Feliciana Bernabe (d. 1938) Enna Cura (d. 1946) Gregoria Calma (d. 1952)
Relations
Francesca Taruc (granddaughter)
Children
1
Alma mater
University of Manila
Known for
Leader of the Hukbalahap
Nickname
Ka Luis[4]
Military career
Allegiance
Hukbalahap Philippines (until 1946)
Years of service
1942–1954
Luis M. Taruc Freedom Park in San Luis, Pampanga in Barangay San Sebastian, beside Barangay Santa Cruz Poblacion along the Baliuag-Candaba-San Luis Provincial Road
Luis Mangalus Taruc (Tagalog pronunciation:[ˈluwisˈtɐɾuk]; June 21, 1913 – May 4, 2005) was a Filipino political figure and rebel during the agrarian unrest of the 1930s until the end of the Cold War. He was the leader of the Hukbalahap group (from Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon) between 1942 and 1950.[5]: 73 His involvement with the movement came after his initiation to the problems of agrarian Filipinos when he was a student in the early 1930s. During World War II, Taruc led the Hukbalahap in guerrilla operations against the Japanese occupants of the Philippines.
Influenced by his socialist idol Pedro Abad Santos of San Fernando, and inspired by earlier Katipunan revolutionaries such as Felipe Salvador, Taruc joined the Aguman ding Maldang Tala-pagobra (AMT, Kapampangan for 'Union of Peasant Workers') and in 1938, the Partido Sosyalista ng Pilipinas (Socialist Party of the Philippines). The latter merged with the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas as part of the Common Front strategy, and Taruc assumed the role of Commander-in-Chief of the military wing created to fight the Japanese.
After the war against Japan, the Hukbalahap continued their demands for agrarian reform. Taruc and seven colleagues were elected to the House of Representatives, but the government of Manuel Roxas did not allow them to take their seats in Congress. The Taruc faction opposed the parity rights that the U.S. required from post-independence Philippines as a condition for rehabilitation funding. In the next five years, Taruc would give up on the parliamentary struggle and once more take up arms. At the height of its popularity, the Hukbalahap reached a fighting strength estimated at between 10,000 and 30,000. In 2017, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines declared Taruc a hero for being a "nationalist and defender of the rights of farmers and workers".[6]
^Elected in absentia in 1969 after granted amnesty
^Congress was dissolved when President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law on September 23, 1972.
^Elected in 1946. Served for only a week and left to resume the leadership of the Hukbalahap Rebellion.
^Sangil, Max (September 25, 2019). "Sangil: The surrender of Ka Luis Taruc (Last part)". SunStar Publishing Inc. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^Cite error: The named reference Taruc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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