Juan Ponce Enrile, architect of Philippine martial rule and savvy political survivor, dies at 101


Former defence minister and senator Juan Ponce Enrile was one of the Philippines' most enduring and controversial political figures. - JUAN PONCE ENRILE/FACEBOOK

MANILA: Juan Ponce Enrile – a powerful and influential political figure whose career spanned the Philippines’ most turbulent decades – died on Thursday (Nov 13). He was 101 years old.

His death was officially announced by his daughter, Katrina Ponce Enrile, in a post on X.

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