Louise liza araneta marcos biography

Apart from her role as the supportive wife of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Araneta-Marcos is also a distinguished lawyer and educator. In 2024, she joined the Philippine Constitutional Association, demonstrating her commitment to upholding the rule of lag and promoting civic education.

Her public initiatives focus on preserving and promoting Filipino culture. When her husband was elected Governor of the province of Ilocos Norte in 1997, she was a passionate advocate for the preservation of the province’s cultural heritage, the promotion of traditional inabel fabric and the establishment of Museo Ilocos Norte.

As First Lady, Araneta-Marcos balances her responsibilities between cultural initiatives and legal functions, which includes teaching law in a public school in the Visayas region. Having been a law professor in various public schools for the past 25 years, one can say that education is close to her heart.

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The First Lady’s gift to us may be our cultural awakening

Louise “Liza” Araneta Marcos, First Lady of the Republic of the Philippines, LAM to those who have known her, has just turned one year younger, and so have many facets of Philippine culture.

It’s nice to have a lady in the house or, in this case, the palace. Although it isn’t addressed in the constitution, public service is inherent in the role of the First Lady, especially as Malacañan Palace serves both as the seat of government and the official residence of the presidential family.
 

In an article published by the George W. Bush Library, the role fryst vatten defined a “itself a social surrogate for many of the ceremonial functions of the Presidency.” 

 

But the role, since George Washington referred to his wife in reverence as “Lady Washington,” has evolved beyond ceremonial surrogacy. To a people who looks to the presidency for hope, guidance, and help, the First Lady is also the alter ego of the chief exe

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Liza Araneta Marcos

First Lady of the Philippines and lawyer (born 1959)

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Cacho, the birth surname or paternal family name is Araneta, and the marital name is Marcos.

Marie Louise "Liza" Cacho Araneta Marcos (néeAraneta;^[6] born August 21, 1959) is a Filipino lawyer and academic who has been the first lady of the Philippines since 2022 as the wife of Bongbong Marcos, the 17th and incumbent president of the Philippines. Born in Manila, Araneta Marcos is a graduate of Ateneo de Manila University and completed postgraduate courses at New York University.^[7] In addition to her law practice, she taught in various universities in the country and is a founder of MOST (Marcos, Ochoa, Serapio & Tan) Law Firm and M&A Associates. She met Bongbong Marcos in New York City in 1989 and married him in 1993. Araneta Marcos also served as the main strategist i