Emilio Aguinaldo

Emilio Aguinaldo
Portrait by Harris & Ewing, c. 1919
Philippine revolutionary leader
President of the First Philippine Republic
In office
January 23, 1899 – April 19, 1901
Prime Minister
Preceded byPosition established
Diego de los Ríos (as Governor-General of the Philippines)
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Manuel L. Quezon
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Succeeded byPosition abolished (Revolutionary government superseded by the First Philippine Republic)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Succeeded byPosition abolished (Tejeros government superseded by the Republic of Biak-na-Bato)
Member of the Council of State of the Republic of the Philippines
In office
June 19, 1943 – August 17, 1945
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
BornEmilio Aguinaldo y Famy
(1869-03-22)March 22, 1869
DiedFebruary 6, 1964(1964-02-06) (aged 94)
Quezon City, Philippines
Resting placeEmilio Aguinaldo Shrine, Kawit, Cavite, Philippines
Party
Spouses
  • (m. 1896; sep. 1905)
  • María Agoncillo
    (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
List
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Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy QSC CCLH PMM KGCR (Spanish: [eˈmiljo aɣiˈnaldo j ˈfami]: March 22, 1869 – February 6, 1964) was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who was the first president of the Philippines from 1899 to 1901, and the first president 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). He is regarded in the Philippines as having been the country's first president during the period of the First Philippine Republic, though he was not recognized as such outside of the revolutionary Philippines.

Aguinaldo is known as a national hero in the Philippines. However, he was also involved in the deaths of the revolutionary leader Andrés Bonifacio and general Antonio Luna. In World War II, he collaborated as a puppet leader with the Empire of Japan during its occupation of the Philippines.