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The governor-general of the Philippines (Filipino: Gobernador-Heneral ng Pilipinas / Kapitan Heneral ng Pilipinas; Spanish: Gobernador y Capitán General de Filipinas; Japanese: フィリピン総督, romanized: Firipin sōtoku) was the title of the government executive during the colonial period of the Philippines, governed by Mexico City and Madrid (1565–1898) and the United States (1898 ...
The Royal Governor-General of the Philippines ruled the Spanish colony that is today the Republic of the Philippines except a two-year British occupation of Manila. This territory was also called the Captaincy-General of the Philippines and thus the governor also held the title of Captain General , a military rank conferred by the Spanish ...
List of female governors in the Philippines; For a list of vice governors, see Provincial boards in the Philippines#List; Governor of Metro Manila, defunct position; Politics of the Philippines; Governor-General of the Philippines; Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, head of the defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Diego de los Ríos y Nicolau (9 April 1850 – 4 November 1911) was a Spanish Lieutenant General who was known as the last Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. He also served in the Glorious Revolution, the Third Carlist War and the Ten Years' War.
William Cameron Forbes (May 21, 1870 – December 24, 1959) was an American investment banker and diplomat.He served as governor-general of the Philippines from 1909 to 1913 and ambassador of the United States to Japan from 1930 to 1932.
Signed drawing by Manuel Rosenberg 1927. Leonard Wood (October 9, 1860 – August 7, 1927) was a United States Army major general, physician, and public official.He served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba, and Governor-General of the Philippines.
It later announced support of Philippine autonomy and recognition of the Philippines as a province of Spain. The committee was headed by Felipe Buencamino. [7] De la Torre was single and he had a mistress who had great influence on him. His mistress, Maria del Rosario Gil de Montes de Sanchiz, flared up friar opposition because of many reasons.
In 1933 he was appointed as Governor-General of the Philippine Islands. He returned home in 1936 and defeated incumbent Republican governor Frank Fitzgerald in the 1936 Michigan gubernatorial election and served a single term as Governor of Michigan. Murphy lost re-election to Fitzgerald in 1938 and accepted an appointment as the United States ...