History
Historical Background of the Municipality of San Luis
Between 1818 and 1902, the Province of Aurora, then a district of “ El Principe”, Nueva Ecija comprised only of Baler and Casiguran. The four (4) other existing municipalities were just mission villages like the San Jose de Casecnan (now Maria Aurora), Dipaculao, Dilasag and Ditale. While what is now the municipality of San Luis was a barrio of Baler adjacent to the old barrios of Real, Bacong, Ditumabo and Zarah. It was named after the patron Saint “ San Luis Rey de Francia”.
In the Philippines Revolution of 1898, the five barrios became the hot beds of insurgency. The situation was aggravated when the insurrectos attacked the cazadores living in those areas. Since then, these places became famous and significant spots in the northern part of the then Tayabas province.
On 09 December 1941, the locality suffered heavy casualties when the Japanese Imperial forces bombarded it. This caused the people to flee their homes and settle in nearby mountains of Dibalo and Dicaloyungan. From there, they organized and formed a guerilla group called “205th Squadron” which later became instrumental in liberating the province against the Japanese invading forces.
The Sub-Province of Aurora was created through the enactment of R.A. No. 648 on 14 of July 1951. This law provides for the creation of other municipalities of the province. Seeing this as the best time to become a municipality, the local officials sought the assistance of the late Congressman Manuel S. Enverga of Quezon to create a separate municipality comprising of the adjacent barrios into a Municipal district. Congressman Enverga sponsored House Bill No. 2863, which later became R.A. No. 2452 creating the Municipal District of San Luis.
From 24 August 1959, San Luis was operating as a Municipal District. It became a regular municipality on 16 1962 under the sub-province of Aurora by virtue of R.A. No. 3487.
Since its creation, the Municipality of San Luis was governed by elected and appointed municipal mayors, which include the Honorables Cesario A. Pimentel, Rosauro P. Tangson, Severino A. Marzan, Angel P. Mendoza, Annabelle C. Tangson, and Mariano C. Tangson. The incumbent mayor is Hon. Annabelle C. Tangson.
