Apolinario Mabini Y Maranan

Apolinario Mabini y Maranan “Brain of the Revolution” 23 July 1864 - 13 May 1903

Apolinario Mabini y Maranan PERSONAL DETAILS • He was born 23rd July 1864 in Barangay Talaga in Tanauan, Batangas • He was the second of eight children of Dionisia Maranan and Inocencio Mabini • Revolutionary leader, educator, lawyer, and statesman  • First legal and constitutional adviser to the Revolutionary Government • First Prime Minister of the Philippines

Apolinario Mabini y Maranan EDUCATION • He began his informal studies under the guidance of his mother • He was transferred to a regular school owned by Simplicio Avelino • In 1881 He received a scholarship to go to the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila. His studies at Letran were periodically interrupted by lack of funds

Apolinario Mabini y Maranan EDUCATION • In 1894 he receive his Bachelor of Arts with highest honors and the title Professor of Latin from Letran, he moved on to the University of Santo Tomas, where he received his law degree in Law studies • The very point of Mabini’s accomplishment is that all his schooling, all his training, was done right here in his own country

Apolinario Mabini y Maranan MASONRY AND LA LIGA FILIPINA • September 1892 he joined the fraternity of Freemasonry, and taking on the name "Katabay“ • In 1893 he became a member of La Liga Filipina and was made secretary of its new Supreme Council

Apolinario Mabini y Maranan POLITICAL ACTIVITIES • In September 1894, Mabini helped establish the reformist Cuerpo de Comprimisarios, the "Body of Compromisers," which sought to negotiate better treatment from Spanish officials • Early in 1896, he contracted polio, which left his legs paralyzed • The colonial police arrested Mabini in October of 1896 for his work with the reform movement

Apolinario Mabini y Maranan POLITICAL ACTIVITIES • In April 1898, he penned a manifesto on the SpanishAmerican War, this paper brought him to the attention of General Emilio Aguinaldo and ordered to bring the author of the war manifesto to him • 12th June 1898 Mabini reached Aguinaldo's camp and soon became one of the general's primary adviser. That same day, Aguinaldo declared the Philippines' independence, with himself as dictator

Apolinario Mabini y Maranan ESTABLISHING THE NEW GOVERNMENT • 23rd July 1898, under Mabini's influence, the president modified his plans, establishing a revolutionary government with an assembly rather than a dictatorship • His detractors called him the "Dark Chamber of the President," while his admirers named him "the Sublime Paralytic“ • Mabini wrote most of presidential decrees

Apolinario Mabini y Maranan ESTABLISHING THE NEW GOVERNMENT • He molded policy on the organization of the provinces, the judicial system, and the police, as well as property registration, and military regulations • He was appointed as Secretary of Foreign Affairs and President of the Council of Secretaries • He also exercised significant influence over the drafting of the first constitution for the Philippine Republic

Apolinario Mabini y Maranan ESTABLISHING THE NEW GOVERNMENT • 2nd January 1899, Mabini was appointed prime minister and foreign minister of the new government • US negotiators refused the ceasefire condition, In frustration he threw his support behind the war effort, and on 7th May, he resigned from Aguinaldo's government

Apolinario Mabini y Maranan ESTABLISHING THE NEW GOVERNMENT • Aguinaldo declared war on the United States on 2nd June 1899. Mabini was captured by the Americans on 10th December 1899, and was made a prisoner of war in Manila, but granted leave to meet with William Howard Taft • The Americans immediately re-arrested him, and when he refused to swear fealty to the US, sent him into exile in Guam

Apolinario Mabini y Maranan ESTABLISHING THE NEW GOVERNMENT • During his exile, He wrote La Revolucion Filipina, worn down and sickly, fearing that he would die in exile, He finally agreed to take the oath of allegiance to the US. • He returned home to the Philippines in February 1903 after agreeing to take the oath of allegiance to the United States. • He resumed his work of agitating for independence for the Philippines soon after he was back home from exile.

Apolinario Mabini y Maranan DEATH Mabini died of cholera in Manila on 13th May 1903 at the age of 38

TRIBUTES Four Philippine municipalities are named after Mabini • Mabini Batangas, Mabini Bohol, Mabini Compostela Valley, and Mabini, Pangasinan

Apolinario Mabini y Maranan TRIBUTES • Naval Vessels - The Philippine Navy's Jacinto class corvette, BRP Apolinario Mabini (PS-36), is also named after Mabini.  • Philippine Peso - Mabini's face adorns the Philippine Ten peso coin, along with that of Andrés Bonifacio • Government Awards and Citations - The Philippine government presents the annual Apolinario Mabini Awards to outstanding persons with disabilities

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