Ruperto Kangleon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ruperto Kangleon

Filipino politician

Date of Birth: 27-Mar-1890

Place of Birth: Macrohon, Philippines

Date of Death: 27-Feb-1958

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ruperto Cadava Kangleón (March 27, 1890 – February 27, 1958) was a Filipino military figure and politician.
He was a native of the municipality of Macrohon in the now named province of Southern Leyte. Kangleón was the acknowledged leader of the Resistance Movement in Leyte during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II.
As such, his guerrilla forces helped pave the way for the American Leyte Landings on their return to the Philippines in 1944. Before the war, Colonel Kangleon was replaced and re-joining the group of soldiers under the pre-war 92nd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army in the General Headquarters in Leyte during the Liberation.
And after the war, Ruperto Kangleon served as the Philippine Secretary of National Defense under Presidents Manuel Roxas and Elpidio Quirino.