Apolinario Mabini

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Apolinario Mabini

For other uses, see Mabini (disambiguation).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mabini and the second or maternal family name is Maranan.
Apolinario Mabini y Maranan (Tagalog: [apolɪˈnaɾ.jo maˈbinɪ]; July 23, 1864 – May 13, 1903) was a Filipino revolutionary leader, educator, lawyer, and statesman who served first as a legal and constitutional adviser to the Revolutionary Government, and then as the first Prime Minister of the Philippines upon the establishment of the First Philippine Republic. He is regarded as the "utak ng himagsikan" or "brain of the revolution" and is also considered as a national hero in the Philippines. Mabini's work and thoughts on the government shaped the Philippines' fight for independence over the next century.[2]
Excelentísimo Señor
Apolinario Mabini
1st Prime Minister of the Philippines
In office
January 23, 1899 – May 7, 1899
President
Emilio Aguinaldo
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Pedro Paterno
1st Secretary of Foreign Relations
In office
January 23, 1899 – May 7, 1899
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Felipe Buencamino
Personal details
Born
Apolinario Mabini y Maranan
July 23, 1864[1]
Barrio Talaga, Tanauan, Batangas, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire
Died
May 13, 1903 (aged 38)
Manila, Philippine Islands
Cause of death
Cholera
Alma mater
Colegio de San Juan de Letran
University of Santo Tomas
Profession
Politician, lawyer
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Two of his works, El Verdadero Decálogo (The True Decalogue, June 24, 1898) and Programa Constitucional de la República Filipina (The Constitutional Program of the Philippine Republic, 1898), became instrumental in the drafting of what would eventually be known as the Malolos Constitution.[3]
Mabini performed all his revolutionary and governmental activities despite having lost the use of both his legs to polio [4] shortly before the Philippine Revolution of 1896.
Mabini's role in Philippine history saw him confronting first Spanish colonial rule in the opening days of the Philippine Revolution, and then American colonial rule in the days of the Philippine–American War. The latter saw Mabini captured and exiled to Guam by American colonial authorities, allowed to return only two months before his eventual death in May 1903.