Emilio Aguinaldo

Born

March 22, 1869

Died

February 6, 1964 (aged 94)

Known as

politician, autobiographer, military personnel, revolutionary

Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino revolutionary, politician, and military leader who served as president of the Philippines from 1899 to 1901, and the president of the first 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 later against the United States during the Philippine–American War (1899–1901). He is regarded in the Philippines as the country's first president during the period of the First Philippine Republic, although his presidency was not widely recognized outside of the revolutionary Philippines.

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