What is Gregorio Honasan?
{{Infobox Officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable|The Honorable]] | name = Gringo Honasan | image = Gregorio Honasan.jpg | imagesize = | order = | office = [[Senate of the Philippines|Senator of the Philippines]] | term_start = June 30, 2007 | term_end = June 30, 2019 | order2 = | term_start2 = June 30, 1995 | term_end2 = June 30, 2004 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|3|14}} | birth_place = [[Baguio]], [[Philippines]] | death_date = | death_place = | otherparty = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] (1990–2012) | party = [[United Nationalist Alliance|UNA]] (2012–present) | residence = [[Manila]] | alma_mater = [[Philippine Military Academy]] <small>([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])</small> | profession = [[Soldier]] |allegiance = {{flag|Philippines}} |branch= [[Armed Forces of the Philippines|Philippine Army]] |serviceyears=1971–1989 |rank= Colonel |unit= |battles=[[Insurgency in the Philippines]] |awards=Presidential Government Medal <br/> Distinguished Conduct Star }} '''Gregorio Ballesteros Honasan II''', better known as '''Gringo Honasan''', is a retired [[Philippine]] [[Army]] officer. He led an unsuccessful [[coup d'état|coups d'état]] against President [[Corazon Aquino]]. He played a key role in the 1986 [[People Power Revolution]] that ended the rule of President [[Ferdinand Marcos]]. President [[Fidel Ramos]] granted Honasan [[amnesty]] in 1992 for his actions against President Aquino. He entered politics and became a [[Senate of the Philippines|senator]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Senator Gregorio Ballesteros Honasan II|url=https://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/sen_bio/honasan_gregorio_bio.asp|access-date=30 September 2016}}</ref> In 2016 he ran unsuccessfully for vice president of the Philippines as [[Jejomar Binay]]'s running-mate. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Honasan, Gregor