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Apolinario Mabini
1864–1903
A brilliant lawyer, statesman, and revolutionary thinker, he helped shape the Philippines’ first republican government during its struggle for independence. Known as the “Brains of the Revolution,” he continued his work despite losing the use of his legs to polio.
3 Audiobooks
Panukala sa Pagkakana nang Repúblika nang Pilipinas
by Apolinario Mabini
Contestaciones y Consideraciones Al Pueblo y Congreso Norte-Americanos
by Apolinario Mabini
Mabini's Decalogue for Filipinos
by Apolinario Mabini
About the author
Born on July 23, 1864, in Tanauan, Batangas, Apolinario Mabini rose from a poor family to study at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran and the University of Santo Tomas, where he earned a law degree. He became a leading Filipino intellectual and a trusted legal and constitutional adviser to Emilio Aguinaldo.
Mabini helped organize the Revolutionary Government and became the first prime minister and foreign secretary of the First Philippine Republic in 1899. His writings, including The True Decalogue and the Constitutional Program of the Philippine Republic, influenced the Malolos Constitution. Captured during the Philippine–American War and exiled to Guam, he returned to the Philippines in 1903 and died of cholera on May 13 of that year.