Is the Philippines hereditary? Why is the president called Aquino III?

Philippines is not hereditary. The current President Aquino is called "III" mainly because he was born in the Aquino family, a famous political family in the Philippines.

Aquino III's real name: benigno Simon Corazon Aquino. His father Benigno Aquino, namely: Aquino I. His mother Corazon Aquino, namely: Aquino II. Aquino I is the speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives, while Aquino II is the 1 1 president of the Philippines (and the first female president in the Philippines and even in Asia). At present, Aquino III is the first 15 president of the Philippines.

Besides, this Aquino III has a part of China blood. His great-grandfather was from Xu Shangzhi, Fujian, China.

Xu Shangzhi (1841-1915), also known as Xu Yuhuan, is from Hung-chien Village, jiaomei, Zhangzhou, Fujian. 186 1 After earning a living in Manila, it was renamed Xu Shangzhi. After joining Catholicism, he took the Christian name "Jose Xu Huange I", and first arrived in the Philippines to make a living by fishing, and then ran a small plantation. After settling in Panic, Dara 'a Province, he continued to manage plantations, sugar industry, rice industry and construction contracting industry, and eventually became a rich man, and his family gradually became a prominent local family. Jose Huihuange II, the eldest grandson of Xu Shangzhi, is the father of 1 1 Philippine President Corazon Aquino (Aquino II).