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Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III born February 8, 1960), also known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy, is a Filipino politician who has been the 15th and current President of the Philippines since June 2010.

Aquino is a fourth-generation politician: his great-grandfather, , Servillano "Mianong" Aquino served as a delegate to the Malolos Congress his grandfather, Benigno Aquino Sr, served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1943 to 1944; and his parents were President Corazon Aquino and Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. Aquino is a member of the Liberal Party In the Liberal Party, Aquino held various positions such as Secretary General and Vice President for Luzon  Aquino is currently the Chairman of the Liberal Party.

Born in Manila , Aquino finished his Bachelor of Arts Major in Economics from Ateneo de Manila Universty  in 1981 and joined his family in their exile in the United States shortly thereafter. He returned to the Philippines in 1983 shortly after the assassinations of his father and held several positions working in the private sector. In 1998, he was elected to the  House of Representatives as Representative of the 2nd district of Tarlac province. He was subsequently re-elected to the House in 2001 and 2004 In 2007, having been barred from running for re-election to the House due to term limits , he was elected to the Senate in the. 14th Congress of the Philippines.

Following the death of his mother on August 1, 2009, many people began calling on Aquino to run for president.On September 9, 2009, Aquino officially announced he would be a candidate in the 2010 Presidential election, held on May 10, 2010.On June 9, 2010, the Congress of the Philipppines proclaimed Aquino the winner of the 2010Presedential electiom On June 30, 2010, at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal park Manila Aquino was sworn in to office as the fifteenth President of the Philippines, succeeding Gloria Macapagal Arroyo  by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Conchita Carpio-Morales.

Although the official residence of the President is the Malacañang Palace, Aquino actually resides in the Bahay Pangarap (House of Dreams), located within the Palace grounds^.