Cory (also Corie, Korey) is from the Irish surname Ó Comhraidhe ("descendant of Comhrad"), or as a diminutive of Cordelia or Corazón. **Maria Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino (1933-2009)** was the **11th President of the Philippines (1986-1992) and the first female president in Asia**. **Led the People Power Revolution that peacefully overthrew Ferdinand Marcos**, after her husband Senator Benigno Aquino was assassinated on his return from exile in 1983. **Time magazine's Woman of the Year (1986)**; restored Philippine democracy after 21 years of authoritarian rule.
Subject of Carmen Pedrosa's *Cory: Profile of a President* (1987).
Cory reduces to seven — the number of People Power.