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(First official Filipino flag adapted at the Naic Assembly on March 17, 1897)
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The following is the official directory of the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines (1898-1899) with General Emilio Aguinaldo as President.
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President
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 Don Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy
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<h4><u>Department of War</u></h4>
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Secretary
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Don Baldomero Aguinaldo y Baloy
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Director
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Don Antonio Luna 
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Generals of Division
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Don Artemio Ricarte
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Don Vito Belarmino
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Don Emiliano Riego de Dios 
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Brigadier Generals
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Don Pantaleon Garcia
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Don Tomas Mascardo
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Don Mariano Llanera
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Don Mariano Noriel
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Don Isidro Torres
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Don Miguel Malvar
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Don Paciano Rizal
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Don Pascual Alvarez
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Don Jose Ignacio Pawa
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Don Pio del Pilar
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Don Gregorio del Pilar
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Don Francisco Macabulos 
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<h4><u>Department of the Interior</u></h4>
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Secretary
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Don Leandro Ibarra
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Director
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Don Severino de las Alas
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<h4><u>Department of Foreign Affairs</u></h4>
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Secretary
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Don Cayetano G. Arellano
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Director
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Don Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera 
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Director of Marine
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Don Pascual Ledesma
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Director of Commerce
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Don Esteban de la Rama 
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<h4><u>Department of Finance</u></h4>
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Secretary
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Don Mariano Trias y Closes
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Director
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Don Benito Legarda
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Treasurer General
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Don Silvestre Legaspi
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<h4><u>Department of Justice</u></h4>
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Secretary
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 Don Gregorio Araneta
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Director
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Don Jose M. Basa Enriquez
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Director of Registry
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 Don Juan Tangco 
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<h4><u>Department of Fomento (Development)</u></h4>
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Secretary
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Don Felipe Buencamino Sr.
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Director of Public Instruction
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Don Arsenio Cruz Herrera 
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Director of Public Works
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Don Fernando Canon Faustino
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Director of Agriculture & Industry
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Don Jose Alejandrino 
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<b><u>Chairman of the Council of Government</u></b>
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Apolinario Mabini (later succeeded by Pedro A. Paterno) 
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<b>Chief Justice of the Supreme Court</b>
</u>
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<td>
 Gracio Gonzaga
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<b>References:</b><br/>
Pambansang Komisyon Pangkasaysayan<br/>
The Laws of the first Philippine Republic, Sulpicio Guevara, 1972
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September 26, 1898: Araneta and Buencamino were appointed to the Aguinaldo cabinet