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Emilio Aguinaldo: First Filipino President

Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino revolutionary leader and the first president of the Philippines. He led forces against Spain in the Philippine Revolution from 1896-1898 and helped gain independence. However, he then fought against the United States during the Philippine-American War from 1899-1901. Aguinaldo remains a controversial figure for his role in deaths of other leaders and for collaborating with Japan during their occupation of the Philippines in World War II.

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Emilio Aguinaldo: First Filipino President

Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino revolutionary leader and the first president of the Philippines. He led forces against Spain in the Philippine Revolution from 1896-1898 and helped gain independence. However, he then fought against the United States during the Philippine-American War from 1899-1901. Aguinaldo remains a controversial figure for his role in deaths of other leaders and for collaborating with Japan during their occupation of the Philippines in World War II.

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Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy 

QSC CCLH KGCR [f] (Spanish: [eˈmi.ljo a.ɣiˈnal.do]: March 22, 1869 –


February 6, 1964) was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who is officially
recognized as the first and the youngest president of the Philippines (1899–1901) and the first
president of a constitutional republic in Asia. He led 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).
Aguinaldo remains a controversial figure in Filipino history. Though he has been recommended as
a national hero of the Philippines,[14] many have criticized him for his involvement in the deaths of
revolutionary leader Andrés Bonifacio and general Antonio Luna, as well as his sympathies for
the Japanese Empire during their occupation of the Philippines in World War II.

Contents

 1Early life and career


 2Philippine Revolution
o 2.1Battle of Imus
o 2.2Battles of Binakayan-Dalahican
o 2.3Battle of Zapote Bridge
o 2.4Spanish Cavite offensive and Battle of Perez Dasmariñas
o 2.5Tejeros Convention
o 2.6Biak-na-Bato and exile
o 2.7Return to Philippines
o 2.8Dictatorial government and Battle of Alapan
o 2.9Declaration of independence and revolutionary government
o 2.10Arrival of Americans
 3First Philippine Republic
o 3.1Capture of Aguinaldo
 4Controversies
o 4.1Execution of Bonifacio brothers
o 4.2Assassination of Luna
 5American era
o 5.11935 Philippine presidential election
 6World War II
o 6.1Collaboration with Japan and Second Republic
o 6.2Capture, investigation and acquittal
 7Independence era
 8Death and legacy
 9Honors
 10Commemoration
 11Personal life
 12Portrayals
 13See also
 14Notes
 15References
 16Bibliography
 17Further reading
 18External links

Early life and career[edit]


Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was born on March 22, 1869[e] in Cavite el Viejo (present-day Kawit) in the
province of Cavite to Carlos Aguinaldo y Jamir and Trinidad Famy y Villanueva,[f] a couple that had
eight children, the seventh of whom was Emilio Sr. The Aguinaldo family was quite well-to-do, as his
father, Carlos Aguinaldo, was the community's appointed gobernadorcillo (municipal governor) in
the Spanish colonial administration and his grandparents Eugenio Aguinaldo y Kajigas and María
Jamir y de los Santos. He studied at Colegio de San Juan de Letran but could not finish his studies
because of an outbreak of cholera in 1882.
He became the "Cabeza de Barangay" in 1895 when the Maura Law called for the reorganization of
local governments was enacted. At the age of 25, Aguinaldo became Cavite el Viejo's
first gobernadorcillo capitan municipal (municipal governor-captain) while he was on a business trip
in Mindoro.

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