Imelda Marcos Quotes
I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
Imelda Marcos, 1930-*, Wife of Philippines President, Ferdinand Marcos, 1987
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She was not only a profligate spender, but like some of the more notorious first ladies, was tone deaf to public opinion. See {539352} for an example of her insensitivity.
- Born: July 2, 1929
- Nationality: Filipino
- Profession: Actress
Imelda Romualdez Marcos is a Filipino politician and convicted criminal who was First Lady of the Philippines for 21 years, during which she and her husband stole billions:176 from the Filipino people, amassing a personal fortune estimated to have been worth US$5 billion to 10 billion by the time they were deposed in 1986. By 2018, about $3.6 billion of this had been recovered by the Philippine government, either through compromise deals or sequestration cases.