Jericho Ejercito as Emilio Aguinaldo in the 2012 film, El Presidente.

Jericho Ejercito as Emilio Aguinaldo in the 2012 film, El Presidente. Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy (1869 – 1964) Filipino revolutionary, politician, and a military leader who is officially recognized as the First President of the Philippines (1899–1901) and led Philippine forces first against Spain in the latter part of the Philippine Revolution (1896–1897), and then in the Spanish–American War (1898), and finally against the United States during the Philippine–American War (1899–1901). He was captured by American forces in 1901, which brought an end to his presidency. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)