Angel Pangan Macapagal was born on October 2, 1917, in Lubao, Pampanga, as the third of four children of Urbano Macapagal and Romana Pangan. He attended Lubao Elementary School and Lubao Institute for his primary and secondary education, respectively. He later earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from Quezon Colleges in Manila.
He began his government service as a clerk at the Surplus Property Commission, where he worked from 1947 to 1949. From 1950, he served as private secretary to his brother, then representative Diosdado Macapagal. He continued in the position until Diosdado's election as vice president in 1957 and later served in the same capacity until 1961. He subsequently served as private secretary during his brother's presidency from 1962 to 1963. In 1963, he became a board member and general manager of the People's Homesite and Housing Corporation.
In March 1964, Macapagal was among those targeted in a pre-election attack by Senate PresidentFerdinand Marcos, who accused him, his brother, President Diosdado Macapagal, and members of the Montano clan in Cavite of involvement in a tobacco-smuggling operation in a highly publicized exposé.
Macapagal authored legislative measures concerning social benefits for the elderly and indigent, modeled after a system in New Zealand, and increasing household wages to help families meet their needs.
In 1967, Macapagal nominated the United Poets Laureate International for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing its promotion of "world brotherhood and peace through poetry."
Personal life
Macapagal was married to Lorenzo Dabu, with whom he had seven children. He died on November 6, 1993, in Los Angeles, California.
↑McCoy, Alfred W., ed. (2009). An Anarchy of Families: State and Family in the Philippines. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press. p.141. ISBN9780299229849.
