Raul Sevilla Manglapus was a prominent post–World War II Filipino politician and songwriter. He co-founded the reformist Progressive Party of the Philippines and the Christian Democratic Socialist Mov
Manglapus in 1966
Detail of the Wall of Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, showing names from the 1999 batch of Bantayog Honorees, including that of Raul Manglapus
Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats, shortened as Lakas–CMD, with being abbreviated and popularly known as Lakas, was a political party in the Philippines. Its ideology and that of its successor is heavi
Raul Manglapus
…songwriter. He co-founded the reformist Progressive Party of the Philippines and the Christian Democratic Socialist Movement in 1968 (later renamed the National Union of Christian Democrats). He was elected to the Senate by a landslide in 1961 and ran for president in 1965, but lost to eventual winner Ferdinand Marcos. He once again became…