Filemon Lagman
"Ka Popoy" Lagman | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Filemon Castelar Lagman March 17, 1953 Bicol, Philippines |
| Died | February 6, 2001 (aged 47) Quezon City, Philippines |
| Manner of death | Assassination by gunshots |
| Party | Partido ng Manggagawang Pilipino (1999–2001) Sanlakas (1993–2001) Communist Party of the Philippines (until 1991) |
| Relations | Edcel Lagman (brother) |
| Occupation | Marxist theoretician, labor leader |
| Known for | Founder of Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP), Kapatiran ng mga Pangulo ng Unyon sa Pilipinas (KPUP) |
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Filemon Castelar Lagman (March 17, 1953 – February 6, 2001), also known by the aliases Ka Popoy and Carlos Forte, was a Filipino revolutionary socialist and labor leader who supported Marxism-Leninism. He split with the Communist Party of the Philippines in 1991 due to ideological disagreements to form the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) and Sanlakas. He was assassinated in 2001 at the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City while working for the launch of the electoral party Partido ng Manggagawa.