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==Post-war politics==

After the war ended, Adduru was appointed in 1945 as [[Secretary of Labor and Employment (Philippines)|Secretary of Labor]], serving until 1946,<ref>{{cite web|title=DOLE SECRETARIES: PAST AND PRESENT |url=https://dolelibrary.weebly.com/dole-secretaries.html |publisher=Department of Labor and Employment |accessdate=25 August 2025}}</ref> when he became chairman of the board of directors of the National Land Settlement and Development Corporation and later general manager of the same firm from 1951 to 1953.<ref name=”castillet”/> In 1949, he was appointed as chairman of the Cagayan Currency Board, which sought to redeem [[emergency circulating notes]] that were issued during the war.<ref>{{cite web|title=[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 369, June 10, 1949 ] AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REDEMPTION OF EMERGENCY AND GUERRILLA CURRENCY NOTES REGISTERED AND DEPOSITED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. |url=https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/25138 |publisher=Supreme Court of the Philippines |accessdate=25 August 2025}}</ref> In 1953, he became governor of the Agricultural Credit and Financing Administration.<ref name=”castillet”/> He was then elected governor of Cagayan from 1955 to 1959.<ref name=”bombo”/>

==Personal life==

Adduru was married to Candida Gonzales and had two children.<ref name=”castillet”/>

==Death and legacy==

Filipino lawyer and politician

Marcelo Adduru
Portrait

In office July 12, 1945 – May 28, 1946
President	Sergio Osmeña
Preceded by	Mariano Eraña
Succeeded by	Pedro Magsalin
In office 1941–1945
Preceded by	Servando Liban
Succeeded by	Baldomero Perez
In office 1955–1959
Preceded by	Jose Carag
Succeeded by	Felipe Garduque
In office June 2, 1931 – June 2, 1934
Preceded by	Vicente Formoso
Succeeded by	Nicanor Carag
In office September 16, 1935 – December 30, 1938
Preceded by	Nicanor Carag
Succeeded by	Conrado Singson

Born	(1894-06-18)June 18, 1894
Died	January 30, 1972(1972-01-30) (aged 77)
Political party	Nacionalista
Alma mater	University of the Philippines
Occupation	Politician

Marcelo Adduru (June 18, 1894 – January 30, 1972)^[1] was a Filipino politician and guerrilla leader.

Early life and education

Adduru was born in Tuguegarao, Cagayan on June 18, 1894 to Jocobo and Esperanza Adduru. His father died when Marcelo was a child. Adduru attended high school in Tuguegarao before receiving a government scholarship to attend the UP College of Forestry in Los Baños, Laguna, graduating in 1918. He then studied law at the University of the Philippines and graduated in 1923 before being admitted to law practice later that year.^[2] He graduated from the University of the Philippines, where he studied forestry, liberal arts, and law. Before entering politics, he worked as a botanist,^[1] ranger, agent of the Bureau of Commerce, and public defender.^[2]

Adduru was also commissioned as a first lieutenant in the Philippine National Guard after graduating from the National Guard School in 1918. He later attained the rank of major in the Philippine Army in 1936 after joining the reserve force.^[2]

Pre-war politics

In 1931, Adduru was elected to the House of Representatives of the Philippines representing the 1st District of Cagayan. He served until 1934 and after a hiatus, was elected to the same seat under the Philippine Commonwealth from 1938 to 1941,^[3] when he was elected governor of Cagayan as a candidate of the Nacionalista Party.^[1] He represented Cagayan at the 1934 Philippine Constitutional Convention.^[2]

During his time in Congress, Adduru authored the Cooperative Marketing Law.^[2]

Wartime governor

At the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941, Adduru organized the Cagayan Force, a local defense force composed of teachers, reservists and units of the Philippine Constabulary to fight the Japanese. On January 13, 1942, he along with Captain Ralph Praeger of the Provisional Apayao Force led an attack on Tuguegarao that left 200 Japanese dead in what became the first major success by the US Army following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Adduru then led another attack on Aparri while he and his guerrilla forces operated in Cagayan and Apayao. On June 6, 1942, he was commissioned with the rank of Major in the US Army’s Cagayan-Apayao Force,^[1] which was formed from the merger of Adduru’s Cagayan Force, the 14th Infantry Regiment of the Philippine Army and Praeger’s 26th Cavalry, Troop C under the Philippine Scouts.^[4]

At the same time, Adduru established a rebel government in Cagayan based in Tuao^[5]^{: 112–113}^[6]^{: 299–302} which opposed the Japanese-installed governor, Nicanor Carag.^[7] Adduru worked with Praeger in establishing a functioning government that had its own judicial and monetary system.^[8]

In December 1942, he was subjected to an attempt by Emilio Aguinaldo to convince him and another renegade governor, Roque Ablan of Ilocos Norte, to surrender to the Japanese.^[9] Adduru was captured by the Japanese twice in two separate occasions in 1943 and 1944 but managed to escape both times and participated in the liberation of northern Luzon in March 1945.^[1]

Post-war politics

After the war ended, Adduru was appointed in 1945 as Secretary of Labor, serving until 1946,^[10] when he became chairman of the board of directors of the National Land Settlement and Development Corporation and later general manager of the same firm from 1951 to 1953.^[2] In 1949, he was appointed as chairman of the Cagayan Currency Board, which sought to redeem emergency circulating notes that were issued during the war.^[11] In 1953, he became governor of the Agricultural Credit and Financing Administration.^[2] He was then elected governor of Cagayan from 1955 to 1959.^[1]

Personal life

Adduru was married to Candida Gonzales and had two children.^[2]

Death and legacy

Adduru died on January 30, 1972. The regional headquarters of the Philippine National Police in Cagayan Valley is named after him.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Mallillin, Charry. “Marcelo Adduru:Bayani ng Hilagang Luzon sa ilalim ng Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig” [Marcelo Adduru: Hero of Northern Luzon under the Second World War]. Bombo Radyo. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h de Rivera Castillet, Ed. Cagayan Province and her People. Community Publishers. p. 334-3335.
^ “ROSTER of Philippine Legislators (from 1907 to 2019)” (PDF). House of Representatives of the Philippines. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
^ Hyland, George III. “War in the Pacific: A Chronology January 1, 1941 through September 30, 1945”. University of North Texas Libraries. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
^ Guardia, M., 2011, Shadow Commander, Philadelphia & Newbury
^ Harkins, P., 1956, Blackburn’s Headhunters, London: Cassell & Co. LTD
^ “Past Governors”. Province of Cagayan. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
^ Praeger, Ralph Jr. “Ralph Praeger”. Eisenhower Foundation. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
^ Ara, Satoshi. “Emilio Aguinaldo under American and Japanese Rule: Submission for Independence?”. Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
^ “DOLE SECRETARIES: PAST AND PRESENT”. Department of Labor and Employment. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
^ “[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 369, June 10, 1949 ] AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REDEMPTION OF EMERGENCY AND GUERRILLA CURRENCY NOTES REGISTERED AND DEPOSITED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”. Supreme Court of the Philippines. Retrieved 25 August 2025.