22 Facts About Raul Manglapus

Raul Manglapus co-founded the reformist Progressive Party of the Philippines and the Christian Democratic Socialist Movement in 1968.

Raul Manglapus was elected to the Senate by a landslide in 1961 and ran for president in 1965, but lost to eventual winner Ferdinand Marcos.

Raul Manglapus became Secretary of Foreign Affairs under President Corazon Aquino in 1987.

Raul Manglapus's name is inscribed on the wall of the Philippines' Bantayog ng mga Bayani, which honors the heroes and martyrs who fought authoritarian rule.

Raul Manglapus's father was Congressman Valentin Manglapus of Ilocos Sur, and his mother was Justina Sevilla of Malabon, Rizal.

Raul Manglapus spent his formative years in the Ateneo de Manila.

Raul Manglapus then attended law school at the University of Santo Tomas and took the bar exam in November 1946, becoming a lawyer a few months later.

Raul Manglapus was tortured to the brink of death by the Japanese in Fort Santiago.

Raul Manglapus first came to prominence from his association with Ramon Magsaysay, the one-time mechanic turned populist President of the Philippines.

In 1953, Raul Manglapus composed for the presidential candidate Magsaysay the catchy campaign jingle "Mambo Magsaysay", which became widely popular and was credited in some quarters as aiding immensely in the election of Magsaysay.

Raul Manglapus remained, until the end of his life, a prolific composer and musical performer.

Raul Manglapus was the leader of the Executive Combo Band, a jazz band composed mainly of his peers which performed for Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in 1995.

Later in life, Raul Manglapus would serve as chairman of the Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Raul Manglapus did not have plenty of allies, often distancing himself from other senators due to his elitist personality, though this did not prevent him from cooperating with them in his post-Martial Law career.

Raul Manglapus was on a speaking engagement in the United States when Marcos declared martial law in 1972.

Raul Manglapus remained in exile for 14 years, dissuaded by an outstanding warrant of arrest should he return to the country.

Raul Manglapus served as president of Democracy International, an organization of exiled world leaders seeking the restoration of democratic institutions in their respective countries, and president of the Washington-based International Center for Development Policy from 1981 to 1986.

Raul Manglapus immediately returned to the Philippines upon the ouster of Marcos and the accession to the presidency of Corazon Aquino in 1986.

Raul Manglapus was elected to the Philippine Senate in 1987, but resigned before his term expired to serve as Secretary of Foreign Affairs for President Aquino.

Raul Manglapus had established the Christian Democratic Socialist Movement in 1968, a party which eventually reorganized as the NUCD.

Raul Manglapus fostered ties with the other Christian Democratic parties in the world, such as that in Germany.

Raul Manglapus was a foremost nationalist and human rights advocate.