Pacifico Marcos

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Pacifico Marcos
Born Pacifico Edralin Marcos
(1919-01-30) January 30, 1919 (age 105)
Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, Philippine Islands
Nationality Philippines Filipino
Known for Medical doctor

Pacífico Edralín Marcos (born January 30, 1919) is a physician and the younger brother of former President of the Philippines Ferdinand E. Marcos. Dr. Marcos was born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte to Mariano Marcos and Josefa Quetulio Edralin.[1] Marcos, a graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine and a member of the Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity, was a President of the Philippine Medical Association.[2] In 1971 he was appointed the first chair of the nine-member Philippine Medical Care Commission.[3] This commission was tasked to provide medical insurance to poor Filipinos. The commission's program ran for almost a quarter of a century. He was chair for 12 years.[4] In the 1970s, Marcos headed a defense fund which supported two Filipina nurses accused of killing 10 patients in the Ann Arbor Hospital Murders. He called their conviction a "miscarriage of justice".[5]

He owned, controlled, or had interests in 50 corporations,[6] including a large car dealership,[3] a sugar mill called Consolidate Sugar Corporation,[7] a real estate firm called Citizens Development Inc,[8] and Philippine Seed Inc.[9]

Marcos did not involve himself in politics, and distanced himself from his brother's regime when it grew unpopular during the 1980s.[citation needed] In a 1986 interview he said he was unaware of his brother's wealth.[3] He did not join the Marcos family in Hawaii after the EDSA Revolution, and opted to stay in the Philippines in retirement.

In 1998 Marcos was the subject of a lawsuit over an under-collateralized "behest loan" in the amount of 60 million which his company, Bagumbayan Corp, received from the Development Bank of the Philippines. It was one of a series of lawsuits over behest loans given to associates of President Marcos.[10] The case was finally dismissed in 2007 by the Supreme Court, which said there was no evidence that the loan was given simply because Pacifico Marcos was a "crony" of the former president.[11]

His son, Mariano "Nonong" Marcos II, is now a provincial board member in Ilocos Norte.[12]

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