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The governor-general of the Philippines (Tagalog: Gobernador-Heneral ng Pilipinas; Spanish: Gobernador 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, first by the Spanish in Mexico City and later Madrid as "Captain General"– Spanish: Capitán General de Filipinas ...
Under the American Military Government (1898–1901) Status: Defunct Inaugural holder: Wesley Merritt During the period when the Philippine Revolution and Spanish–American War were proceeding concurrently, the U.S. established a military government from August 14, 1898, in the parts of the country under control of U.S. forces [1] On June 22, 1899, the Malolos Congress promulgated the Malolos ...
Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas, seventh Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines, dissatisfied with the limits that the Audiencia imposed on his authority as a governor, dissolved the institution in 1590, and sent to Mexico all judges that composed the tribunal. [3]: 70–71 Governor-General Francisco Tello de Guzmán reestablished it in 1596.
The governor is elected by the voters in the province for a three-year term with a maximum of three consecutive terms. [2] To run for governor, a candidate must be a Philippine citizen , a registered voter in the province, a resident of the province for at least one year before the election, able to read or write Filipino or any other local ...
Governor-General; Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources [2] 4: Galicano Apacible (1864–1949) [3] [4] January 11, 1917 October 31, 1921 Francis Burton Harrison: Charles Yeater: Leonard Wood: 5: Rafael Corpus (1880–1960) [4] [5] November 2, 1921 July 17, 1923 – [a] Silverio Apostol [6] July 18, 1923 September 6, 1928 Eugene Allen ...
Jose "Jing" Valeriano Gambito (born July 10, 1953) is a Filipino politician and the current governor of the province of Nueva Vizcaya. A member of the Lakas–CMD, he served as the vice governor twice from 2004 to 2013 and from 2022 to 2023. [1] [2] On May 5, 2023, he was sworn in as the governor upon the death of Carlos M. Padilla.
The next day, August 14, U.S. military government was established with Major General Wesley Merritt as the first military governor. [20] General Merritt received news of the August 12 peace protocol on August 16, three days after the surrender of Manila. [21] In early December 1898, General Rios moved the Spanish Philippine capital from Manila ...
The law maintained the governor-general of the Philippines, appointed by the president of the United States, but established a bicameral Philippine Legislature to replace the elected Philippine Assembly (lower house); it replaced the appointive Philippine Commission (upper house) with an elected senate. [103] Philippine Legislature before 1924