THE 1ST PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT
- Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy
- Born: March 23, 1869
- Place of Birth: Cavite El Viejo (now Kawit), Cavite province.
- Died: Febreuary 6, 1964 (age of 94)
- Place of Death: Quezon City, Manila
- Father: Carlos Aguinaldo y Jamir - gobernadorcillo (town head); member of the Chinese-Tagalog mestizo minority.
- Mother: Trinidad Famy y Valero
- The seventh of eight children.
- Filipino leader who fought first against Spain and later against the United States for the independence of the Philippines.
- He was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader.
- He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War or War of Philippine Independence that resisted American occupation.
- He was also the youngest (at age 29) to have become the country's president, the longest-lived president (having survived to age 94) and the only president to have outlived the most number of successors.
- Spouse: (1) Hilaria Del Rosario (1877–1921) ; died of leprosy. They had five children: Miguel, Carmen, Emilio Jr., María, and Cristina.
- (2) María Agoncillo (1882–1963)
