Marcos
A prominent disciples of Valentinus.
(https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15256a.htm)
Ferdinand Marcos
In 1946, the Philippines received full independence from the United States. The situation went well for a few years until Ferdinand Marcos decided that being president wasn't enough and installed himself as dictator.
(Lost States: True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States That Never Made It by Michael J. Trinklein, 2010, Page 100-101)