Felipe Agoncillo
Felipe Agoncillo (born May 26, 1859 in Taal , Batangas Province , † September 29, 1941 in Manila ) was a Filipino lawyer and diplomat in the Philippine-American War , on the side of the first Philippine Republic .
Life
He was born to Ramon Agoncillo and Gregoria Encarnacion. After completing his primary school education, he enrolled at Ateneo Municipal , now Ateneo de Manila University , and was considered a very observant student. Later enrolled at St. Thomas Pontifical and Royal University Aquinas in Manila in order law to study. He graduated in 1879 with a very good rating. Agoncillo was judged by the Spanish authorities to be anti-patriotic, not very religious and therefore classified as subversive. For this reason he was proposed for deportation .
When the Philippine Revolution broke out in August 1896 , he was expelled from the country and first traveled to Japan , later he went to Hong Kong . He founded the Filipino Revolutionary Committee there together with Esteban De Ocampo and Jose Maria Basa in December 1896 . After the republic of Biak-na-Bato was dissolved on December 15, 1898, Emilio Aguinaldo came to Hong Kong. Together with him, Agoncillo founded the Hong Kong Committee in April 1898. After the outbreak of the Spanish-American War , Agoncillo was sent to Paris for negotiations , but was largely ignored there. When the Peace of Paris was signed between Spain and the United States on December 10, 1898 , Agoncillo put in his protest in writing. Since his protest was largely ignored, he traveled to the United States to make himself heard in the US Congress. He made connections with anti-imperialist MPs, but he was not received by US President William McKinley . After the outbreak of the Philippine-American War , he returned to Hong Kong via Canada .
During the war he informed the world about the acts of war in the Philippines. After the war he returned to the Philippines. He was elected MP in the Philippine Assembly in 1907 and remained a MP until 1916, and was appointed Minister of the Interior of the Philippines by Governor General Leonard Wood in 1923 . Felipe Agoncillo died on September 29, 1941 at the age of 82 in Manila.
Web links
- Short biography of Felipe Agoncillo (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Agoncillo, Felipe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Filipino diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Taal , Batangas Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1941 |
| Place of death | Manila |