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Emilio Aguinaldo

Philippine revolutionary leader who headed several insurgent governments

"General Emilio Aguinaldo" redirects here. For the municipality, see General Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite.

Emilio Aguinaldo

Aguinaldo c. 1919

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]
In office
June 23, 1898 – January 23, 1899
Prime Minister
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished (Revolutionary government superseded by the  First Philippine Republic)
In office
June 5, 1899 – April 19, 1901
PresidentHimself
Preceded byAntonio Luna
In office
May 24, 1898 – June 23, 1898
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished (Dictatorial government replaced by a revolutionary government with Aguinaldo assumin

Emilio Aguinaldo

(1869-1964)

Who Was Emilio Aguinaldo?

In 1898, Emilio Aguinaldo achieved independence of the Philippines from Spain and was elected the first president of the new republic under the Malolos Congress. He also led the Philippine-American War against U.S. resistance to Philippine independence. Aguinaldo died of a heart attack on February 6, 1964, in Quezon City, Philippines.

Early Life

Emilio Aguinaldo was born on March 22, 1869, in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines. Nicknamed Miong, Aguinaldo was the seventh of eight children. His parents were of Chinese and Tagalog descent. His father, Carlos, died when Aguinaldo was just nine years old. Widowed, his mother, Trinidad, sent him to attend public school in Manila.

Having had to cut his studies short at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran due to a cholera outbreak, Aguinaldo returned home to Kawit, where he developed a growing awareness of Filipino frustration with Spanish colonial rule.

While serving as the head of barter in Manila, he joined the Pilar Lodge chapter of the Freemasonry in 1895. The Freemasonry was a

Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964)

Filipino leader who fought first against Spain and later against the United States for the independence of the Philippines.

Born of Chinese and Tagalog parentage, he completed his education at the University of Santo Tomás, Manila. In August 1896 he was mayor of Cavite Viejo and was the local leader of the Katipunan, a revolutionary society that fought bitterly and successfully against the Spanish. In December 1897 he signed an agreement called the Pact of Biac-na-Bató with the Spanish governor general. He agreed to leave the Philippines and to remain permanently in exile on condition of a substantial financial reward from Spain coupled with the promise of liberal reforms. While in Hong Kong and Singapore he made arrangements with representatives of the American consulates and of Commo. George Dewey to return to the Philippines to assist the United States in the war against Spain.

Aguinaldo returned to the Philippines May 19, 1898, and announced renewal of the struggle with Spain. The Filipinos, who declared their independence of

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