Miriam Defensor Santiago

Miriam Defensor Santiago, (d. 1916) was a Senator in the Philippines. She was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome in 2008, forcing her to take a leave of absence from the Senate. She complained of dizziness, nausea, and an irregular heartbeat prior to being diagnosed with CFS. During her political career she served as the presiding judge of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (judicial branch); the immigration commissioner, agrarian reform secretary (executive branch); and a senator for three terms (legislative branch) or from 1995 to 2001 and 2004 to 2016. Santiago was the first Filipino to be elected as judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), based in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2011. She resigned her post in 2014 because of a relapse of chronic fatigue syndrome.

While serving as a Senator she filed Senate Bill 3195, which tasked the Philippine Department of Health and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) to carry out a national campaign to increase public awareness and knowledge of CFS.

Santiago died 29 September 2016 of lung cancer at the age of 71.

Articles

 * 2016, Obituary
 * 2009, [http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/159268/news/nation/miriam-doh-must-attend-to-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-problem

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