Joseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada (born Jose Marcelo Ejercito; April 19, 1937)

a Filipino politician, became 13th President of the Philippines, Mayor of the City of Manila for
16 Years, Senator and Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines. Was the first
person in the present Fifth Republican period to be elected both President and VicePresident.
Eight of ten children of Emilio Ejercito and Maria Marcelo.Took studies at the Ateneo de
Manila University and Mapa Institute of Technology.
Started as film actor. In 1974 Estrada founded the Movie Workers Welfare
Foundation (Mowelfund), which helps filmmakers through medical reimbursements,
hospitalization, surgery and death benefits, livelihood, and alternative income opportunities
and housing .Estrada gained popularity as a film actor. He used his popularity as an actor to
make gains in politics.
Estrada entered politics and elected Mayor of San Juan, Metro Manila, then municipality
of Rizal in 1967. . His administration was marked by unequaled accomplishments in
infrastructure development. He was also the first mayor to computerize assessment of the
Real Estate Tax in the Municipal Assessors Office.
The following Election, Estrada won a seat in the Senate under the Grand Alliance for
Democracy (GAD) placing 16th in the elections (out of 24 winners). In 1987, he set his sights
on a Senate run and handily garnered a seat. He was appointed Chairman of the Committee
on Public Works. He was Vice-Chairman of the Committees on Health, Natural Resources
and Ecology and Urban Planning. As a senator, he was one of the so-called Magnificent 12
who voted to terminate the RP-US Military Bases Agreement leading to the withdrawal of
American servicemen from the Clark Air Base in Pampanga and the Subic Naval Base in
Zambales. In 1989, the Free Press cited him as one of the Three Outstanding Senators of
the Year.

In 1992, Joseph Estrada initially ran for president with Vicente Rivera, Jr. as his running mate
but he withdrew his bid and instead ran for vice-president as the running mate of Eduardo
Cojuangco, Jr. under the Nationalist People's Coalition. Estrada won the vice-presidency
garnering more votes than his closest opponent.As Vice-President, Estrada he was the
chairman of President Ramos' Presidential Anti-Crime Commission (PACC)
In the same year Estrada, together with former President Corazon Aquino, Cardinal Jaime
Sin, Senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and other political leaders, led an anti-charter change

rally brought in an estimated half a million people to Rizal Park against the charter change
moves by Ramos and his supporters.[14]

Estrada was elected President with a wide margin of votes in 1998. Inaugurated in the
historical town of Malolos in Bulacan . During his term, In 2000 he declared an "all-out-war"
against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front However, allegations of corruption spawned an
impeachment trial in the Senate, and ousted by "People Power 2" in 2001
.
In May 2013 Philippine mid-term elections, Estrada announced his intention to run for Mayor
of Manila to continue his political career. Estrada and his running-mate and re-electionist
Vice Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso were proclaimed mayor-elect and vice
mayor-elect, respectively by the City Board of Canvassers for the City of Manila.