Ferdinand Marcos' political career started when he was elected a member of Congress in 1949. His slogan during said campaign was "Please vote for me as your member of Congress on election day. If I get elected, in 20 years I will be your President." 16 years after this election, in 1965 he became the President of the Phillippines.
The illustration shows Miss Marcos during her campaign for the member of Congress in her youth. Although, with such beautiful long black hair, she looked like a typical Japanese beauty and suspected to have Japanese ancestry, she is actually of Chinese and Filipino descent.Vote for me, and in 20 years I'll be the president
Marcos is voted as congress member in 1949. In less than 20 years (1965 - 16 years later) he is voted as president of The Philippines.
