Fourth inauguration of Ferdinand Marcos

The fourth inauguration of Ferdinand Marcos as the tenth president of the Philippines took place on Tuesday, February 25, 1986, at Malacañang Palace in Manila.

In November 1985, Ferdinand Marcos, who had been the president of the Philippines for almost 2 decades, announced a snap presidential election that took place on February 7, 1986, amidst the growing political tensions in the country that had followed the assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr., a prominent opposition leader and former senator, more than two years before.

On February 22, 1986, then-Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and then-Lieutenant General Fidel Ramos, who was the Vice Chief-of-Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, broke away from the Marcos regime, signaling the start of the People Power Revolution.

On February 25, 1986, hours after Corazon Aquino took her oath as president of the Philippines, Marcos held his own inauguration at the Malacañang Palace, attended by thousands of his loyal supporters.

Marcos emerged from the balcony of Maharlika Hall in front of his loyalists who were waving Philippine flags, thanking him for their trust and support for 20 years.