Rappler takes a look back at the various achievements and contributions of former president Fidel V. Ramos.
on Sunday, July 31. He was 94 years old.
After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1950, he joined the Philippines’ 20th Battalion Combat Team of the Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea , which fought in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. He also founded the Special Forces Regiment of the Philippine Army and the Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police . Ramos was a key figure during the administration of Ferdinand E. Marcos. He served as PC chief and was one of the people the dictator consulted regarding the implementation of Martial Law, before eventually becoming AFP vice chief in 1981.
“At the end of the day, [Ramos] had been most successful where the reform effort entailed liberalization and deregulation, that is, getting the government out of the way to foster market efficiency,” Romeo Bernardo and Marie-Christine Tang wrote in their paper.
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