 Constitutional Convention -> Died of heart failure on April 21, 1997 in Makati at age 87 
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