Original sentence: Diosdado Pangan Macapagal (September 28, 1910 – April 21, 1997) was a Filipino statesman who served as the 9th President of the Philippines.For the boulevard in Metro Manila, see Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard.He did not win in his own re-election bid in 1965, losing to Ferdinand Marcos.He is also known for changing the day of Philippine Independence, which was then July 4, 1946, to June 12, 1898.He was also known by his nickname "The Incorruptible".He was elected in 1961, defeating the re-election bid of Carlos P
Edited sentence: As President, Macapagal introduced the country's first land reform law, and liberalized foreign exchange and import controls.Diosdado Pangan Macapagal (September 28, 1910 – April 21, 1997) was the 9th President of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the 6th Vice President of the Philippines, serving from 1957 to 1961.For the road, see Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard.Garcia, and in 1961 he defeated Garcia's re-election bid for the presidency.He is also known for shifting the country's independence day from July 4 to June 12, commemorating the day Filipino patriots declared independence from Spain in 1898.His re-election bid was defeated in 1965 by Ferdinand Marcos, whose subsequent authoritarian rule lasted 20 years.In 1957 he became vice president in the administration of Carlos P.Macapagal first won election in 1949 to the House of Representatives, representing a district in his home province of Pampanga