Imelda Marcos

 Imelda Romualdez Marcos(locally Imelda Markos, locally born Imelda Remedios Visitacion Trinidad Romualdez 2 July 1929) is a Filipino politician who served as the First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 until 1986, wielding significant political influence during the rule of her husband, the 10th president Ferdinand Marcos. She is the mother of the current president Bongbong Marcos.During the 21 years of her husband's rule, Imelda Marcos directed the building of numerous extravagant construction projects with public money and "in the most ridiculously short order"[9-- a pro-government method that eventually was referred to as her "edifice complex". Her husband and she stole billions of pesos from Filipino people. They built up a fortune of up to US$5-10 billion by 1986. This was later known as her "edifice complex". They spent a large portion of their time abroad on state visits lavish parties and shopping trips. She also invested a large portion of the State's funds on her own art, jewelry and shoe collection - amassing more than 3,000 pairs of footwear