Lean Alejandro

Leandro "Lean" Legara Alejandro (July 10, 1960 – September 19, 1987) was a student leader and left-wing nationalist political activist in the Philippines.

He also joined the Philippine Collegian, the UP student publication, as a features writer, where he wrote articles critical of the Marcos administration.

In 1985, the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) was established, and Alejandro became its secretary-general leading the party together with retired senator Lorenzo M. Tañada.

Alejandro was a prominent member of the parliament of the streets during the 1980s, alongside Crispin Beltran, Lorenzo Tañada, and other Filipino nationalist leaders.

[8] After the People Power Revolution of 1986, Alejandro ran for Congress, standing unsuccessfully for the congressional seat of Malabon-Navotas against Tessie Aquino-Oreta, sister-in-law of President Corazon Aquino.

Alejandro was married to Lidy Nacpil, a fellow socialist activist he had met at the university through mutual membership of the United Methodist Youth Fellowship and the Student Christian Movement of the Philippines.

A documentary entitled Lean: In the Line of Fire is the Place of Honor was produced by Sandigan para sa Mag-aaral at Sambayanan (SAMASA) Alumni Association, the student political party under which Alejandro ran and won the chairmanship of the UP Diliman University Student Council in 1983.

Alejandro, shown at the lower right of the Palma Hall, UP mural wearing white and holding a speaker
Detail of the Wall of Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani , showing names from the 2004 batch of Bantayog Honorees, including that of Lean Alejandro.