Ananías Diokno

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Diokno and the second or maternal family name is Noblejas.
Ananías Diokno
Birth nameAnanías Diokno y Noblejas
Born(1860-01-22)January 22, 1860
Taal, Batangas, Captaincy General of the Philippines
DiedNovember 2, 1922(1922-11-02) (aged 62)
Arayat, Pampanga, Philippine Islands
Allegiance First Philippine Republic
BranchPhilippine Revolutionary Army
Service years1895–1901
RankGeneral of Visayas
ConflictsPhilippine Revolution
Philippine–American War

Ananías Diokno y Noblejas (January 22, 1860 – November 2, 1922) was reputedly the only Philippine Revolutionary Army general to lead a full-scale military expedition to the Visayas against the Spanish forces. Also known as General of the Seas, his successful landing in Bicol and the Visayas were considered one of the first missions of the Philippine Navy. He is the father of nationalist Supreme Court Justice and Sen. Ramón Diokno, and the grandfather of Sen. Jose W. Diokno, the intellectual leader of the opposition against the Marcos administration and the father of human rights. Diokno is also the great-grandfather of human rights lawyer and professor Jose Manuel "Chel" Diokno.

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