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On October 21, 2009 it was announced that Binay would seek the vice-presidency as the running mate of presidential candidate Joseph Estrada. Though the latter lost to Benigno Aquino III, Binay won the vice presidency, garnering 41.65% of the vote cast, with runner up Mar Roxas receiving 39.58%.
Meanwhile, in the election for the vice-presidency, Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) defeated Senator Mar Roxas of the Liberal Party in the third-narrowest margin in the history of vice presidential elections.
The successor of Vice-President Noli de Castro is Jejomar Binay, the 13th Vice President of the Philippines. The legislators elected in the 2010 elections joined the senators of the 2007 elections and comprised the 15th Congress of the Philippines.
7 cze 2010 · Binay had initially aimed for the presidency, refusing invitations from the Liberal Party to join its senatorial ticket, saying that his expertise is as an executive and not as a legislator. He only slid down to the vice-presidency when Estrada decided to run for president.
30 cze 2010 · Binay took his oath as vice president on June 30, 2010, becoming the first local government official to do so. He is also the oldest Filipino to be elected vice president at the age of 67 and the second overall after Teofisto Guingona Jr. , who, at age 72, was appointed vice president by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
6 maj 2022 · Jojo Binay is a veteran politician, who served as the 13th vice president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. Before entering politics, he was a prominent human rights lawyer and political detainee during the Martial Law era, providing free legal services to others who were also unjustly detained.
8 cze 2010 · Liberal party standard bearer Benigno Aquino III and Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino vice-presidential candidate Jejomar Binay would be proclaimed as the two most powerful people in the country. The final tally of the National Board of Canvassers showed Aquino with 15,208,678 votes, winning the presidential race with no surprise.
