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Rodrigo Duterte Fast Facts

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Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte speaks during his first press conference since he claimed victory in the presidential election, at a
restaurant in Davao City, on the southern island of Mindanao on May 15, 2016.

(CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

Personal:
Birth date: March 28, 1945

Birth place: Maasin, Southern Leyte, Philippines

Birth name: Rodrigo Roa Duterte

Father: Vicente Duterte, lawyer and politician

Mother: Soledad (Roa) Duterte, teacher

Marriage: Elizabeth Zimmerman (annulled in 2000)

Children: with Elizabeth Zimmerman: Paolo, Sebastian and Sara; with Honeylet Avanceña: Veronica

Education: Lyceum of the Philippines University, B.A.,1968; San Beda College, J.D.,1972

Religion: Roman Catholic

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His father was the governor of unified Davao and a member of President Ferdinand Marcos'
cabinet.

Duterte's daughter, Sara Duterte, is the mayor of Davao City.

Once compared himself to Adolf Hitler, saying he would kill millions of drug addicts.

Cursed Pope Francis for tra c problems caused by the ponti 's visit to the Philippines.

For decades, he has allegedly been tied to "death squads" in Davao City.
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Has declared that he will urge Congress to restore the death penalty by hanging in the Philippines.

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1977-1986 - Special counsel, and then city prosecutor of Davao City.
outrageous things.
1986-1988 - Vice-Mayor of Davao City.

1988-1998 - Mayor of Davao City.

1995 - After Flor Contemplacion, a Filipino domestic worker, is hanged in Singapore for murdering her co-worker in 1991, Duterte leads protestors in
burning the Singapore flag.

1998-2001 - Becomes a congressman representing Davao City's 1st District.

2001-2010 - Mayor of Davao City.

April 6, 2009 - Human Rights Watch publishes the findings of its "Davao Death Squad" investigation, scrutinizing more than two dozen killings that
occurred in 2007 and 2008. Findings show no direct link to the killings and Duterte, but do provide evidence of a complicit relationship between
government o cials and members of the DDS.

May 24, 2015 - He vows to execute 100,000 criminals and dump their bodies into Manila Bay.

April 2016 - Duterte comes under fire after making a controversial comment during a campaign rally about a 1989 prison riot that led to the rape and
murder of a female missionary. According to a CNN Philippines translation of the video, he says, "they raped her, they lined up to her. I was angry she
was raped, yes that was one thing. But she was so beautiful, I thought the mayor should have been first. What a waste." His party issues an apology, but
Duterte later disowns it.

May 30, 2016 - The Philippine Congress o cially declares Duterte the winner of the May 9th presidential election after the o cial count is completed.

June 30, 2016 - Duterte takes o ce as president.

August 5, 2016 - In a speech, he claims he told Secretary of State John Kerry that US
Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg is a "gay son of a bitch."

September 7, 2016 - Duterte and US President Barack Obama meet briefly in Laos while
attending the yearly Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit. The two were scheduled to
meet prior for bilateral talks regarding the South China Sea, but Obama canceled their meeting as
Duterte's fiery rhetoric escalated.
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September 15, 2016 - A witness, Edgar Matobato, testifies before a Philippine Senate committee,
claiming he is a member of Duterte's alleged "Davao Death Squad," and that the Philippine
president gave orders to kill drug dealers, rapists and thieves. The committee was set up to probe
Photos: alleged extrajudicial killings in the three months since Duterte became president.

October 4, 2016 - The Philippines and the United States begin joint military exercises in Manila for
what Duterte claims will be the final time under the decade-long landmark Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement.

October 20, 2016 - Duterte announces at the PH-China Trade & Investment Forum, "In this venue I announce my separation from the US; militarily,
[but] not socially, [and] economically."

November 29, 2016 - Nine members of Duterte's security team are injured after their convoy is hit by an explosive device in advance of a planned visit
by the president to Marawi City.

December 12, 2016 - Admits to killing suspected criminals during his time as mayor of Davao City.

November 9, 2017 - Ahead of APEC meetings with regional leaders, Duterte tells a group of Filipino expatriates, in the central Vietnamese city of Da
Nang, that he stabbed someone to death when he was 16.

November 13, 2017 - US President Donald Trump and Duterte "briefly" discussed human rights and the Philippines' bloody war on drugs during their
closed-door conversation, the White House announces. However, the spokesman for Duterte tells reporters that "human rights did not arise" during the
meeting.

February 8, 2018 - The International Criminal Court (ICC) says it is opening a preliminary examination of the situation in the Philippines which "will
analyze crimes allegedly committed ... in the context of the 'war on drugs' campaign," specifically since July 1, 2016. Duterte's spokesman tells
reporters that the president "welcomes this preliminary examination because he is sick and tired of being accused of the commission of crimes against
humanity."

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