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 Movement in 1968.
Raul Manglapus
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, abbreviated as Lakas–CMD and popularly known as Lakas, was a political party in the Philippines. Its ideology and that of its successor is heavily influenced by Christian and Islamic democracy. The party's influence on Philippine society is very strong, especially after the People Power Revolution, which has led the country to elect two presidents from the party, namely Fidel V. Ramos, a United Methodist, and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, a Roman Catholic.
President Fidel V. Ramos, co-founder of Lakas–NUCD