Emilio Aguinaldo

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Emilio Aguinaldo
Aguinaldo in 1919
1st President of the Philippines[3]
In office
January 23, 1899[a] – April 19, 1901[b]
Prime Minister
Preceded byPosition established
Diego de los Ríos (as Governor-General of the Philippines)
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Miguel Malvar[c]
Manuel L. Quezon[d]
President of the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines
In office
June 23, 1898 – January 23, 1899
Prime Minister
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished (Revolutionary government superseded by the First Philippine Republic)
Commanding General of the Philippine Revolutionary Army
In office
June 5, 1899 – April 19, 1901
PresidentHimself
Preceded byAntonio Luna
Dictator of the Philippines
In office
May 24, 1898 – June 23, 1898
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished (Dictatorial government replaced by a revolutionary government with Aguinaldo assuming the title president)
President of the Republic of Biak-na-Bato
In office
November 2, 1897 – December 14, 1897
Vice PresidentMariano Trías
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
President of the Tejeros Revolutionary Government
In office
March 22, 1897 – November 1, 1897
Vice PresidentMariano Trías
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished (Tejeros government superseded by the Republic of Biak-na-Bato)
Personal details
Born
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy

(1869-03-22)March 22, 1869
Cavite el Viejo, Cavite, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire
DiedFebruary 6, 1964(1964-02-06) (aged 94)
Quezon City, Philippines
Resting placeEmilio Aguinaldo Shrine, Kawit, Cavite, Philippines
Political party
Spouses
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    (m. 1896; died 1921)​
  • María Agoncillo
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    (m. 1930; died 1963)​
Children5
Alma materColegio de San Juan de Letran
Profession
  • Statesman
  • Military leader
Awards
Signature
Nicknames
  • "Kapitan Miong"
  • "Heneral Miong"
  • "Ka Miong"
  • "El Caudillo"
  • "Magdalo"
  • "Hermano Colon"
Military service
Allegiance
Branch/service Philippine Revolutionary Army
Years of service1896–1901
Rank Generalissimo Minister Marshal
Battles/wars
Footnotes:
  1. ^ Aguinaldo ran for president in 1935 under the ticket of the National Socialist Party,[5] but in opening his campaign he disavowed association with any political party.[6]

Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy[e] QSC CCLH PMM KGCR[f] (Spanish: [eˈmiljo aɣiˈnaldoj ˈfami]: March 22, 1869 – February 6, 1964) was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who is the youngest president of the Philippines (1899–1901) and became the first president of the Philippines and of an Asian constitutional republic. He led the Philippine forces first against Spain in the Philippine Revolution (1896–1898), then in the Spanish–American War (1898), and finally against the United States during the Philippine–American War (1899–1901). Though he was not recognized as president outside of the revolutionary Philippines, he is regarded in the Philippines as having been the country's first president during the period of the First Philippine Republic.[9]

Aguinaldo is known as a national hero in the Philippines.[10] However, he is also known to be somewhat controversial in the country due to his alleged involvement in the deaths of the revolutionary leader Andrés Bonifacio and general Antonio Luna, and for his collaboration with the Japanese Empire during their occupation of the Philippines in World War II.[11]

  1. ^ Inaugural Address of President Aguinaldo, January 23, 1899 (Speech). Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. January 23, 1899. Archived from the original on June 24, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
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  4. ^ "Miguel Malvar Was the Forgotten President of the Philippine Republic". Esquire. September 9, 2019.
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  9. ^ "Presidents Aguinaldo, Quezon & Laurel". Presidential Museum of the Philippines. n.d. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
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  11. ^ Ara 2015, p. 170 "Aguinaldo's collaboration with Japan began with his contact with Gen. Masami Maeda, Homma's chief of staff.[...] Aguinaldo (ca. 1942) voluntarily met with Maeda at his residence in Cavite to suggest the creation of a provisional government to terminate American rule and cooperate with the Japanese."


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