Raul Manglapus

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Raul Sevilla Manglapus (born August 20, 1918 in Manila , † July 25, 1999 in Alabang, Muntinlupa ) was a Filipino politician who was foreign minister from 1987 to 1992.

Life

Lawyer and Acting Foreign Minister

Manglapus, son of former House of Representatives -Abgeordneten Valentin Manglapus of Ilocos Sur and his wife Justina Seville, attended elementary school and the high school of the Ateneo de Manila University and then began studying law at the University of Santo Tomas . In 1940 he won the speaker competition at the universities of the Philippines and was arrested in Manila in 1942 by the military police of the Japanese occupation forces for propaganda activities, whereupon he was initially in Fort Santiago . After his conviction, he was transferred to Muntinlupa in 1943 , where he managed to escape in August 1944. He then joined the resistance movement of the Hunters Guerrillas and fought against the Japanese occupation forces.

After the end of the Second World War , Manglapus passed the state examination in law in 1946. After studying at Georgetown University , he worked as a journalist and writer and, in addition to various books, also wrote articles for international newspapers and magazines. He was a professor of constitutional law and an attorney at Tañada, Palaez and Teehankee before partnering with Feria, Manglapus and Associates . He was involved as a member of the Philippine Veterans Legion and from 1951 to 1953 as President of the Catholic Action of the Philippines and also as founder and chairman of the Cultural Foundation of the Philippines . In 1954, President Ramon Magsaysay appointed him Undersecretary of State in the State Department. In 1957 he served briefly as acting foreign minister in the cabinet of President Carlos P. Garcia .

Senator and presidential candidate

In the elections of November 12, 1957, Manglapus applied for one of the eight seats to be awarded in the Senate for the Progressive Party (PPP) founded by him and Manuel Manahan , but only achieved twelfth place with 1,005,595 votes and thus missed the entry in the Senate. In the elections that followed on November 14, 1961, he was elected Senator for the PPP with 3,489,658 votes and thus with the best result for the eight seats to be awarded. During his membership in the Senate, he was chairman of the committee of inquiry (Blue Ribbon Committee) and the committee on revision of laws .

Manglapus was in the elections of November 9, 1965 finally a candidate of the PPP for the presidential election with Manuel Manahan as a vice-presidential candidate. After Ferdinand Marcos of the Nacionalista Party (3,861,324 votes, 51.94 percent) and the previous President Diosdado Macapagal of the Liberal Party (3,187,752 votes, 42.88 percent), he won 384,564 votes (5.17 percent) however only third place.

Exile in the USA and return after the fall of Marcos

After President Marcos declared martial law on September 21, 1972, Manglapus went into voluntary exile in the United States . During his stay in the USA he was chairman of the group Movement for a Free Philippines , which spoke to the US Congress for an end to the US's economic and military support for the Marcos dictatorship. He only returned to the Philippines on March 25, 1986 after the fall of Marcos in the course of the EDSA revolution (People's Power Revolution) named after Epifanio de los Santos Avenue .

In the elections of May 11, 1987, Manglapus was re-elected Senator as a member of the National Union of Christian Democrats NUCD (National Union of Christian Democrats) , which belonged to the Lakas ng Bayan coalition and was among 54 candidates with 9,910,244 votes (43 , 6 percent) took 16th place among the 24 Senate seats to be awarded.

In 1987 Manglapus was appointed by President Corazon Aquino to succeed Manuel Yan as Foreign Minister in her cabinet . He held this office until the end of Aquino's term on June 30, 1992.

Manglapus was married to Pacita La O.

Publications

  • Faith in the Filipino. The ripening revolution. A collection of speeches, statements, and other public papers from 1959 up to the present ... , Manila 1961
  • Revolt against tradition. The challenge of change and the Filipino's drive to greatness. A collection of the speeches of Senator Raul S. Manglapus since his election plus the prize winning oration he delivered in 1940 , editor Rodolfo Severino, Jr., Manila 1964
  • Australia and the Asian revolution and The lucky world , East Melbourne 1966
  • Japan in Southeast Asia. Collision course , New York City, 1976, ISBN 0-8700-3004-3
  • Philippines, the silenced democracy , 1976, ISBN 0-8834-4381-3
  • A pen for democracy. A decade of articles, speeches, letters, interviews, and committee testimony published in the international press and the US Congressional record in the tradition of the Filipino democrats a century ago , Washington, DC, 1983
  • Toward a Muslim-Christian manifesto , co-author Michael O. Mastura, Manila 1988, ISBN 9-7111-5065-4
  • Speeches, 1954-1991 , Manila 1991, ISBN 9-7155-2008-1
  • La voluntad del pueblo , 1992, ISBN 8-4784-4139-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Philippines: Foreign Ministers
  2. ^ Philippines: Foreign Ministers
personal data
SURNAME Manglapus, Raul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Manglapus, Raul Sevilla (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Filipino politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Manila
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1999
Place of death Alabang, Muntinlupa