Facts: - website: -lsb- http://www.miriam.com.ph official website -rsb- - president: corazon aquino - birth name: miriam palma defensor - successor: florencio abad - party: people 2004 -- 2009 -rrb- nacionalista -lrb- 2009 -- 2011 -rrb- 's -- > reform party pwersa ng masang pilipino -lrb- - spouse: narciso santiago , jr. . - predecessor: philip juico - office: senator court secretary of agrarian reform of the philippines judge of the international criminal - term end: june 30 , 2001 2014 january 4 , 1990 - term start: june july 20 , 1989 30 , 2004 june 30 , 1995 2011 - birth date: 15 june 1945 - name: miriam defensor santiago - image: miriam sponsor.jpg beams as she attends a wedding as a - birth place: iloilo city , philippines - religion: roman catholicism - alma mater: university philippines , diliman university of michigan , ann arbor maryhill of school of theology the philippines , visayas university of the Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of miriam defensor santiago .
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miriam defensor santiago -lrb- born 15 june 1945 -rrb- is a filipino politician , notable for having served in all three branches of the philippine government -- judicial , executive , and legislative .santiago was named one of the 100 most powerful women in the world in 1997 by '' the australian '' magazine .in 1988 , she was named laureate of the ramon magsaysay award for government service , with a citation '' for bold and moral leadership in cleaning up a corrupt-ridden government agency . ''she ran in the 1992 presidential elections but was defeated in an election marred by allegations of impropriety by the victor .in 2012 , she became the first filipina and the first asian from a developing country to be elected a judge of the international criminal court .she later resigned the post , citing chronic fatigue syndrome , which turned out to be lung cancer .she has also written books covering topics in law and the social sciences .she has served three terms in the philippine senate .