Emilio Aguinaldo
President of the Philippines
Died when: 94 years 321 days (1138 months)Star Sign: Aries
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Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy QSC CCLH PMM KGCR (Spanish: [eˈmi.ljo a.ɣiˈnal.do i fa.mi]: March 22, 1869 – February 6, 1964) was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who was the youngest president of the Philippines (1899–1901) and was recognized as the first president of the Philippines and of an Asian constitutional republic.
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, many have criticized him for the deaths of the revolutionary leader Andrés Bonifacio and general Antonio Luna, as well as his collaboration with the Japanese Empire during their occupation of the Philippines in World War II.
