Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 11, 1992. In the presidential election, retired general Fidel V. Ramos of Lakas-NUCD successfully won a six-year term as President, by a small margin. The Republic of the Philippines is a country of South East Asia, located in the western Pacific Ocean some 1,210 km (750 mi) from mainland Asia. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES Fidel V. Ramos Fidel Valdez Ramos (born March 18, 1928), military hero of the 1986 People Power Revolution that toppled the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, became the 12th President of the Republic of the Philippines on June 30, 1992. ... The President is the head of state and of the government of the Republic of the Philippines. ...