Pedro Abad Santos
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Pedro Abad Santos y Basco was a Filipino Marxist politician. He founded the Socialist Party of the Philippines in 1932. He ran for several elections for governorship of Pampanga but never won. He also ran for president in the 1941 Philippine presidential election, but withdrew weeks before the election.
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Pedro Abad Santos y Basco was a Filipino Marxist politician. He founded the Socialist Party of the Philippines in 1932. He ran for several elections for governorship of Pampanga but never won. He also ran for president in the 1941 Philippine presidential election, but withdrew weeks before the election. Luis Taruc, who would lead the Hukbalahap, was under his tutelage and was his right-hand man.
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