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{{Short description|President of the Philippines (1998–2001)}}
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{{Other people|Jose Estrada}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=November 2022}}
{{Philippine name|Marcelo|Ejercito}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Joseph Estrada<!---Same as article name--->
| image               = Erap at the State Dining Room of the Malacañan Palace 072716.jpg
| caption             = Estrada in 2016
| order3              = 26th
| office3             = Mayor of Manila
| 1blankname3         = {{nowrap|Vice Mayor}}
| 1namedata3          = {{Unbulleted list|Isko Moreno (2013–2016)|[[Honey Lacuna]] (2016–2019)}}
| term_start3         = June 30, 2013
| term_end3           = June 30, 2019
| predecessor3        = [[Alfredo Lim]]
| successor3          = [[Isko Moreno]]
| order               = 13th
| office              = President of the Philippines
| vicepresident       = Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
| term_start          = June 30, 1998
| term_end            = January 20, 2001
| predecessor         = [[Fidel V. Ramos]]
| successor           = [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]]
| order2              = 9th
| office2             = Vice President of the Philippines
| president2          = [[Fidel V. Ramos]]
| term_start2         = June 30, 1992
| term_end2           = June 30, 1998
| predecessor2        = [[Salvador Laurel]]
| successor2          = Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
| office4             = 18th [[Secretary of the Interior and Local Government]]
| president4          = '' Himself ''
| term_start4         = June 30, 1998
| term_end4           = April 12, 1999
| predecessor4        = [[Sonny Collantes]] ({{OIC-Philippines}})
| successor4          = [[Ronaldo Puno]]
| office5             = Chairman of the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission
| president5          = [[Fidel V. Ramos]]
| term_start5         = 1992
| term_end5           = 1997
| office6             = [[Senate of the Philippines|Senator of the Philippines]]
| term_start6         = June 30, 1987
| term_end6           = June 30, 1992
| office7             = 14th [[Mayor of San Juan, Metro Manila|Mayor of San Juan]]
| 1blankname7         = Vice Mayor
| 1namedata7          = Pablo T. Angeles (1969–1975)
| term_start7         = August 5, 1969
| term_end7           = March 26, 1986
| predecessor7        = Braulio Santo Domingo
| successor7          = Reynaldo San Pascual
| birth_name          = Jose Marcelo Ejercito
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1937|4|19|mf=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Tondo, Manila]], Philippines
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Loi Ejercito|Luisa Pimentel]]|1959}}
| children            = 11 (incl. [[Jinggoy Estrada|Jose Jr.]], [[JV Ejercito|Joseph Victor]], [[Jude Estrada|Jude]] and [[Jake Ejercito|Juan Emilio | Jacob]])
| relatives           = [[Ejercito family]], [[George Estregan]] (Brother)
| alma_mater          = {{Unbulleted list|[[Mapúa University|Mapúa Institute of Technology]]|[[Central Colleges of the Philippines]]}}
| occupation          = {{hlist|Politician|actor}}
| residence           = [[Santa Mesa, Manila]]
| profession          = Businessman
| party               = [[Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino|PMP]] (since 1991)
| otherparty          = {{ubl|
 |[[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]] (1969–1987)
 |[[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]] (1987–1991)
 |[[Nationalist People's Coalition|NPC]] (1991–1997)
 |[[Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino|LAMMP]] (1997–2001)
 |[[United Opposition (Philippines)|UNO]] (2005–2010)
 |[[United Nationalist Alliance|UNA]] (2012–2015)
}}
| signature           = Erap Estrada Signature.svg
| module              = {{Infobox criminal
| child              = yes
| charge             = [[Plunder]]
| conviction_penalty = [[Reclusión perpetua]]
| conviction_status  = [[Pardon]]ed on October 26, 2007 by President [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]]
}}
| father              = Emilio Ejercito Sr.
| mother              = [[Mary Ejercito|Maria Marcelo]]
}}
{{Joseph Estrada sidebar}}
'''Joseph Ejercito Estrada''' {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Knights of Rizal|KGCR]]}} ({{IPA|tl|ʔɛˌhɛːɾ.sɪˈto ʔɛsˈtɾaː.dɐ|}}; born '''Jose Marcelo Ejercito'''; April 19, 1937), also known by the nickname '''Erap''',<ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- Reuters Staff --> |date=September 12, 2007 |title=Key facts on Philippines' former leader Estrada |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-estrada-factbox-idUSMAN32465120070912 |access-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-date=April 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403173126/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-estrada-factbox-idUSMAN32465120070912 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{efn|"Erap" is a reverse of "pare", which means "pal" or "buddy" in Filipino.|group=n|name=nickname}} is a Filipino politician and former actor who served as the 13th [[President of the Philippines]] from 1998 until his removal from office in 2001. He served as the 14th [[Mayor of San Juan, Metro Manila|Mayor of San Juan]] from 1969 to 1986, the ninth vice president under [[Fidel V. Ramos]] from 1992 to 1998, and the 26th [[Mayor of Manila]] from 2013 to 2019. [[Presidency of Joseph Estrada|His presidency]] was the third-shortest in Philippine history, after [[Emilio Aguinaldo]] and [[Sergio Osmeña]].

Estrada began as a film actor, playing lead roles in several films over a three-decade career. He entered politics in 1969 as a mayor of San Juan, and was a [[senator of the Philippines|senator]] from 1987 to 1992. He won the [[1998 Philippine presidential election|1998 presidential election]] with a wide margin of votes separating him from the other challengers and was sworn into the presidency on June 30, 1998. In 2000, he [[2000 Philippine campaign against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front|declared an "all-out-war"]] against [[Moro Islamic Liberation Front]] and [[Battle of Camp Abubakar|captured its headquarters]] and other camps.<ref name="peopledaily2">{{cite web |date=July 10, 2000 |title=Philippine Military Takes Moro Headquarters |url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200007/10/eng20000710_45067.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813134402/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200007/10/eng20000710_45067.html |archive-date=August 13, 2011 |access-date=October 12, 2011 |website=People's Daily}}</ref> Allegations of corruption spawned an [[impeachment]] trial in the Senate. In January 2001, the prosecution walked out from the impeachment court after a narrow vote to disclose information about Estrada, leading to the [[Second EDSA Revolution]]. On January 20, Estrada was removed from office; his vice president, [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]], assumed the presidency. He was the first chief executive in Asia to be formally impeached.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Magno |first1=Alexander R. |date=2001 |title=PHILIPPINES: Trauma of a Failed Presidency |journal=Southeast Asian Affairs |volume=2001 |pages=251–262 |jstor=27912279}}</ref> After his arrest on April 25, 2001, on charges of plunder, his supporters rallied and marched to [[Malacañang Palace]] and attempted to storm the premises in [[EDSA III]].

In 2007, Estrada [[Trial of Joseph Estrada|was sentenced]] by a special division of the [[Sandiganbayan]] to ''[[reclusión perpetua]]'' under a charge of plunder for the embezzlement of the {{US$|80&nbsp;million}} from the government but was later granted a pardon by the president and his former deputy, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. He unsuccessfully ran in the [[2010 Philippine presidential election|2010 presidential election]], and served as the mayor of Manila for two terms, from 2013 to 2019, becoming the first former president to be elected into a lower level of office after their presidency.

==Early life and education==
Joseph Estrada was born as Jose Marcelo Ejercito at 8:25&nbsp;pm on April 19, 1937 in his home in [[Tondo, Manila|Tondo]], an urban district of [[Manila]].<ref name=":04">{{Cite web |last=Singcol |first=Anna Katrina T. |date=June 3, 2009 |title=Profile: Joseph Marcelo "ERAP" Ejercito Estrada |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/research/06/03/09/profile-joseph-erap-ejercito-estrada |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211183641/https://news.abs-cbn.com/research/06/03/09/profile-joseph-erap-ejercito-estrada |archive-date=December 11, 2023 |access-date=August 7, 2024 |website=ABS-CBN News |language=en}}</ref> His family later moved to the wealthy suburb of [[San Juan, Metro Manila|San Juan]], then a municipality in the province of [[Rizal (province)|Rizal]]. He belonged to a wealthy family and was the eighth of ten children of Emilio Ejercito Sr. (1899–1977) and his wife, [[Mary Ejercito|Maria Marcelo]] (1906–2009). After graduating from the [[Ateneo de Manila University|Ateneo Elementary School]] in 1951, he was expelled during his second year of high school at Ateneo for defending his classmate, Mario Tiaoqui, who later became [[Department of Energy (Philippines)|Energy]] Secretary under Estrada. Tiaoqui was bullied by a burly American named Patrick Hilton in the restroom. Both Estrada and Hilton were dismissed but later struck a friendship in school reunions.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ocampo|first=Ambeth|title=Bullying at the Ateneo|url=https://opinion.inquirer.net/118464/bullying-in-the-ateneo/amp|date=August 6, 2024|access-date=March 25, 2025|archive-date=December 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228002941/https://opinion.inquirer.net/118464/bullying-in-the-ateneo/amp|url-status=live}}</ref> Estrada graduated high school at the [[Mapua University|Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT)]], and during college, he enrolled in Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the MIT to please his father. He would leave once again and transferred to [[Central Colleges of the Philippines]] (CCP) College of Engineering but dropped out to pursue films.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Macaraig|first=Ayee|title=Erap at 75: I'm Done Now|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/4049-erap-at-75-im-done-now/#error=login_required&state=4b748f5a-eaa3-4eea-9aa0-2700011e5ca1&iss=https%3A%2F%2Fsso.rappler.com%2Frealms%2Frappler|publisher=[[Rappler]]|date=April 19, 2012|access-date=March 25, 2025|archive-date=December 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208162522/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/4049-erap-at-75-im-done-now/#error=login_required&state=4b748f5a-eaa3-4eea-9aa0-2700011e5ca1&iss=https%3A%2F%2Fsso.rappler.com%2Frealms%2Frappler|url-status=live}}</ref>

Estrada's first partner was his St. John's Academy schoolmate Mercedita "Ditas" Carmona, whom he began dating at the age of 15.<ref name="JEHVillasana">{{cite news|last=Villasana|first=Gil. E.|title=Joseph Estrada!|work=Jingle Extra Hot!|date=March 17, 1980|pages=16–17, 25|language=Filipino|quote=Na-first love siya sa isang babaing may ngalang '''Ditas Carmona'''. He lost his virginity at 17. At 18, nasaksak siya sa pagtatanggol sa sarili at nag-aagaw-buhay na isinugod sa noo'y North General Hospital.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Carballo|first=Bibsy M.|title=Erap and his recipe for happiness|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2011/09/26/730720/erap-and-his-recipe-happiness|access-date=January 27, 2024|work=[[The Philippine Star|Philstar.com]]|publisher=Philstar Global Corp.|date=September 26, 2011|location=[[Manila]], Philippines}}</ref> Estrada was alleged to have nearly lost his life defending himself against a knife attack in the mid-1950s, being rushed to the [[José R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center|North General Hospital]] in Manila after the incident.<ref name="JEHVillasana"/>

==Film career==
{{Main|Joseph Estrada filmography}}

In his twenties, he began a career as an actor, usually playing the role of the villain/antagonist. He adopted the stage name "Joseph Estrada", as his mother objected to his chosen career and his decision to quit schooling multiple times. He also acquired the nickname "Erap" (a play on the Tagalog slang "pare", meaning 'buddy') from his friend, fellow actor [[Fernando Poe Jr]].

Estrada gained popularity as a film actor, playing the lead role in over a hundred films in an acting career spanning some three decades.

In 1974, Estrada founded the [[Mowelfund|Movie Workers Welfare Foundation]] (Mowelfund), which helps filmmakers through medical reimbursements, hospitalization, surgery and death benefits, livelihood, alternative income opportunities, and housing. Its educational arm, the Mowelfund Film Institute, has produced some of the most skilled and respected producers, filmmakers, writers, and performers in both the independent and mainstream sectors of the industry since its inception in 1979.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Martinez-Belen|first1=Crispina|date=March 27, 2009|url=http://mb.com.ph/articles/200438/mowelfund-marks-35th-year|title=Mowelfund marks 35th year|work=[[Manila Bulletin]]|access-date=September 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419075849/http://mb.com.ph/|archive-date=April 19, 2009}}</ref> He also founded, together with [[Guillermo de Vega]], the first [[Metro Manila Film Festival]] in 1975.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former President Joseph "Erap" Estrada proud to be a founder of MMFF |url=https://www.pep.ph/news/24294/former-president-joseph-erap-estrada-proud-to-be-a-founder-of-mmff |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=[[Philippine Entertainment Portal]] |date=January 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106155302/https://www.pep.ph/news/24294/former-president-joseph-erap-estrada-proud-to-be-a-founder-of-mmff |archive-date=January 6, 2010 |language=en, fil}}</ref>

==Entry into politics==
===Mayor of San Juan (1969–1986)===
Estrada entered politics in 1967, running for mayor of [[San Juan, Metro Manila|San Juan]], failing and only succeeding in 1969 after winning an electoral protest against Braulio Sto. Domingo.<ref name=":04"/> His administration achieved many infrastructure developments. These included the establishment of the first Municipal High School, the Agora complex, a modern slaughterhouse, a sprawling government center with a post office, a mini-park, and the paving of 98 percent of the town's roads and alleys.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

As mayor, he paid particular attention to the elementary education of children by improving and renovating school buildings, constructing additional school structures, health centers, barangay halls, and playgrounds in all barangays, and providing artesian wells to areas with low water supply. He relocated some 1,800 squatter families out of San Juan to [[Taytay, Rizal]], at no cost. He was also the first mayor to computerize the assessment of the Real Estate Tax at the Municipal Assessor's Office.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |date=July 28, 2009 |title=Untitled Document |url=http://erap.ph/speakson/erap_bio.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090728015822/http://erap.ph/speakson/erap_bio.htm |archive-date=July 28, 2009}}</ref> When [[Corazon Aquino]] assumed the presidency in 1986, all elected officials of the local government were removed and replaced by appointed officers-in-charge, including Estrada{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

===Senator of the Philippines (1987–1992)===
[[File:The Honorable Joseph E. Estrada (Senator of the Philippines).png|thumb|Estrada as a senator, photograph released by the [[Philippine Congress]], {{circa|1988}}]]

In 1987, Estrada won a seat in the [[Senate of the Philippines|Senate]] under the Grand Alliance for Democracy (GAD) placing 14th in the elections (out of 24 winners).<ref name=":04"/> He was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Public Works. He was Vice-Chairman of the Committees on Health, Natural Resources and Ecology, and Urban Planning.<ref>{{cite news |title=Joseph Estrada |url=https://benefactors.mowelfund.com/joseph-estrada/ |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=[[Mowelfund]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023015717/https://benefactors.mowelfund.com/joseph-estrada/ |archive-date=October 23, 2020}}</ref>

In the Senate, Estrada sponsored bills on irrigation projects and the protection and propagation of the [[carabao]], the beast of burden in the rural areas.<ref name=":04"/>

Estrada and eleven other senators (dubbed the "Magnificent 12" in media coverage) voted to terminate the RP-US Military Bases Agreement in 1991, leading to the withdrawal of American servicemen from the [[Clark Air Base]] in Pampanga and the [[Subic Naval Base]] in Zambales.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Francisco |first=Katerina |date=September 16, 2016 |title=LOOK BACK: When the Senate said 'no' to US bases renewal |url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/look-back-senate-no-us-base-renewal-1991 |access-date=April 18, 2021 |website=[[Rappler]] |language=en |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418020959/https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/look-back-senate-no-us-base-renewal-1991 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1989, the ''Free Press'' cited him as one of the Three Outstanding Senators of the Year. He was conferred the degree of Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa by the University of Pangasinan in 1990,<ref name=":04"/> and by the Bicol University in April 1997.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

==Vice presidency (1992–1998)==
{{See also|Presidency of Fidel V. Ramos}}
[[File:1992 Oath Taking of Joseph Ejercito Estrada as Vice President of the Philippines - June 30.webm|Oath taking as Vice President of the Philippines on June 30, 1992|thumb|right|280px]]

In 1992, Estrada initially ran for president under the [[Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino|Partido ng Masang Pilipino]] (PMP), with Vicente Rivera Jr. as his running mate and fellow actor [[Fernando Poe Jr.]] as his campaign manager.<ref>{{cite news |last=Maragay |first=Fel V. |date=March 2, 1992 |title=Stars call 'cut' to join Erap |page=2 |work=[[Manila Standard]] |publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp. |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19920302&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=November 16, 2020 |quote=Fernando Poe, Jr., undisputed king of the local action movies and Estrada's campaign manager...}}</ref> The Philippine film industry called for a 60-day "moratorium" on all film projects by March for industry figures to help Estrada's presidential campaign.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bocobo |first=Ariel |date=March 3, 1992 |title=Bad news for Erap's rivals |page=11 |work=[[Manila Standard]] |publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp. |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19920303&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=December 14, 2021 |archive-date=December 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213180351/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19920303&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Estrada reluctantly withdrew his bid on March 30 due to financial issues and instead became the running mate of [[Danding Cojuangco|Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.]] under the [[Nationalist People's Coalition]]; Estrada expressed that the decision was "very painful, if not traumatic".<ref>{{cite news |last=Maragay |first=Fel V. |date=March 30, 1992 |title=Erap joins Danding |page=2 |work=[[Manila Standard]] |publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp. |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19920324&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=November 16, 2020}}</ref> Though Cojuangco lost to former National Defense Secretary [[Fidel V. Ramos]] for the presidency, Estrada won the vice-presidency garnering more votes than his closest opponent [[Marcelo Fernan]], [[Ramon Mitra Jr.]]'s running mate.

As vice president, Estrada was the chair of President Ramos' Presidential Anti-Crime Commission (PACC). Estrada arrested criminal warlords and kidnapping syndicates.<ref>{{cite web |title=The rise and fall of Joseph Estrada – Yehey! News |url=http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=181710 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813024415/http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=181710 |archive-date=August 13, 2009 |publisher=Yehey.com}}</ref> He repeatedly topped surveys on government officials' performance conducted by the [[Social Weather Stations]] within his first two years as vice president and was named "Man of the Year" by [[ABS-CBN]] for 1993.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 6, 1994 |title=Estrada named ABS-CBN's 1993 'Man of the Year' |page=5 |work=[[Manila Standard]] |publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp. |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19940106&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=December 26, 2021 |quote=Estrada has consistently topped the Social Weather Station's (SWS) surveys on the performance of government officials in 1993. |archive-date=December 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225162800/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19940106&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> He resigned as chair in 1997.

In the same year Estrada, together with former president [[Corazon Aquino]], Cardinal [[Jaime Sin]], Senator [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]], and other political leaders, led an anti-charter change rally that brought in an estimated half a million people to [[Rizal Park]] against the [[Constitutional reform in the Philippines#Ramos administration|charter change moves by Ramos and his supporters]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Gloria and cha-cha – Research – Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs – Latest Philippine News – BETA |work=[[GMA News]] |url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/113427/Gloria-and-cha-cha |url-status=dead |access-date=October 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817170818/http://www.gmanews.tv/story/113427/Gloria-and-cha-cha |archive-date=August 17, 2011}}</ref>

In early 1993, Estrada established Club 419 (later the International Business Club) in Cafe Ysabel within [[San Juan, Metro Manila|San Juan]] as a private men's club for him and his friends, including Poe.<ref>{{cite news|last=Japitana|first=Norma|date=February 5, 1993|title=Club 419 — The country's most exclusive|page=20|work=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp.|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19930205&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=October 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Nocum|first=Armand N.|title=Erap pal does a Chavit: Witness eclipses Corpus, Mawanay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DVU1AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1|access-date=July 9, 2024|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|publisher=The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.|date=August 24, 2001|page=A1}}</ref>

==Presidency (1998–2001)==
{{Main|Presidency of Joseph Estrada}}
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[[File:1998 Inaugural Address of Joseph Ejercito Estrada, 12th President of the Republic of the Philippines - June 30.webm|thumb|280px|left|Inaugural address delivered in Rizal Park, Manila, June 30, 1998.]]

On June 30, 1998, Estrada took his oath of office at the historic Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan. He also gave his inaugural address at the Quirino Grandstand where he promised to bring peace and harmony to the people and pledged to fight corruption and continue the economic reforms of the previous Ramos administration. 
The elected vice-president was Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from the Lakas–NUCD.<ref name="Halili, M.C. 2010">Halili, M.C. (2010). Philippine History. Rex Book Store, Inc.</ref>

"Erap Para sa Mahirap" became the campaign slogan of the presidency. He drove his election campaign vehicle JEEP, which meant Justice, Economy, Environment, and Peace.<ref name="Halili, M.C. 2010"/>

Estrada was the first president to use a special name as his official address name, combining his real family name, Ejercito, with his screen name, thus forming "Joseph Ejercito Estrada".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/insights/06/19/10/trivia-aquino-and-binay|title=Trivia on Aquino and Binay|author=Manuel L. Quezon III|work=ABS-CBN News|archive-date=June 23, 2015|access-date=August 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623223611/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/insights/06/19/10/trivia-aquino-and-binay|url-status=live}}</ref> Estrada was inaugurated on June 30, 1998, in the historical town of [[Malolos]] in [[Bulacan]] province in paying tribute to the cradle of the [[First Philippine Republic]]. That afternoon the new president delivered his inaugural address at the [[Quirino Grandstand]] in [[Luneta]]. He assumed office amid the [[Asian Financial Crisis]] and with agricultural problems due to poor weather conditions, thereby slowing the economic growth to −0.6% in 1998 from 5.2% in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=200020&Itemid=26|title=Philippines : Gov.Ph : The Official Government Portal of the Republic of the Philippines – General Information|access-date=October 12, 2011}}</ref> The economy recovered by 3.4% in 1999 and 4% in 2000.<ref name=autogenerated6>Abaya, Antonio. (January 17, 2007). {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110713061608/http://www.iskandalo.com/article.html?id=264 GMAs Successes]}}. Retrieved September 28, 2009. <!-- Replaced original link that became invalid: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=antonioAbaya_jan17_2008 with what I suspect is an alternate link referring to a copy of the original article --></ref> In 2000 he declared an "all-out-war" against the [[Moro Islamic Liberation Front]] (MILF) and captured its headquarters and other camps.<ref name="peopledaily2"/><ref name="autogenerated5">{{cite web |title=Speech of Former President Estrada on the GRP-MORO Conflict – Philippine Human Development Network |url=http://hdn.org.ph/speech-of-former-president-estrada-on-the-grp-moro-conflict/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007100949/http://hdn.org.ph/speech-of-former-president-estrada-on-the-grp-moro-conflict/ |archive-date=October 7, 2011 |access-date=October 12, 2011 |publisher=Hdn.org.ph}}</ref> Allegations of corruption<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-03 |title=Revealing the Ultimate 2020 List: The 10 Most Corrupt Politicians in the World - The Sina Times |url=https://www.sinatimes.com/2020/01/03/revealing-the-ultimate-2020-list-the-10-most-corrupt-politicians-in-the-world/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |language=en-US |archive-date=January 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103131453/https://www.sinatimes.com/2020/01/03/revealing-the-ultimate-2020-list-the-10-most-corrupt-politicians-in-the-world/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> spawned a railroaded [[impeachment]] trial in the Senate courtesy of house speaker [[Manuel Villar]], and in 2001 Estrada was ousted by a coup after the trial was aborted.

In his inaugural address, Estrada said:
{{cquote|One hundred years after Kawit, fifty years after independence, twelve years after EDSA, and seven years after the rejection of foreign bases, it is now the turn of the masses to experience liberation. We stand in the shadow of those who fought to make us free&nbsp;– free from foreign domination, free from domestic tyranny, free from superpower dictation, free from economic backwardness.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://erap.ph/speakson/inagural063098.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090808103137/http://erap.ph/speakson/inagural063098.htm|url-status=dead|title=Untitled Document|date=August 8, 2009|archive-date=August 8, 2009}}</ref>}}

===Domestic policies===
{{Main|Presidency of Joseph Estrada#Domestic policies}}

====Rebellion in Mindanao====
{{Main|2000 Philippine campaign against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front|Battle of Camp Abubakar}}
During the Ramos administration a cessation of hostilities agreement was signed between the Philippine government and the MILF in July 1997. This was continued by a series of peace talks and negotiations in Estrada administration.<ref name=autogenerated5 /> The MILF, an Islamic group based in formed in 1977, seeks to be an independent Islamic state from the Philippines, and, despite the agreements, a sequence of terrorist attacks on the Philippine military and civilians still continued.<ref name=autogenerated5 /> These included the kidnapping of a foreign priest, namely Father Luciano Benedetti; the destruction by arson of Talayan, Maguindanao's municipal hall; the takeover of the Kauswagan Municipal Hall; the [[2000 Ozamiz ferry bombing|bombing of the M/V Our Lady of Mediatrix ferry]] at [[Ozamiz City]]; and the takeover of the Narciso Ramos Highway. By doing so, they inflicted severe damage on the country's image abroad, and scared much-needed investments away. For this reason, on
March 21, 2000, Estrada declared an "all-out war" against the MILF.

During the war the [[Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines]] (CBCP) asked Estrada to negotiate a [[ceasefire]] with the MILF, but Estrada opposed the idea arguing that a ceasefire would cause more terrorist attacks. For the next three months of the war, Camp Abubakar, headquarters of the MILF, fell along with other 13 major camps and 43 minor camps, and then all of which became under controlled by the government. The MILF leader Hashim Salamat fled to [[Malaysia]]. The MILF later declared ''a [[jihad]]'' on the government. On July 10 of the same year, the Estrada went to Mindanao and raised the Philippine flag symbolizing victory. After the war Estrada said, "...&nbsp;will speed up government efforts to bring genuine and lasting peace and development in Mindanao". In the middle of July Estrada ordered the military to arrest top MILF leaders.<ref name="peopledaily1">{{cite web |url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200007/10/eng20000710_45067.html |title=Philippine Military Takes Moro Headquarters |website=People's Daily |date=July 10, 2000 |access-date=March 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813104359/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200007/10/eng20000710_45067.html |archive-date=August 13, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In his [[State of the Nation Address (Philippines)|state of the nation address]] (SONA), Estrada highlighted his vision for Mindanao:

* The first is to restore and maintain peace in     Mindanao—because, without peace, there can be no development.
* The second is to develop Mindanao—because, without     development, there can be no peace.
* The third is to continue seeking peace talks with the     MILF within the framework of the Constitution—because a peace agreed upon     in good faith is preferable to a peace enforced by force of arms.
* And the fourth is to continue with the implementation     of the peace agreement between the government and the Moro National     Liberation Front, or MNLF—because that is our commitment to our countrymen and the international community.

In addition to this Estrada said his administration can move with more speed in transforming Mindanao into a progressive economic center.<sup>[1]</sup> High on the list of priorities was the plight of MILF guerrillas who were tired of fighting and had no camps left to which to report. On October 5, 2000, the first massive surrender of 669 LC-MILF mujahideen led by the renegade vice mayor of Marugong, Lanao del Sur Malupandi Cosandi Sarip and seven other battalion commanders, surrendered to Estrada at the 4th ID headquarters in Camp Edilberto Evangelista, Bgy. Patag, Cagayan de Oro City. They were followed shortly by a second batch of 855 surrenderees led by Lost command MILF Commander Sayben Ampaso on December 29, 2000.<sup>[2]</sup>

===Foreign policies===
{{Main|Presidency of Joseph Estrada#Foreign policies}}

===Economy===
By the end of Estrada's administration, debt supposedly reached {{Philippine peso}}2.1&nbsp;trillion in 1999. Domestic debt supposedly amounted to {{Philippine peso}}986.7&nbsp;billion while foreign debt stood at US$52.2&nbsp;billion. The [[fiscal deficit]] had reportedly doubled to more than {{Philippine peso}}100&nbsp;billion from a low of {{Philippine peso}}49&nbsp;billion in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iskandalo.com/article.html?id=264 |title=www.iskandalo.com |publisher=iskandalo.com |date=August 21, 1983 |access-date=October 12, 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713061608/http://www.iskandalo.com/article.html?id=264 |archive-date=July 13, 2011 }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=July 2023}} Despite such setbacks, the GDP by 1999 posted a 3.2 percent growth rate, up from a low of −0.5 percent in 1998. Moreover, domestic investments started to increase from 18.8% of GDP in 1999 to 21.2% of GDP in 2000.<ref name=autogenerated4>[http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/letterstotheeditor/view/20081007-164968/Records-prove-Estradas-achievements "Records prove Estrada's achievements"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721191850/http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/letterstotheeditor/view/20081007-164968/Records-prove-Estradas-achievements |date=July 21, 2015}} ''Philippine News for Filipinos''</ref> Unemployment stood at 10.4% under Estrada, compared to 11.2% during Arroyo's presidency and 9.3% during Ramos's presidency.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-27 |title=Poverty, joblessness despite GDP growth puzzling |url=https://www.ibon.org/poverty-joblessness-despite-gdp-growth-puzzling/ |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=IBON Foundation |language=en}}</ref>

=== Human rights ===
{{Main|Human rights in the Philippines}}
{{See also|New People's Army rebellion#1995 JASIG and 1998 CARHRIHL agreements}}
In August 1998, Estrada signed the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL), which was drafted under President Fidel Ramos.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cabillas |first=Padre Dionito M. |date=2019-08-27 |title=Oplan Kalasag, the NCR version of AFP-PNP Oplan Kapanatagan |url=https://manilatoday.net/oplan-kalasag-the-ncr-version-of-afp-pnp-oplan-kapanatagan/ |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=Manila Today |language=en-US}}</ref> Estrada, on December 28, 2000, signed the [[Rome Statute]] establishing the [[International Criminal Court]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marchadesch |first=Barbara |date=2018-03-14 |title=Before Duterte withdrawal, PHL took long, hard road to signing Rome Statute of ICC |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/specialreports/646621/phl-took-long-hard-road-to-signing-rome-statute-of-icc/story/ |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}</ref>

There were 26 reported cases of [[Extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in the Philippines|enforced disappearances]] during the Estrada presidency.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alimario |first=Anjo |date=August 8, 2023 |title=Families of desaparecidos demand justice |url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/8/28/families-of-desaparecidos-demand-justice.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906000730/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/8/28/families-of-desaparecidos-demand-justice.html |archive-date=2023-09-06 |access-date=2025-11-01 |work=CNN |language=en}}</ref>

===Corruption charges and impeachment===
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In October 2000, [[Ilocos Sur]] governor [[Chavit Singson|Luis "Chavit" Singson]], a close friend of Estrada, alleged that he had personally given Estrada ₱400 million as the payoff from [[jueteng]], a grassroots-based numbers game, hidden in a bank account known as "Jose Velarde", as well as ₱180 million from the government price subsidy for the tobacco farmers' marketing cooperative after Estrada ordered a full-blown investigation into Chavit Singson's alleged misuse of millions of pesos in public funds. Cockfighting magnate [[Atong Ang]], a marketing consultant for the [[Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation]] (PAGCOR) and a close associate of Estrada,<ref name="PDIEsplanada">{{cite news|last=Esplanada|first=Jerry|title=Atong Ang jai alai's top honcho|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2oc1AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&article_id=1639,11011225|access-date=August 5, 2025|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|volume=15|issue=63|publisher=The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.|date=February 9, 2000|page=A1}}</ref> was also accused by Singson of acting as an intermediary in Estrada's transactions involving money from jueteng.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Aning|first1=Jerome|last2=Calauor-Carvajal|first2=Nancy|title=Now, it's 'jueteng' war[:] Chavit Singson takes on Atong Ang, bares payoffs to Palace|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tlg1AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&article_id=2111,32586316|access-date=August 21, 2025|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|publisher=The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.|date=October 5, 2000|page=A1}}</ref>

In the 2004 Global Transparency Report by [[Transparency International]], Estrada, together with [[Ferdinand Marcos]], made it into the list of the World's All-Time Most Corrupt Leaders in the World. Estrada was listed tenth and was said to have amassed between $78 million to $80 million.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ferriols |first1=Des |date=March 26, 2004 |title=FM, Erap make it to list of world's most corrupt |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2004/03/26/244005/fm-erap-make-it-list-world146s-most-corrupt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123095553/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2004/03/26/244005/fm-erap-make-it-list-world146s-most-corrupt |archive-date=November 23, 2021 |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=[[The Philippine Star]]}}</ref>

==== Impeachment trial ====
Singson's allegation caused controversy across the nation, which culminated in the House of Representatives' filing of an impeachment case against Estrada on November 13, 2000. House Speaker [[Manny Villar]] fast-tracked the impeachment complaint. The motion to impeach Estrada was endorsed by 115 Congress representatives, which is more than one-third minimum required votes to impeach Estrada.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-11-14 |title=Representativesin the Philippines impeach Estrada - Taipei Times |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2000/11/14/0000061390 |access-date=2025-10-20 |website=Taipei Times}}</ref> The impeachment suit was brought to the Senate and an impeachment court was formed, with Chief Justice [[Hilario Davide Jr.]] as presiding officer. Estrada pleaded "not guilty".

This was the first time the Filipino public witnessed, through radio and television, an elected president stand in trial and face possible impeachment with full media coverage. During the trial, the prosecution presented witnesses and alleged pieces of evidence to the impeachment court regarding Estrada's alleged involvement in jueteng. The existence of secret bank accounts which he allegedly used for receiving payoffs was also brought to the fore.

On the evening of January 16, 2001, the impeachment court voted not to open an envelope that allegedly contained incriminating evidence against Estrada as it was not part of the impeachment complaint. The final vote was 11–10 to keep the envelope closed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ch |first1=Rajiv |date=17 January 2001 |title=Estrada Impeachment Trial Thrown Into Chaos |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/01/17/estrada-impeachment-trial-thrown-into-chaos/4f8f0b07-028b-4b15-a10c-fc0e51bcba41/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920210723/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/01/17/estrada-impeachment-trial-thrown-into-chaos/4f8f0b07-028b-4b15-a10c-fc0e51bcba41/ |archive-date=September 20, 2021 |access-date=16 July 2023 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref> The prosecution panel (of congressmen and lawyers) walked out of the impeachment court in protest of this vote.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 December 2000 |title=Prosecutors In Estrada Trial Resign |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prosecutors-in-estrada-trial-resign/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716132242/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prosecutors-in-estrada-trial-resign/ |archive-date=16 July 2023 |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=[[CBS News]]}}</ref> The 11 senators who voted not to open the envelope are known as the "Craven Eleven."

===EDSA II===
{{Main|EDSA II}}

====Protests====
That night, anti-Estrada protesters gathered in front of the [[Our Lady of Peace Quasi-Parish|EDSA Shrine]] at [[Epifanio de los Santos Avenue]], not too far away from the site of the 1986 [[People Power Revolution]] that overthrew President Ferdinand Marcos.

On January 19, 2001, Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff [[Angelo Reyes]], seeing the political upheaval throughout the country, decided to "withdraw his support" of Estrada and pay his allegiance to the vice president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Botial |first1=Jerry |title=Reyes: I abandoned Estrada to prevent bloodshed |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2001/01/26/89552/reyes-i-abandoned-estrada-prevent-bloodshed |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=January 26, 2001 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230716130520/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2001/01/26/89552/reyes-i-abandoned-estrada-prevent-bloodshed |archive-date=16 July 2023}}</ref>

====Ouster from office====
The following day, the Supreme Court declared the presidency vacant even without Estrada's resignation.<ref>{{cite news|last=Makabenta|first=Leah|title=A people's coup with the support of the military|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pn42AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA8|access-date=July 9, 2024|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|publisher=The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.|date=January 21, 2001|page=A8}}</ref> At noon, Vice President [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] was sworn in by Chief Justice [[Hilario Davide Jr.]] as president of the Philippines. Before Estrada departed from [[Malacañang Palace|Malacañang]], he issued the following press release:

{{cquote|At twelve o'clock noon today, Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo took her oath as President of the Republic of the Philippines. While along with many other legal minds of our country, I have strong and serious doubts about the legality and constitutionality of her proclamation as President, I do not wish to be a factor that will prevent the restoration of unity and order in our civil society.

It is for this reason that I now leave Malacañang Palace, the seat of the presidency of this country, for the sake of peace and to begin the healing process of our nation. I leave the Palace of our people with gratitude for the opportunities given to me for service to our people. I will not shirk from any future challenges that may come ahead in the same service of our country.

I call on all my supporters and followers to join me in to promotion of a constructive national spirit of reconciliation and solidarity.

May the Almighty bless our country and beloved people. [[Mabuhay]]!<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2001/mar2001/gr_146710_2001.html |title=G.R. No. 146710-15 |website=The LawPhil Project|access-date=October 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028064441/http://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2001/mar2001/gr_146710_2001.html |archive-date=October 28, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
}}The Supreme Court on March 2, 2001, upheld the constitutionality of Arroyo succeeding Estrada in a unanimous 13–0 decision in Estrada vs. Desierto.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Panganiban |first=Artemio V. |date=2016-01-17 |title=Constitutionality of Edsa 1 and Edsa 2 |url=https://opinion.inquirer.net/92100/constitutionality-of-edsa-1-and-edsa-2 |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Inquirer |language=en |archive-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212192515/https://opinion.inquirer.net/92100/constitutionality-of-edsa-1-and-edsa-2 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Administration and cabinet===
{{Main|Presidency of Joseph Estrada#Administration and cabinet}}

==Post-presidency (2001–present)==
===Arrest and EDSA III===
{{main|EDSA III}}

After being ousted from the presidency, Estrada returned to his family home in San Juan.

On April 25, 2001, the [[Sandiganbayan]] charged him and his son [[Jinggoy Estrada|Jinggoy]] with plunder and had them arrested. His supporters marched to the [[Our Lady of Peace Quasi-Parish|EDSA Shrine]] to stage a protest demanding Estrada's release and his reinstatement as president, among whom were his wife [[Loi Ejercito]] and political allies such as [[Juan Ponce Enrile]], [[Panfilo Lacson]], [[Gringo Honasan]] and [[Miriam Defensor Santiago]]. In the early morning of May 1, supporters of Estrada marched straight to the gates of [[Malacañang Palace]], where violence erupted and forcing President Arroyo to declare a [[state of rebellion]].<ref name="Presidential Proclamation No. 38">[http://www.lawphil.net/executive/proc/proc_38_2001.html Presidential Proclamation No. 38]. [[Arellano University School of Law|Lawphil]]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212065833/http://www.lawphil.net/executive/proc/proc_38_2001.html|date=December 12, 2007}}</ref> Many protesters were injured in the ensuing riots and arrested, with four casualties, while many journalists were also injured due in part to the protesters' general hostility to the media.<ref>{{Cite AV media|last=Gumban|first=Neil|title=Emergency: Naipit sa Gulo!|trans-title=Emergency: Caught in the Fray!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-KhqDkFEAg&t=1146s|website=[[YouTube]]|date=May 4, 2001|access-date=April 6, 2024|time=19:06|language=Filipino|quote=Bahagya, ako [Arnold Clavio] nga hindi nakaligtas sa kanilang pagbabato't pananakit. Matindi ang kanilang galit.|archive-date=July 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709093727/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-KhqDkFEAg&t=1146s|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Women make the difference on ABS-CBN News|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5KU2AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA44|access-date=April 15, 2024|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|publisher=The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.|date=May 26, 2001|page=C9}}</ref> The government called out the military and was able to quell the riots with tear gases and warning shots under a "maximum tolerance" policy.<ref>{{cite news|last=Villanueva|first=Marichu|title=Malacañang denies talks for Estrada house arrest|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2001/05/01/90543/malacantildeang-denies-talks-estrada-house-arrest|access-date=April 18, 2024|work=[[The Philippine Star|Philstar.com]]|publisher=Philstar Global Corp.|date=May 1, 2001|quote=[Noel] Cabrera said the Arroyo administration continues to implement "maximum tolerance" in allowing pro-Estrada rallyists to express their grievances.}}</ref> The riots came to be generally known as [[EDSA III]], though others have argued against the use of the name.

Estrada was initially detained at the [[Veterans Memorial Medical Center]] in [[Quezon City]] and then transferred to a military facility in [[Tanay, Rizal]],<sup>[1]</sup> but he was later transferred to a nearby vacation home, virtually under house arrest. Under Philippine law at the time, plunder had the maximum penalty of death; the death penalty was eventually repealed by 2006.

===Trial===
{{Main|Trial of Joseph Estrada}}

On September 12, 2007, the Sandiganbayan gave its decision, finding Estrada not guilty in his perjury case but guilty of plunder "beyond reasonable doubt". He was sentenced to ''[[reclusión perpetua]]''. He was thus the first Philippine president to be convicted of plunder.<sup>[1]</sup>

On September 26, 2007, Estrada appealed by filing a 63-page motion for reconsideration of the [[Sandiganbayan]] judgment penned by [[Teresita de Castro]] (submitting five legal grounds).<sup>[2][3]</sup> Estrada alleged that the court erred "''when it convicted him by acquitting his alleged co-conspirators.''"<sup>[4]</sup>

On October 5, 2007, the Sandiganbayan's Special Division ruled to set October 19 as an [[oral argument]] (instead of a defense reply) on Estrada's motion for reconsideration. Estrada asked for the court's permission to attend the hearing, since it ordered the prosecution to file a comment before October 11.<sup>[5]</sup>

===Perjury case===
[[File:JosephEstradajf1486.JPG|thumb|Estrada in 2012.]]

The [[Sandiganbayan]]'s special division, on June 27, 2008, ordered Estrada to file a comment within 10 days, on the motion of the Ombudsman's special prosecutor to re-open the trial of his [[perjury]] case regarding his 1999 [[Statement of assets, liabilities and net worth|statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth]] (SALN). The court was also to resolve [[Banco de Oro]]'s (formerly Equitable PCI Bank) plea that it could not determine "without hazard to itself" whom to turn over to the P1.1&nbsp;billion Jose Velarde assets due to claims by Wellex Group / William Gatchalian and a [[Bureau of Internal Revenue (Philippines)|Bureau of Internal Revenue]] stay order.<ref>{{cite news |title=newsinfo.inquirer.net, Estrada told to reply to request to start perjury trial |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080627-145167/Estrada-told-to-reply-to-request-to-start-perjury-trial |url-status=dead |access-date=October 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923151851/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080627-145167/Estrada-told-to-reply-to-request-to-start-perjury-trial |archive-date=September 23, 2012}}</ref>

===Clemency and release from detention===
On October 22, 2007, Acting Justice Secretary [[Agnes Devanadera]] stated that Estrada was seeking a "full, free, and unconditional pardon" from President Arroyo.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Landingin |first1=Roel |title=Estrada to seek pardon |url=https://www.ft.com/content/ff493e50-80a1-11dc-9f14-0000779fd2ac |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=[[Financial Times]] |date=October 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220430132046/https://www.ft.com/content/ff493e50-80a1-11dc-9f14-0000779fd2ac |archive-date=April 30, 2022}}</ref> Estrada's lawyer Jose Flaminiano wrote Arroyo: "The time has come to end President Estrada's fight for justice and vindication before the courts. Today [Monday], we filed a withdrawal of his Motion for Reconsideration''.''" Estrada stressed the "delicate condition" of his mother in asking for pardon.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 22, 2007 |title=Ousted Philippine president withdraws appeal for his plunder conviction, seeks pardon |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/22/asia/AS-GEN-Philippines-Estrada.php |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517231504/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/22/asia/AS-GEN-Philippines-Estrada.php |archive-date=May 17, 2008 |access-date=August 7, 2024 |work=[[International Herald Tribune]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sy |first1=Marvin |last2=Villanueva |first2=Marichu A. |date=October 23, 2007 |title=Erap seeks GMA pardon |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2007/10/23/23096/erap-seeks-gma-pardon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807105221/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2007/10/23/23096/erap-seeks-gma-pardon |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |access-date=August 7, 2024 |work=[[The Philippine Star]]}}</ref>

On October 25, 2007, President Arroyo granted [[executive clemency]] to Estrada based on the recommendation by the Department of Justice (DoJ). Acting Executive Secretary and Press Secretary Ignacio R. Bunye quoted the signed Order: "In view hereof in pursuant of the authority conferred upon me by the Constitution, I hereby grant Executive clemency to Joseph Ejercito Estrada, convicted by the Sandiganbayan of plunder and imposed a penalty of reclusión perpetua. He is hereby restored to his civil and political rights''.''"<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mogato |first1=Manny |title=Former Philippine president Estrada pardoned |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-philippines-estrada-idUKMNB0007120071025 |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=25 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907214301/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-philippines-estrada-idUKMNB0007120071025 |archive-date=September 7, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Bunye noted that Estrada committed in his application not to seek public office,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Villanueva |first1=Marichu A. |title=GMA pardons Erap |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2007/10/26/23673/gma-pardons-erap |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102152513/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2007/10/26/23673/gma-pardons-erap |archive-date=November 2, 2021}}</ref> and he would be free from his Tanay resthouse on October 26, at noon. On October 26, 2007, after almost seven years of detention, Estrada was released after the [[Sandiganbayan]] promulgated the resolution.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Torres |first=Tetch |date=October 27, 2007 |title=Sandigan approves Estrada release |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=96897 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028053235/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=96897 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 28, 2007 |access-date=August 7, 2024 |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer|Inquirer.net]]}}</ref>

===Activities===
When Estrada was released from detention, he gave a message to the Filipino people that he could once again help the lives of the people, especially the poor. He also stated that he made errors as a public servant but assured them that, notwithstanding his conviction for it, corruption was not one of them. After the message was released, he had a nationwide tour called "Lakbay Pasasalamat"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.gov.ph/photo_release/2009/0217_04.asp|title=Photo Release – Lakbay Pasasalamat|publisher=Senate.gov.ph|date=February 17, 2009|access-date=October 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107040352/http://www.senate.gov.ph/photo_release/2009/0217_04.asp|archive-date=November 7, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Philippine Headline News Online (Phno)|url=http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/hl/hl107327.htm|title=ERAP TO ENDORSE WHOEVER TOPS SURVEY IN 2010|website=Philippine Headline News|date=April 9, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007143454/http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/hl/hl107327.htm|archive-date=October 7, 2011}}</ref> (Thank you tour) during which he thanked the people for their support and gave them relief goods such as food, medicines and clothing.<ref name="autogenerated1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gmanews.tv/video/39976/QTV-Erap-gives-gift-bags-as-part-of-birthday-celebration|title=– QTV: Erap gives gift bags as part of birthday celebration|work=[[GMA News]]|access-date=October 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626091259/http://www.gmanews.tv/video/39976/QTV-Erap-gives-gift-bags-as-part-of-birthday-celebration|archive-date=June 26, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gmanews.tv/video/33891/Estrada-distributes-food-clothes-medicine-in-Quezon-City|title=– Estrada distributes food, clothes, medicine in Quezon City|work=[[GMA News]]|access-date=October 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614122918/http://www.gmanews.tv/video/33891/Estrada-distributes-food-clothes-medicine-in-Quezon-City|archive-date=June 14, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== 2010 presidential election ==
{{main|2010 Philippine presidential election}}

During the 2010 presidential election, Estrada stated in interviews that he would be willing to run for the opposition if they would be unable to unite behind a single candidate.<ref name="philstar-clapano2">{{cite web |last=Clapano |first=Jose Rodel |date=January 7, 2008 |title=Erap can run? Binay ready for 2010; Noli open as opposition's bet |url=http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/hl/hl106874.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217233714/http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/hl/hl106874.htm |archive-date=February 17, 2009 |website=[[The Philippine Star|Philstar.com]]}}</ref> Fr. [[Joaquin Bernas]] and [[Christian Monsod]], members of the constitutional commission that drafted the 1987 Constitution, stated that the constitution prohibited any elected president from seeking a second term at any point in time.<ref name="comedy-tragedy2">{{cite news |last=de Quiros |first=Conrado |date=January 8, 2008 |title=Comedy, tragedy |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |url=http://www.inquirer.net/specialreports/theestradawatch/view.php?db=1&article=20080108-110964 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217060022/http://www.inquirer.net/specialreports/theestradawatch/view.php?db=1&article=20080108-110964 |archive-date=February 17, 2009}}</ref> Romulo Macalintal, election counsel of President Arroyo, said that the constitutional ban did not prevent Estrada from attaining the presidency if he were to be elevated from the vice-presidency, for example.<ref name="philstar-punay2">{{cite news |last=Punay |first=Edu |date=December 23, 2008 |title=GMA election lawyer insists Erap can't run in 2010 |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=426264&publicationSubCategoryId=63 |access-date=January 6, 2009}}</ref> Rufus Rodriquez, one of Estrada's lawyers, claimed that Estrada was within his rights to do so because the prohibition banning re-election only applied to the incumbent president.<ref name="philstar-clapano2"/>

On October 22, 2009, Estrada announced that he would run again for president with [[Makati]] Mayor [[Jejomar Binay]] as his running mate.<ref>{{cite web |author=Speeches |title=Joseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada – The Official Webpage of Joseph Ejercito Estrada " TINATANGGAP KO ANG HAMON |url=http://erap.ph/409/about-erap/speeches/tinatanggap-ko-ang-hamon/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711213239/http://erap.ph/409/about-erap/speeches/tinatanggap-ko-ang-hamon/ |archive-date=July 11, 2012 |publisher=Erap.ph}}</ref> His senatorial lineup included [[Francisco Tatad]], [[Juan Ponce Enrile]], [[Jinggoy Estrada]], [[Joey de Venecia]], and [[Miriam Defensor Santiago]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Balane |first1=Lilita |title=8 presidential bets left in May 2010 polls |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/nation/12/15/09/8-presidential-bets-left-may-2010-polls |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=[[ABS-CBN News]] |date=December 15, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227032239/https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/12/15/09/8-presidential-bets-left-may-2010-polls |archive-date=February 27, 2021}}</ref> Estrada lost to Senator [[Benigno Aquino III]] in the election.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former President Joseph Estrada extends "whole-hearted support" to President-elect Noynoy Aquino |url=https://www.pep.ph/lifestyle/22339/former-president-joseph-estrada-extends-whole-hearted-support-to-president-elect-noynoy-aquino |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=[[Philippine Entertainment Portal]] |date=June 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716133413/https://www.pep.ph/lifestyle/22339/former-president-joseph-estrada-extends-whole-hearted-support-to-president-elect-noynoy-aquino |archive-date=16 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

==Other activities==
In 1972, Estrada starred in ''[[Blood Compact (film)|Blood Compact]]''.

In October 2010, the magazine ''[[Foreign Policy (magazine)|Foreign Policy]]'' included Estrada in its list of five former heads of states/governments who did not make "a positive difference in the world", but "faded away into obscurity." Also included in this "Bad Exes" list were Thailand's [[Thaksin Shinawatra]], Spain's [[Jose Maria Aznar]], and Germany's [[Gerhard Schroder]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bad Exes – By Joshua E. Keating |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/10/01/bad_exes?page=0,3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102143945/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/10/01/bad_exes?page=0,3 |archive-date=November 2, 2011 |publisher=Foreign Policy}}</ref>

Estrada announced in November 2010 that he would be selling his {{convert|3,000|sqm|sp=us|adj=on}} home in San Juan for about {{Philippine peso|200&nbsp;million|link=yes}} to pursue his real estate business.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Villanueva |first1=Marichu A. |title=Erap selling Polk St. house |url=https://www.philstar.com/news-commentary/2010/11/25/632821/erap-selling-polk-st-house |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=November 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716133914/https://www.philstar.com/news-commentary/2010/11/25/632821/erap-selling-polk-st-house |archive-date=July 16, 2023}}</ref> [[Agence France Presse]] reported that Estrada "has put up two high-rise residential condominium buildings and plans to build a third soon."<ref>{{cite web |title=Condominium buildings |url=http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/639601468762340338/pdf/283740WBI0Case0study0pcij1estrada.pdf |access-date=December 7, 2010 |archive-date=August 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818125714/http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/639601468762340338/pdf/283740WBI0Case0study0pcij1estrada.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Estrada plans that his remains will be buried in the grounds of the Joseph Ejercito Estrada Museum and Archives<ref>{{Cite web |last=Villanueva |first=Marichu A. |title=Erap builds P30-M museum |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2006/05/20/337510/erap-builds-p30-m-museum|access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Philstar |language=en-US}}</ref> in Tanay, Rizal. This was revealed by his son, [[Jinggoy Estrada]], in a YouTube video in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PEP Troika |title=Erap hinanda na ang sariling puntod, ayon kay Jinggoy Estrada|url=https://www.pep.ph/pepalerts/pep-troika/154459/erap-jinggoy-estrada-a4118-20201019|access-date=2025-06-25 |website=PEP |language=en-US}}</ref> The burial place was built near a rock where the former president frequently prays in his former resthouse, which became the location of his house arrest after his presidency.

==Mayor of Manila (2013–2019)==
[[File:10th City Council of Manila.jpg|thumb|Estrada (center, back row) with members of the 10th [[Manila City Council|City Council of Manila]] on July 13, 2016]]
In May 2012, Estrada announced his intention to run for [[Mayor of Manila]] in the [[2013 Manila local elections|2013 elections]] to continue his political career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Erap wins Manila mayoralty race – Election 2013, Special Reports |url=http://www.philstar.com/election-2013/2013/05/14/942004/erap-wins-manila-mayoralty-race |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607064510/http://www.philstar.com/election-2013/2013/05/14/942004/erap-wins-manila-mayoralty-race |archive-date=June 7, 2013 |access-date=May 14, 2013 |work=The Philippine Star}}</ref>

Around noon of May 14, 2013, the day after the conduct of the [[2013 Philippine general election|2013 Philippine mid-term elections]], Estrada and his running-mate and re-electionist Vice Mayor [[Isko Moreno|Francisco "Isko" Moreno Domagoso]] were proclaimed mayor-elect and vice mayor-elect, respectively, by the City Board of Canvassers for the City of Manila. When Estrada assumed office on June 30, 2013, the city government coffers were practically bankrupt as his administration inherited as much as {{Philippine peso|5 or 8 billion}} in debts.<ref name="eraplegacy">{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2019/04/17/1910672/eraps-legacy-manila|title=Erap's legacy in Manila|first=Marichu|last=Villanueva|date=April 17, 2019|publisher=The Philippine Star|accessdate=May 3, 2022|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503010711/https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2019/04/17/1910672/eraps-legacy-manila|url-status=live}}</ref> During his first term as mayor of Manila, Estrada implemented a city-wide bus ban,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/35925-estrada-moreno-manila-bus-ban/|title=In fatigues, Estrada blocks buses from entering Manila|date=August 8, 2013|work=Rappler|accessdate=May 3, 2022}}</ref> truck ban,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/philippine-daily-inquirer-1109/20140226/281694022694648|title=Erap and Isko defend expanded truck ban|date=February 26, 2014|first=Neal|last=Cruz|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|accessdate=May 3, 2022|archive-date=August 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814023652/https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/philippine-daily-inquirer-1109/20140226/281694022694648|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/nation/metro-manila/09/13/14/erap-lifts-truck-ban-manila-indefinitely|title=Erap lifts truck ban in Manila indefinitely|work=ABS-CBN News|date=September 13, 2014|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503012208/https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/metro-manila/09/13/14/erap-lifts-truck-ban-manila-indefinitely|url-status=live}}</ref> and revival program especially on [[Escolta Street]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/pang-masa/pang-movies/2013/07/11/964160/mayor-erap-ibabalik-ang-buhay-ng-escolta|title=Mayor Erap ibabalik ang buhay ng Escolta|first=Vir|last=Gonzales|language=Filipino|date=July 11, 2013|accessdate=May 3, 2022|website=Philstar.com|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503010707/https://www.philstar.com/pang-masa/pang-movies/2013/07/11/964160/mayor-erap-ibabalik-ang-buhay-ng-escolta|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, Estrada declared the city debt-free after instituting various fiscal reforms.<ref name="utang" />

Originally planning to serve for one term only,<ref>{{cite news |title=Joseph Estrada to run for Manila mayor but for one term only |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/257570/news/nation/joseph-estrada-to-run-for-manila-mayor-but-for-one-term-only |date=May 9, 2012 |work=[[GMA News]] |access-date=September 3, 2012 |archive-date=July 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725065539/http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/257570/news/nation/joseph-estrada-to-run-for-manila-mayor-but-for-one-term-only |url-status=live }}</ref> he changed his mind and ran for reelection in [[2016 Manila local elections|2016]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada announces reelection bid in 2016|url=http://www.pep.ph/news/51270/manila-mayor-joseph-estrada-announces-reelection-bid-in-2016 |date=April 15, 2015 |work=Philippine Entertainment Forum |access-date=April 15, 2015}}</ref> This time, his running mate was former [[Manila's 4th congressional district|4th District]] Councilor and OIC - City Social Welfare Officer Dr. [[Honey Lacuna Pangan]]. Estrada won in a tight race over former Mayor Alfredo Lim by around 2,000 votes, while Lacuna was elected vice mayor as well.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 10, 2016 |title=Erap wins close Manila mayoral race over Lim |url=http://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2016/132567-erap-wins-manila-mayor-lim-2016-elections-ph-vote |work=Rappler |access-date=May 10, 2016 |archive-date=July 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706170723/http://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2016/132567-erap-wins-manila-mayor-lim-2016-elections-ph-vote |url-status=live }}</ref> Estrada best described his accomplishments as Mayor of Manila as having been able to provide the basic needs of Manileños “from womb to tomb.” He boasted of comprehensive public services from free hospital and medical care services to all residents of Manila starting from mothers giving birth, free books, uniforms, and health snacks for public school students, all the way to free burial and cremation.<ref name="eraplegacy" />

[[File:IskoErapAfterElections.jpg|thumb|Then-mayor-elect [[Isko Moreno]] (second from left) paying a [[courtesy visit]] to then outgoing mayor Joseph Estrada (second from right) weeks after defeating the latter in the [[2019 Manila local elections|2019 local elections]]]]
Estrada has also shown support for the controversial Manila Bay reclamation,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/35505-erap-supports-manila-bay-reclamation/|title=Erap supports Manila Bay reclamation|date=August 3, 2013|accessdate=May 3, 2022|website=Rappler|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503010705/https://www.rappler.com/nation/35505-erap-supports-manila-bay-reclamation/|url-status=live}}</ref> with the fourth reclamation project approved on June 7, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/903263/erap-oks-fourth-reclamation-project-on-manila-bay|title=Erap OKs fourth reclamation project on Manila Bay|first=Aie Balagtas|last=See|date=June 7, 2017|accessdate=May 3, 2022|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503010703/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/903263/erap-oks-fourth-reclamation-project-on-manila-bay|url-status=live}}</ref> Estrada, however, was widely criticized for a publicity stunt at a clean-up drive in [[Manila Bay]] on July 21, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/07/21/17/basura-itinapon-sa-manila-bay-para-sa-publicity-ng-cleanup-drive|title=Basura, itinapon sa Manila Bay para sa 'publicity' ng cleanup drive|language=Filipino|date=July 21, 2021|work=ABS-CBN News|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=July 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715130419/https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/21/17/basura-itinapon-sa-manila-bay-para-sa-publicity-ng-cleanup-drive|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2017/07/22/1720429/manila-govt-erap-criticized-publicity-clean-drive-manila-bay|title=Manila gov't, Erap, criticized for 'publicity' clean-up drive in Manila Bay|first=Olmin|last=Leyba|date=July 22, 2017|accessdate=May 3, 2022|website=Philstar.com|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503010709/https://www.philstar.com/nation/2017/07/22/1720429/manila-govt-erap-criticized-publicity-clean-drive-manila-bay|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 28, 2018, Estrada settled the city's {{Philippine peso|200 million}} tax liabilities, left unpaid by former mayors [[Lito Atienza]] and Alfredo Lim, to the [[Bureau of Internal Revenue (Philippines)|Bureau of Internal Revenue]].<ref name="utang">{{cite news|url=https://manilastandard.net/news/national/276666/erap-settles-manila-s-p200-million-debt-to-bir.html|title=Erap settles Manila's P200-million debt to BIR|date=September 28, 2018|accessdate=May 3, 2022|work=Manila Standard|archive-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704160439/https://manilastandard.net/news/national/276666/erap-settles-manila-s-p200-million-debt-to-bir.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

After serving two consecutive terms as mayor, Estrada intended to run for a third term in [[2019 Manila local elections|2019]], competing against former Manila vice mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso and former Manila mayor Alfredo Lim; Estrada chose former [[Manila's 5th congressional district|5th District]] Representative [[Amado Bagatsing]] as his running mate for vice mayor.<ref name="rappler.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2019/226997-estrada-legacy-third-term-manila-mayor|title=Estrada boasts of 'legacy' to win 3rd term as Manila mayor|work=[[Rappler]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716053226/https://www.rappler.com/nation/elections/226997-estrada-legacy-third-term-manila-mayor/|archive-date=July 16, 2022}}</ref> Estrada lost to Domagoso, who beat him by more than 100,000 votes in a [[landslide victory]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Orellana |first1=Faye |title=Joseph Estrada still in disbelief he lost Manila's top post |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1134561/joseph-estrada-still-in-disbelief-he-lost-manilas-top-post |access-date=16 July 2023 |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=27 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626201628/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1134561/joseph-estrada-still-in-disbelief-he-lost-manilas-top-post |archive-date=June 26, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Estrada conceded defeat on the evening of May 13 and stepped down on June 30.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYos2TLzOfY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/sYos2TLzOfY| archive-date=2021-12-12 |title=Erap Estrada Concedes to New Manila Mayor Isko Moreno|date=May 14, 2019 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Electoral history==
[[File:Erap country.png|thumb|200px|Provinces in which Estrada won in 1992, 1998 and 2010 national elections.]]
'''San Juan mayoralty elections'''
*Estrada won every mayoralty election in San Juan from 1969 to 1984.
'''[[1987 Philippine Senate election|Senatorial election, 1987]]:'''
*'''Joseph Estrada''' ([[Grand Alliance for Democracy|GAD]])&nbsp;– 10,029,978 (14th, 24 candidates with the highest number of votes win the 24 seats in the Senate)
'''[[1992 Philippine presidential election|Vice Presidential election, 1992]]:'''
*'''Joseph Estrada''' ([[Partido ng Masang Pilipino|PMP]])&nbsp;– 6,739,738 (33.00%)
*[[Marcelo Fernan]] ([[Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino|LDP]])&nbsp;– 4,438,494 (21.74%)
*[[Emilio Mario Osmeña|Emilio Osmeña]] ([[Lakas-NUCD]])&nbsp;– 3,362,467 (16.47%)
*[[Ramon Magsaysay, Jr.]] ([[People's Reform Party|PRP]])&nbsp;– 2,900,556 (14.20%)
*[[Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.]] ([[PDP–Laban]])&nbsp;– 2,023,289 (9.91%)
*[[Vicente Magsaysay]] ([[Kilusang Bagong Lipunan|KBL]])&nbsp;– 699,895 (3.43%)
*[[Eva Estrada-Kalaw]] ([[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]])&nbsp;– 255,730 (1.25%)
'''[[1998 Philippine presidential election|Presidential election, 1998]]:'''
*'''Joseph Estrada''' ([[Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino|LAMMP]])&nbsp;– 10,722,295 (39.86%)
*[[Jose de Venecia]] ([[Lakas–CMD (1991|Lakas]])&nbsp;– 4,268,483 (15.87%)
*[[Raul Roco]] ([[Aksyon Demokratiko|Aksyon]])&nbsp;– 3,720,212 (13.83%)
*[[Emilio Mario Osmeña|Emilio Osmeña]] ([[Probinsya Muna Development Initiative|PROMDI]])&nbsp;– 3,347,631 (12.44%)
*[[Alfredo Lim]] ([[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]])&nbsp;– 2,344,362 (8.71%)
*[[Renato de Villa]] ([[Partido ng Demokratikong Reporma-Lapiang Manggagawa|Reporma-LM]])&nbsp;– 1,308,352 (4.86%)
*[[Miriam Defensor Santiago]] ([[People's Reform Party|PRP]])&nbsp;– 797,206 (2.96%)
*[[Juan Ponce Enrile]] (Independent)&nbsp;– 343,139 (1.28%)
*[[Santiago Dumlao]] (Kilusan para sa Pambansang Pagpapanibago)&nbsp;– 32,212 (0.12%)
*[[Manuel Morato]] (Partido Bansang Marangal)&nbsp;– 18,644 (0.07%)
'''[[2010 Philippine presidential election|Presidential election, 2010]]:'''
*[[Benigno Aquino III]] ([[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]])&nbsp;– 15,208,678 (42.08%)
*'''Joseph Estrada''' ([[Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino|PMP]])&nbsp;– 9,487,837 (26.25%)
*[[Manny Villar]] ([[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]])&nbsp;– 5,573,835 (15.42%)
*[[Gilbert Teodoro]] ([[Lakas–Kampi]])&nbsp;– 4,095,839 (11.33%)
*[[Eddie Villanueva]] ([[Bangon Pilipinas Party|Bangon Pilipinas]])&nbsp;– 1,125,878 (3.12%)
*[[Richard Gordon (politician)|Richard Gordon]] ([[Bagumbayan-VNP]])&nbsp;– 501,727 (1.39%)
*[[Nicanor Perlas]] (independent)&nbsp;– 54,575 (0.15%)
*[[Jamby Madrigal]] (independent)&nbsp;– 46,489 (0.13%)
*[[John Carlos de los Reyes]] ([[Ang Kapatiran]])&nbsp;– 44,244 (0.12%)
'''[[2013 Manila local elections|Manila Mayoralty Elections 2013]]'''
*'''Joseph Estrada''' ([[Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino|PMP]])&nbsp;– 349,770
*[[Alfredo Lim]] ([[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]])&nbsp;– 307,525 
'''[[2016 Manila local elections|Manila Mayoralty Elections 2016]]'''
*'''Joseph Estrada''' ([[Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino|PMP]])&nbsp;– 283,149
*[[Alfredo Lim]] ([[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]])&nbsp;– 280,464 
*[[Amado Bagatsing]] ([[KABAKA]])&nbsp;– 167,829
'''[[2019 Manila local elections|Manila Mayoralty Elections 2019]]'''
*[[Isko Moreno|Isko Domagoso Moreno]] ([[Asenso Manileño]])&nbsp;– 357,925
*'''Joseph Estrada''' ([[Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino|PMP]])&nbsp;– 210,605
*[[Alfredo Lim]] ([[PDP–Laban]])&nbsp;– 138,923
<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2019/230460-results-manila-erap-loses-isko-moreno-new-mayor|title=Erap loses in Manila, Isko Moreno proclaimed new mayor|first=Lian|last=Buan|work=Rappler|archive-date=May 19, 2019|access-date=August 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519123731/https://www.rappler.com//nation/politics/elections/2019/230460-results-manila-erap-loses-isko-moreno-new-mayor|url-status=live}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
Since the beginning of his political career, Estrada has been the butt of many jokes, called "ERAP Jokes", in the Philippines.<ref name="PEPPH-Erap">{{cite news |title=Erap, and everything "Erapting" about him |url=https://www.pep.ph/lifestyle/13775/erap-and-everything-erapting-about-him |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=[[Philippine Entertainment Portal]] |date=September 12, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928215531/https://www.pep.ph/lifestyle/13775/erap-and-everything-erapting-about-him |archive-date=September 28, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The majority of the jokes about him center around his limited English vocabulary, while others focus on his corruption scandals. During his presidential campaign in 1998, Estrada authorized the distribution of the joke compilation book ''ERAPtion: How to Speak English Without Really Trial''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Robles|first=Alan C.|url=http://www.hotmanila.ph/ESP/2000/joked_to_death0300110.htm?comments_page=0|title=Hot Manila – Joked to Death|publisher=Hotmanila.ph|date=November 22, 2000|access-date=October 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310060103/http://www.hotmanila.ph/ESP/2000/joked_to_death0300110.htm?comments_page=0|archive-date=March 10, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Estrada is the first president to have previously worked in the entertainment industry as a popular artist, and the first to sport any sort of facial hair during his term, specifically his trademark acting [[mustaches]] and wristbands.

=== Marriage and family ===
Estrada is married to former [[First Spouse of the Philippines|First Lady]]-turned-senator Dr. [[Loi Estrada|Luisa "Loi" Pimentel]],<ref name="PEPPH-Daughter">{{cite news |last1=Serato |first1=Arniel C. |title=Mayor Joseph Estrada's daughter Jackie Ejercito not closing doors on politics |url=https://www.pep.ph/news/local/70701/mayor-joseph-estradas-daughter-jackie-ejercito-not-closing-doors-on-politics |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=[[Philippine Entertainment Portal]] |date=June 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716140658/https://www.pep.ph/news/local/70701/mayor-joseph-estradas-daughter-jackie-ejercito-not-closing-doors-on-politics |archive-date=16 July 2023 |language=fil,en}}</ref> whom he met while she was working at the [[National Center for Mental Health]] (NCMH) in [[Mandaluyong]], and has three children with her:

* [[Jinggoy Estrada]],<ref name="PhilStar-Dynasties" /> mayor of San Juan (1992–2001); senator (2004–2016; 2022–present) (married to Precy Vitug)
* Jackie Ejercito (formerly married to Beaver Lopez)<ref name="PEPPH-Daughter" />
* [[Jude Estrada]]<ref name="PEPPH-Daughter" /> (married to Maria Rowena Ocampo)

Due to Estrada's extramarital affair with actress [[Guia Gomez]], Loi separated from Estrada and moved to the United States with their children for 18 years, with Estrada later stating that he "acted like a single man" during their separation.<ref name="MSJurado">{{cite news|last=Jurado|first=Emil P.|title=Erap-Loi interview honest and sincere|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DqAVAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA14|access-date=January 27, 2024|work=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp.|date=October 28, 1997|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Crisostomo |first=Isabelo T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qkhxAAAAMAAJ |title=President Joseph Ejercito Estrada: From Stardom to History |date=1999 |publisher=J. Kriz Publishing |isbn=9789719307204 |location=[[Quezon City]] |page=22 |quote=We [Estrada and Guia Gomez] went out a few times and my wife, Loi, heard about it. My wife and I quarreled about this. In her anger, she left for the States with our three children[...] |access-date=January 27, 2025}}</ref> Estrada and Loi were seen reunited again when he ran for senator in 1987.<ref name="MSJurado"/>

=== Extramarital affairs ===
Estrada has eight children from several extramarital relationships.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 21, 2012 |title=Love consultant Erap offers services to Noy |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |url=http://www.philstar.com/news-feature/798839/love-consultant-erap-offers-services-noy |url-status=dead |access-date=December 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224214427/http://www.philstar.com/news-feature/798839/love-consultant-erap-offers-services-noy |archive-date=December 24, 2013}}</ref>

Estrada had a child with [[Guia Gomez]] named [[JV Ejercito|Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito]], who would later become mayor of San Juan.<ref>{{cite web|title=6 Married Filipino celebrities who have children out of wedlock|url=https://kami.com.ph/81456-6-married-filipino-celebrities-children-wedlock.html|access-date=December 2, 2024|date=September 27, 2018|archive-date=December 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206235709/https://kami.com.ph/81456-6-married-filipino-celebrities-children-wedlock.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He had two children with former actress Peachy Osorio, named Joel/Jojo and Teresita/Tetchie.<ref>{{cite news |title=Estrada's eldest son ambushed, unhurt |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2000/05/24/88159/estradas-eldest-son-ambushed-unhurt |access-date=2 December 2024 |date=May 24, 2000 |archive-date=December 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203142005/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2000/05/24/88159/estradas-eldest-son-ambushed-unhurt |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Celebrities na may lima o higit pang anak |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/celebritylife/family/21600/celebrities-na-may-lima-o-higit-pang-anak/photo |access-date=2 December 2024 |date=27 September 2024 |archive-date=December 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202173617/https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/celebritylife/family/21600/celebrities-na-may-lima-o-higit-pang-anak/photo |url-status=live }}</ref> He fathered a son named Jason with a former air hostess known only as Larena.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Estrada also had three children with former actress [[Laarni Enriquez]]: Jerika, Jacob, and actor [[Jake Ejercito]],<ref>{{cite news |title='I Nosedived into Christianity': How a President's Daughter Found Jesus |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/2024/02/philippines-jerika-ejercito-president-estrada-christianity/ |access-date=2 December 2024 |publisher=Christianity Today |date=February 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Estrada's rich mistresses |url=https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2001/02/21/102483/estrada146s-rich-mistresses-brave-widow146s-fight-heres-score-teodoro-c-benigno |access-date=2 December 2024 |date=February 21, 2001 |archive-date=December 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204042429/https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2001/02/21/102483/estrada146s-rich-mistresses-brave-widow146s-fight-heres-score-teodoro-c-benigno |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as one child with Joy Melendrez: Jose Mari.<ref>{{cite web |title=Erap's brainy son graduates from Fordham University |date=May 24, 2016 |url=https://politiko.com.ph/2016/05/24/eraps-brainy-son-graduates-fordham-university/snitch-network/ |access-date=2 December 2024 |archive-date=January 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122212619/https://politiko.com.ph/2016/05/24/eraps-brainy-son-graduates-fordham-university/snitch-network/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Other relatives ===
Several of Ejercito's relatives became prominent figures in politics and show business.
* [[George Estregan|Jorge Ejercito ("George Estregan")]], brother; actor<ref name="PhilStar-Dynasties">{{cite news |last1=Clapano |first1=Jose Rodel |title=Erap: Let people decide on dynasties |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2012/10/11/858309/erap-let-people-decide-dynasties |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=October 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913151326/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2012/10/11/858309/erap-let-people-decide-dynasties |archive-date=September 13, 2014}}</ref>
* [[E.R. Ejercito]] ("George Estregan Jr."), son of [[George Estregan]] and nephew; actor, mayor of [[Pagsanjan, Laguna]] (2001–2010) and Governor of [[Laguna (province)|Laguna]] (2010–2014)<ref name="PhilStar-Dynasties" />
* [[Gary Estrada|Gary Ejercito ("Gary Estrada")]], nephew; actor, and board member of [[Quezon]] province<ref name="PhilStar-Dynasties" />
* [[Gherome Ejercito]], nephew;<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cinco |first1=Maricar |title=Name-calling gets nastier in Laguna |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/400705/name-calling-gets-nastier-in-laguna |access-date=16 July 2023 |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=1 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504184220/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/400705/name-calling-gets-nastier-in-laguna |archive-date=May 4, 2013 |language=en}}</ref> basketball player

==Approval ratings==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ [[Social Weather Stations|SWS]] Net satisfaction ratings of Joseph Estrada {{nowrap|(September 1998 – December 2000)}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Net Satisfaction Ratings of Presidents: Philippines (Page 1 of 2) |url=https://www.sws.org.ph/visuals/2021/pr20210924/pr20210924_vis02.JPG |website=Social Weather Stations |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020164741im_/https://www.sws.org.ph/visuals/2021/pr20210924/pr20210924_vis02.JPG |archive-date=20 October 2021 |date=24 September 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col" class="unsortable"| Date
!scope="col"| Rating
|-
!scope="row"| Sep 1998
| +60
|-
!scope="row"| Nov 1998
| +61
|-
!scope="row"| Mar 1999
| +67
|-
!scope="row"| Jun 1999
| +65
|-
!scope="row"| Oct 1999
| +28
|-
!scope="row"| Dec 1999
| +5
|-
!scope="row"| Mar 2000
| +5
|-
!scope="row"| Jul 2000
| +13
|-
!scope="row"| Sep 2000
| +19
|-
!scope="row"| Dec 2000
| +9
|- class="sortbottom"
!scope="row"| '''Average'''
| '''+33'''
|}

==Awards and honors==
===National Honors===
*[[File:Order_of_the_Knights_of_Rizal_Ribbon.png|70px]]: [[Order of the Knights of Rizal]] – Knight Grand Cross of Rizal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Story|url=https://www.knights-of-rizal.org/our-story/|website=Knights of Rizal|access-date=December 10, 2021|archive-date=June 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615010658/https://www.knights-of-rizal.org/our-story/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1963 FAMAS Awards|1963]] [[FAMAS Award]] for [[FAMAS Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: ''[[Markang Rehas]]''<ref name="erap.ph">{{cite web|url=http://erap.ph/|title=Account Suspended|website=erap.ph|access-date=March 20, 2009|archive-date=February 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227033140/http://erap.ph/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="freewebs.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.freewebs.com/famas_awards/winners%20circle%20page.htm|title=Winners' Circle Page|publisher=Freewebs.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120065506/http://www.freewebs.com/famas_awards/winners%20circle%20page.htm|archive-date=January 20, 2012}}</ref>
*[[1964 FAMAS Awards|1964]] [[FAMAS Award|FAMAS]] nominee for [[FAMAS Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: ''[[Ito ang Maynila]]''
*[[1965 FAMAS Awards|1965]] [[FAMAS Award]] for [[FAMAS Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: ''[[Geron Busabos: Ang Batang Quiapo]]''<ref name="erap.ph" /><ref name="freewebs.com" />
*[[1966 FAMAS Awards|1966]] [[FAMAS Award|FAMAS]] nominee for [[FAMAS Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: ''[[Sapang Palay (1965 film)|Sapang Palay]]''<ref name="erap.ph" /><ref name="freewebs.com" />
*[[1967 FAMAS Awards|1967]] [[FAMAS Award]] for [[FAMAS Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: ''[[Ito ang Pilipino]]''
*[[1969 FAMAS Awards|1969]] [[FAMAS Award|FAMAS]] nominee for [[FAMAS Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: ''[[Galo Gimbal]]''
*[[1970 FAMAS Awards|1970]] [[FAMAS Award]] for [[FAMAS Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: ''[[Dugo ng Bayani]]''
*1971 Outstanding Mayor and foremost Nationalist by the Inter-Provincial Information Service<ref name=autogenerated1 />
*[[1972 FAMAS Awards|1972]] [[FAMAS Award|FAMAS]] nominee for [[FAMAS Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: ''[[Hukom Bitay]]''
*[[1972 FAMAS Awards|1972]] [[FAMAS Award|FAMAS]] [[Gregorio Valdez Memorial Award]]
*1972 One of the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) in Public Administration by the Philippine Jaycees<ref name=autogenerated1 />
*[[1973 FAMAS Awards|1973]] [[FAMAS Award|FAMAS]] nominee for [[FAMAS Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: ''[[Kill the Pushers]]''
*[[1974 FAMAS Awards|1974]] [[FAMAS Award|FAMAS]] nominee for [[FAMAS Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: ''[[Erap Is My Guy]]''
*[[1975 FAMAS Awards|1975]] [[FAMAS Award|FAMAS]] nominee for [[FAMAS Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: ''[[The Manila Connection]]''
*[[1975 Metro Manila Film Festival|1975]] [[Metro Manila Film Festival]] [[Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Actor|Award for Best Actor]] for ''Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw Na Lupa''<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000431/1975 "Metro Manila Film Festival:1975"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325172311/http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000431/1975 |date=March 25, 2016}}. ''IMDB''. Retrieved April 9, 2014.</ref>
*[[1976 FAMAS Awards|1976]] [[FAMAS Award|FAMAS]] Special Award
*[[1978 FAMAS Awards|1978]] [[FAMAS Award|FAMAS]] nominee for [[FAMAS Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: ''[[Bakya Mo, Neneng]]''
*[[1981 FAMAS Awards|1981]] [[FAMAS Award|FAMAS]] nominee for [[FAMAS Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: ''[[Hoy Tukso, Layuan Mo Ako!]]''
*[[1982 FAMAS Awards|1982]] [[FAMAS Award]] for [[FAMAS Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: ''[[Kumander Alibasbas]]''
*[[1983 FAMAS Awards|1983]] [[FAMAS Award|FAMAS]] Hall of Fame Award<ref name="erap.ph" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freewebs.com/famas_awards/|title=The Unofficial Website of the 57th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Awards|publisher=Freewebs.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712062646/http://www.freewebs.com/famas_awards/|archive-date=July 12, 2013}}</ref>
*[[1992 Metro Manila Film Festival|1992]] [[Metro Manila Film Festival]] [[Metro Manila Film Festival Special Awards|Gawad ng Natatanging Pagkilala]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Special MMFF Awards for Erap and Guy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_pROAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA191&article_id=2707,3626018|access-date=August 21, 2025|work=[[Manila Standard]]|volume=VI|issue=317|publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corporation|date=December 25, 1992|page=20}}</ref>
*2007 Outstanding Citizen of San Juan<ref>{{cite news|last=Uy|first=Jocelyn R.|title=Erap gets day pass to receive award|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=41Y1AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA96&article_id=352,18327654|access-date=August 21, 2025|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|publisher=The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.|date=March 27, 2007|page=A9}}</ref>
*[[26th Luna Awards|2009]] [[Luna Award|Luna]] Golden Reel Award 
*[[2014 GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards]] Government Service Award<ref>[http://www.thesummitexpress.com/2014/05/complete-list-of-winners-45th-guillermo-mendoza-box-office-entertainment-awards-2014.html "Complete List of Winners: 45th Guillermo Mendoza Box-Office Entertainment Awards 2014"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326025512/http://www.thesummitexpress.com/2014/05/complete-list-of-winners-45th-guillermo-mendoza-box-office-entertainment-awards-2014.html|date=March 26, 2016}}. ''The Summit Express''. Retrieved May 19, 2014.</ref>
*[[2014 Metro Manila Film Festival|2014]] [[Metro Manila Film Festival]] [[Metro Manila Film Festival Special Awards|Commemorative Award for Vision and Leadership]]

===Foreign honours===
*{{flag|Argentina}}:
**[[File:ARG Order of the Liberator San Martin - Grand Cross BAR.png|70px]] Collar of the [[Order of the Liberator General San Martín]] (20 September 1999)

===Honorary Doctorates===
*Doctor of Humanities, ''[[Honoris Causa]]'' by the [[University of Pangasinan]] (1990)
*Doctor of Humanities, ''Honoris Causa'' by [[Bicol University]] (April 1997)

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.erap.ph/ Official Website of Joseph "Erap" Estrada]
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001207033000/http://www.opnet.ops.gov.ph/ |date=December 7, 2000 |title=Office of the President (Estrada Administration) }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150209120432/http://erap.ph/409/about-erap/ Joseph Estrada Curriculum Vitae]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090301184940/http://www.op.gov.ph/museum/pres_estrada.asp Malacañang Museum Official Biography]
*{{IMDb name|id=0261825|name=Joseph Estrada}}

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