First Philippine Republic

Philippine Republic
Republikang Pilipino República Filipina
1899–1901
Flag Emblem
Anthem Himno Nacional Filipina
Territory of the Philippine Republic in Asia
Capital		Malolos, Bulacan (official) January 23, 1899 to March 29, 1899 other temporary capitals)
Languages		Spanish Tagalog and Philippine languages
Religion		Roman Catholicism Philippine Independent Church
Government		Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
President of the Republic
•	1898–1901	Emilio Aguinaldo
•	1901–1902	Miguel Malvar (unofficial)
Prime Minister
•	1898–1899	Apolinario Mabini
•	1899	Pedro A. Paterno
Legislature		La Asamblea Nacional
Historical era		Philippine Revolution
•	Established	January 23 1899
•	Dissolved	March 23, 1901
Area
•	1898	300,000 km² (115,831 sq mi)
Population
•	1898 est.	7,300,000
Density		24.3 /km²  (63 /sq mi)
Currency		Peso
Preceded by Succeeded by Spanish East Indies United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands
^ For further info re-dissolution, see capture of Emilio Aguinaldo. For population and area info, see "CENSUS OF CUBA, PUERTO RICO, PHILIPPINES AND SPAIN. STUDY OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP". Voz de Galicia, January 1, 1898. mforos.com. August 22, 2010.

The Philippine Republic (Spanish: República Filipina, Filipino: Republikang Pilipino), more commonly known as the First Philippine Republic or the Malolos Republic, was a nascent revolutionary government in the Philippines. It was formally established with the proclamation of the Malolos Constitution on January 23, 1899, in Malolos, Bulacan, and endured until the capture of President Emilio Aguinaldo by the American forces on March 23, 1901, in Palanan, Isabela, which effectively dissolved the First Republic.

The First Philippine Republic was established after the Philippine Revolution against Spanish Empire (1896-1897) and the Spanish-American War between the Spain and the United States (1898). Following the American victory at the Battle of Manila Bay, Aquinaldo returned to the Philippines, issued the Philippine Declaration of Independence on June 12, 1898, and established a revolutionary Philippine government. In December 1898, Spain sold the Philippines to the United States in the 1898 Treaty of Paris, making the United States formally the Philippines colonial power. The Malolos Constitution establishing the First Philippine Republic was proclaimed the following month. The Philippine–American War began in February 1898, which the Philippine Republic lost.

The Philippine Republic was the first constitutional republic in Asia. Although there were several Asian republics predating the First Philippine Republic for example, the Republic of Formosa or the Republic of Ezo, the Republic at Malolos was the first to frame a comprehensive constitution duly approved by an partially elected congress.