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| Leader | Andrés Soriano Enrique Zóbel de Ayala |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Dissolved | 1945 |
| Ideology | Falangism |
| Political position | Far-right |
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ThePhilippine Falange, the informal name for theSpanish National Assemblies of the Philippines (Juntas Nacionales Españolas), was a Philippinefalangist political party that was a branch of theSpanish Falange.[1] It was founded in 1936.[2] The party was initially led from the late 1930s by Spanish citizen and businessmanAndrés Soriano.[1][3] A leadership struggle occurred betweenMartín Pou andEnrique Zóbel de Ayala.[1]
The party was effectively dissolved when Soriano was quietly granted Filipino citizenship by the government. It was done to avoid a major political formation within the Philippines which was at least tacitly supportive of theAxis powers, as Franco's Falange and subsequent Spanish Government was. Others followed suit, preventing the threat of their properties being seized by the Allied powers. Other memberscollaborated with the Japanese during theoccupation, excluding Soriano who joined withManuel Quezon and thegovernment of the Philippine Commonwealth in exile, in the United States, as well as theSpanish Filipinos who formed Commonwealth military and guerrilla forces inNegros in thePhilippines.
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