Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has died after a prolonged illness, according to several news reports and later confirmed by his family.
Aquino, 61, served as the country’s 15th president from 2010 to 2016 and was succeeded in office by the incumbent, Rodrigo Duterte.
In a statement on Thursday 24 June 2021 afternoon, the Aquino family said the former president died “peacefully in his sleep” after suffering from renal disease secondary to diabetes at 6:30am Manila time on Thursday (2230 GMT June 23).
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