Biography

Maria Imelda Josefa Romualdez Marcos, better known as Imee Marcos, is the eldest of three children of dictator Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Sr. and first lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos. She was born on 5 November 1955 in Mandaluyong. From 1977 to 1986, she was the chairperson of Kabataang Barangay (a precursor of the current Sangguniang Kabataan), a position where her appointment was questioned by Archimedes Trajano (who would later be tortured and killed). In 1982, she served as the Director General of the Experimental Cinema of the Philippines.