Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr.

Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. (November 27, 1932 – August 21, 1983) was a Filipino politician who served as a Senator of the Philippines (1967–1972) and governor of the province of Tarlac. He was the husband of Corazon Aquino—who, after his death, eventually became President of the Philippines—and father of a later President, Benigno Aquino III. Aquino. Aquino is most known as being the opposition leader against then-dictator Ferdinand Marcos, and was assassinated upon his return from exile in the United States.