Michael Marcos Keon

Who is Michael Marcos Keon?

Michael Edward Marcos Keon is a Filipino politician. Keon is the son of Australian journalist Michael Keon and Elizabeth Marcos-Keon, governor of Ilocos Norte from 1971 to 1983 and the nephew of former president Ferdinand Marcos.

His mother, Elizabeth E. Marcos, was the sister of former President Ferdinand E. Marcos and was the first lady vice-governor and lady-governor of Ilocos Norte. His Australian father, Michael James Keon, was a man of remarkable intellect who worked for the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization and had a hand in setting up the International Rice Research Institute in Los Baños, Laguna. Michael James Keon joined the historic 10,000-km. "Long March" with Mao Zedong during the Chinese Revolution, covering the monumental event for the Chicago Daily Tribune. He was at one time the editor of the Rome Daily American, which was the largest English newspaper in the post-war era in Italy. Unknown to many, Gov. Keon's father was "a personal friend" of Mao Zedong and Lin Biao who rose to prominence during the Cultural Revolution.

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