Corazon Aquino — Statesman born on January 25, 1933,

Maria Corazon "Cory" Aquino y Cojuangco y Sumulong, a Filipino politician who served as the 11th President of the Philippines, was the first woman to hold that office and the first female president in Asia. Aquino was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled the 20-year authoritarian rule of President Ferdinand E. Marcos and restored democracy to the Philippines. She was named Time magazine's "Woman of the Year" in 1986. Prior to this, she had not held any other elective office... (wikipedia)