Aniceto Lacson

Aniceto Lacson
1st President of Negros
In office
November 5, 1898 – April 30, 1901
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMelecio Severino
(as Civil Governor)
Personal details
Born(1857-04-17)April 17, 1857
Molo, Iloílo, Captaincy General of the Philippines
DiedFebruary 3, 1931(1931-02-03) (aged 73)
Talisay, Negros Occidental, Philippine Islands
CitizenshipPhilippine
NationalityNegrense
Political partyKatipunan

Aniceto Ledesma Lacson (April 17, 1857 – February 3, 1931) is a Filipino revolutionary general, sugar farmer, and businessman. He is also known as the first and only president of the Negros Republic from 1898 to 1901,[1] and for leading the Negros Revolution alongside Juan Araneta.[2]

  1. ^ Foreman, J., 1906, The Philippine Islands, A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
  2. ^ Aguilar, F. V. (1997). Masonic Myths and Revolutionary Feats in Negros Occidental. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 28(02), 285–300.