Pedro A. Paterno

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Pedro Paterno
Pedro A. Paterno

2nd Prime Minister of the Philippines
2nd Prime Minister of the First Republic
In office
May 7 – November 13, 1899
President Emilio Aguinaldo
Deputy Trinidad Pardo H. de Tavera
Preceded by Apolinario Mabini
Succeeded by None[1]

President of the Assembly of Representatives
In office
September 15, 1898 – May 7, 1899

Representative, 1st District of Laguna
In office
October 16, 1907 – May 20, 1909

Born February 27, 1858(1858-02-27)
Manila, Philippines
Died March 11, 1911 (aged 53)
Manila, Philippines

Pedro Alejandro Paterno (February 27, 1858 - March 11, 1911) was a Filipino statesman as well as a poet and writer.

He was the author of Pacto de Biyak-na-Bato (Pact of Biyak-na-Bato), first published in 1910. Among his other works include the very first Filipino novel written in Tagalog, Ninay (1907), and the first Filipino collection of poems in Spanish, Sampaguitas y poesias (Jasmines and Poems), published in Madrid in 1880.

He served as prime minister of the first Philippine republic in the middle of 1899, and served as head of the country's assembly, and the cabinet.

With the Philippine-American War after the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1898, he was among the most prominent Filipinos who joined the American side and advocated the incorporation of the Philippines into the United States.

He died of cholera on March 11, 1911. His literary work was not appreciated until several decades after his death.


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  1. ^ The Government of the Philippines was placed under the Government of the United States of America
  • Zaide, Gregorio F. (1984). Philippine History and Government. National Bookstore Printing Press. 
  • Ambeth R. Ocampo's column "Looking Back: The First Filipino Novel" at www.INQ7.net, Sunday, December 4, 2005
Preceded by
Apolinario Mabini
Prime Minister of the Philippines
May–November, 1899
Succeeded by
Abolished
Restored by Ferdinand Marcos
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