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Emilio Aguinaldo


He officially proclaimed the Philippine independence
in Malolos, Bulacan, on January 23, 1899,
with him as the first president.

It was the first republic in Asia.

Born in Kawit, Cavite, on March 22, 1869. Died at the
Veterans Memorial Hospital, Quezon City, on February 6, 1964.