Fidel Valdez Ramos

(born March 18, 1928) the 12th President of the Philippinessucceeded Corazon Aquino and governed until 1998 succeeded by Joseph Estrada He was the first, and to date the only, non-Roman Catholic president of the Philippines

POLITICALtraveled to different countries and met with presidents to discuss about future plans concerning the political and economic cooperation of both countries which helped the Philippines greatly because it fostered international friendship and cooperation that led to better economic growth and creation of jobs.lessen the case of corruption in our country ; he was against cronyism ~~appointed deserving and highly qualified people for the governmental positions, instead of his friends and cronies First president to abolish death penalty

political stability in the Philippines

ECONOMICRESOLUTION OF THE POWER CRISIS~~would create an energy department in charge of the entire countrys energy demands~~Fidel Ramos was given special constitutional powers to issue licenses to independent power producers (IPP) for them to be able to construct power plants within 24 months. Because of all his efforts, the power crisis in the country was resolved in 1994.

TIGER CUB ECONOMY IN ASIA ~~reforms which aimed to open up the national economy encourage private enterprise generate more foreign and domestic investments improve the countrys infrastructure and telecommunications programs reduce corruption ~~generate about US$2 billion worth of foreign investments for our country ~~made some changes in the tax system of our country and increased the Value Added Tax from 4% to 10%, mandated by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, that lead to the Philippine Stock Exchange being one of the best in the world during the mid-1990s.

~~his administration focused on the value of educating the youth and built school buildings all around the country to better facilitate learning

Philippines 2000 Five-Point Program:~~Peace and Stability ~~Economic Growth and Sustainable Development ~~Energy and Power Generation ~~Environmental Protection ~~Streamlined Bureaucracy

SOCIALPEACE AGREEMENTS AND NEGOTIATIONS~~to declare peace with the rebels and separatist groups ~~instrumental in the signing of the final peace agreement between the government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) ~~Peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Communist Party of the Philippines National Democratic Front, were also resumed following orders from the President himself