Luis Taruc, Filipino political activist (died 2005)

Luis Taruc

Philippine Marxist–Leninist politician (1913–2005)

Luis Mangalus Taruc 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 between 1942 and 1950. His involvement with the movement came after his initiation to the problems of…