Antonio Zumel

Antonio De Leon Zumel II (August 10, 1932 - August 13, 2001), also known by his nicknames Tony, Manong, Ching, or Antumel, was a Filipino journalist, activist, and revolutionary. He was two-time President of the National Press Club of the Philippines before going underground in 1972 at the start of the Marcos dictatorship. In 1990, he was elected Chairperson of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines in absentia, and was a senior adviser to the NDFP negotiating panel from 1994 until his death in 2001. In 2016, he was posthumously declared a hero of the Philippines by Vice President Leni Robredo, who attended the unveiling of his name and those of other revolutionaries on a monument at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani.

Antonio Zumel

Antonio De Leon Zumel II (August 10, 1932 - August 13, 2001), also known by his nicknames Tony, Manong, Ching, or Antumel, was a Filipino journalist, activist, and revolutionary. He was two-time President of the National Press Club of the Philippines before going underground in 1972 at the start of the Marcos dictatorship. In 1990, he was elected Chairperson of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines in absentia, and was a senior adviser to the NDFP negotiating panel from 1994 until his death in 2001. In 2016, he was posthumously declared a hero of the Philippines by Vice President Leni Robredo, who attended the unveiling of his name and those of other revolutionaries on a monument at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani.