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This article is a study of leadership recruitment patterns in Philippine local politics with a focus on the extent of leadership professionalization as well as on socioeconomic and occupational backgrounds of local executives at the town level. It argues that certain patterns which had not been identified before martial law have emerged in the post-martial law period. Among the major findings are the following: those who are related to the prewar leading families are still highly represented among mayors, although those who are not related to such families continue to enter into political leadership; mayors' family backgrounds no longer have a strong bearing on their present socioeconomic status; businessmen and lawyers are the largest groups among mayors in terms of their occupation; the majority of mayors are elected without political apprenticeship; and there is little evidence that they will give up their other occupations in order to professionalize local leadership. The paper also tries to explain why these patterns have emerged and discusses their implications.
