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Full name Year's of Presidential
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy 1899-1901
Born Died
March 22, 1869, Kawit, Cavite February 6, 1964, Quezon City
Awards Education
Quezon Service Cross, Philippine Legion of Honor University of Santo Tomas, Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Early life and Career
Emilio Famy Aguinaldo was born on March 22, 1869 in Cavite Viejo (present-day Kawit), in Cavite (province), to Carlos Aguinaldo and Trinidad Family, a Tagalog Chinese mestizo couple who had eight children, the seventh of whom was Emilio.The Aguinaldo family was quite well-to-do, as his father, Carlos Aguinaldo was the community's appointed gobernadorcillo (municipal governor) in the Spanish colonial administration.Emilio became the "Cabeza de Barangay" of Binakayan, a chief barrio of Cavite del Viejo, when he was only 17 years old.In 1895 the Maura Law that called for the reorganization of local governments was enacted.At the age of 26 Aguinaldo became Cavite Viejo's first "gobernadorcillo capitan municipal" (Municipal Governor-Captain). On January 1, 1896, he married Hilaria del Rosario (1877�1921). They had five children: Carmen Aguinaldo Melencio, Emilio Aguinaldo, Jr, Maria Aguinaldo Poblete, Cristina Aguinaldo Suntay and Miguel Aguinaldo. Hilaria died of leprosy on March 6, 1921 at the age of 45. Nine years later, on July 14, 1930, Aguinaldo married Maria Agoncillo (February 15, 1879 � May 29, 1963) at Barasoain Church. She died on May 29, 1963 at the age of 82, a year before Aguinaldo himself.