Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista

Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista (born December 7, 1830 in Biñan , † December 4, 1903 ) was a Filipino lawyer and author of the Filipino declaration of independence of June 12, 1898 . He was born as the son of Gregorio Enriquez Bautista and Silvestra Altamira in Biñan and is considered a supporter of José Rizal during his school days in Manila .

He completed his studies at the Pontifical and Royal University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Manila and graduated with the academic title of Bachelor of Law .

He joined the propaganda movement early on and supported this movement founded by Marcelo H. del Pilar by collecting money. He became a co-founder of the La Liga Filipina initiated by José Rizal and after its ban he joined the Cuerpo de Compromisarios . With the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution in 1896, he became one of the most wanted revolutionaries in the Philippines . Bautista was later arrested and imprisoned in the Fuerza de Santiago . He defended himself at his trial and was released shortly afterwards. He hid in Malabon until December 1897 . After the end of the republic of Biak-na-Bato , the Spanish governor Fernando Prime de Rivera declared a general amnesty. Then Bautista was able to return to Biñan.

After Emilio Aguinaldo returned from exile in Hong Kong , he contacted him and offered him his services. He worked out numerous documents and drafted the declaration of independence for the Philippines from Spain . This was declared on June 12, 1898 in Kawit von Aguinaldo in front of his house. After the festivities, however, Bautista was replaced as Aguinaldo's adviser by Apolinario Mabini . From September he sat on the governing body of the Revolutionary Congress in Malolos , which was preparing the establishment of the first Philippine republic . There he supported Patricio G. Mariano in editing the Imprenta de Malolos .

After the end of the republic in December 1899, as a result of the Philippine-American War , he returned to Biñan. After the end of the war in 1901, he worked with the American authorities and devoted himself to the reconstruction of the Philippines. He was appointed judge of the First Chamber of the Pangasinan Provincial Court, but died at the age of 73 on December 3, 1903, from an unfortunate fall from a carriage .

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• Short biography of Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista (English)