Filipino politician who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored puppet state government in the Philippines from 1943-1944. He was the Director-General of KALIBAPI, a political party established during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II.
Born in Murica, now part of Concepcion, Tarlac to Servillano 'Mianong' Aquino, a general in the Philippine Revolution who later served as a member of the Malolos Congress and Guadalupe Quiambao. He had two siblings: Gonzalo Aquino (born 1893) and Amado Aquino (born 1896), and a half-brother, Herminio Aquino (born 1949). He studied at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila and later at the University of Santo Tomas, where he earned his law degree in 1913, and was admitted to the bar the following year.
He was first elected to the Philippine Legislature (as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives) in 1919 representing the 2nd District of Tarlac. He was re-elected to the same position in 1922 and again in 1925 before winning a Philippine Senate seat in 1928 representing the 3rd Senatorial District comprising the provinces of Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, and his hometown of Tarlac. He became part of the Philippine Independence Mission in 1931, which negotiated the terms of obtaining Philippine independence from the United States. During the elections for the Commonwealth of the Philippines government in 1935, he ran again in his district in Tarlac and was elected. In 1937, he was appointed by then-Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezon to serve as Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce.
In the outbreak of World War II, Aquino was among the more prominent Commonwealth officials remaining in the Philippines after the Commonwealth government went into exile in 1941, he was among those recruited by the Japanese to form a government. He became director-general of KALIBAPI and one of the two assistant chairmen of the Preparatory Commission for Philippine Independence. When the Second Philippine Republic was inaugurated, he was elected Speaker of the National Assembly. However, his prominence in the government didn't last long....
In December 1944, as the combined Filipino and American forces continued their advance to liberate the Philippines from Japanese forces, the government of the Second Philippine Republic, which included Aquino, was moved to Baguio. Subsequently, it was flown to Japan where, together with other officials, its members were arrested and imprisoned at the Sugamo Prison when the Japanese surrendered once World War II was over with the Allied Forces emerging victorious. On August 25, 1946, Aquino was flown back to the Philippines for his trial on treason charges by the People's Court; a few weeks later he was released on bail. On December 20, 1947, Aquino died from a heart attack while watching a boxing match at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila at the age of 53.
In May 1916, he married Maria Urquico, the daughter of Antonio Urquico and Justa Valeriano. He had two sons and two daughters with Maria: Antonio Aquino (1917-1993), Servillano Aquino (1919-1973), Milagros Aquino (1924-2001) and Erlinda Aquino.
Following Maria's death in 1928, Aquino married Aurora Lampa, the daughter of Agapito de los Santos Aquino and Gerarda Miranda Lampa (granddaughter of Melencio Aquino and Evarista de los Santos) on December 6, 1930, with whom he had seven children: Maria Aurora (Maur), Benigno Simeon, Jr., (Ninoy), Maria Gerarda (Ditas), Maria Guadalupe (Lupita), Agapito (Butz), Paul and Maria Teresa (Tessie).
Born in Murica, now part of Concepcion, Tarlac to Servillano 'Mianong' Aquino, a general in the Philippine Revolution who later served as a member of the Malolos Congress and Guadalupe Quiambao. He had two siblings: Gonzalo Aquino (born 1893) and Amado Aquino (born 1896), and a half-brother, Herminio Aquino (born 1949). He studied at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila and later at the University of Santo Tomas, where he earned his law degree in 1913, and was admitted to the bar the following year.
He was first elected to the Philippine Legislature (as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives) in 1919 representing the 2nd District of Tarlac. He was re-elected to the same position in 1922 and again in 1925 before winning a Philippine Senate seat in 1928 representing the 3rd Senatorial District comprising the provinces of Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, and his hometown of Tarlac. He became part of the Philippine Independence Mission in 1931, which negotiated the terms of obtaining Philippine independence from the United States. During the elections for the Commonwealth of the Philippines government in 1935, he ran again in his district in Tarlac and was elected. In 1937, he was appointed by then-Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezon to serve as Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce.
In the outbreak of World War II, Aquino was among the more prominent Commonwealth officials remaining in the Philippines after the Commonwealth government went into exile in 1941, he was among those recruited by the Japanese to form a government. He became director-general of KALIBAPI and one of the two assistant chairmen of the Preparatory Commission for Philippine Independence. When the Second Philippine Republic was inaugurated, he was elected Speaker of the National Assembly. However, his prominence in the government didn't last long....
In December 1944, as the combined Filipino and American forces continued their advance to liberate the Philippines from Japanese forces, the government of the Second Philippine Republic, which included Aquino, was moved to Baguio. Subsequently, it was flown to Japan where, together with other officials, its members were arrested and imprisoned at the Sugamo Prison when the Japanese surrendered once World War II was over with the Allied Forces emerging victorious. On August 25, 1946, Aquino was flown back to the Philippines for his trial on treason charges by the People's Court; a few weeks later he was released on bail. On December 20, 1947, Aquino died from a heart attack while watching a boxing match at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila at the age of 53.
In May 1916, he married Maria Urquico, the daughter of Antonio Urquico and Justa Valeriano. He had two sons and two daughters with Maria: Antonio Aquino (1917-1993), Servillano Aquino (1919-1973), Milagros Aquino (1924-2001) and Erlinda Aquino.
Following Maria's death in 1928, Aquino married Aurora Lampa, the daughter of Agapito de los Santos Aquino and Gerarda Miranda Lampa (granddaughter of Melencio Aquino and Evarista de los Santos) on December 6, 1930, with whom he had seven children: Maria Aurora (Maur), Benigno Simeon, Jr., (Ninoy), Maria Gerarda (Ditas), Maria Guadalupe (Lupita), Agapito (Butz), Paul and Maria Teresa (Tessie).
Filipino politician who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored puppet state government in the Philippines from 1943-1944. He was the Director-General of KALIBAPI, a political party established during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II.
Born in Murica, now part of Concepcion, Tarlac to Servillano 'Mianong' Aquino, a general in the Philippine Revolution who later served as a member of the Malolos Congress and Guadalupe Quiambao. He had two siblings: Gonzalo Aquino (born 1893) and Amado Aquino (born 1896), and a half-brother, Herminio Aquino (born 1949). He studied at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila and later at the University of Santo Tomas, where he earned his law degree in 1913, and was admitted to the bar the following year.
He was first elected to the Philippine Legislature (as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives) in 1919 representing the 2nd District of Tarlac. He was re-elected to the same position in 1922 and again in 1925 before winning a Philippine Senate seat in 1928 representing the 3rd Senatorial District comprising the provinces of Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, and his hometown of Tarlac. He became part of the Philippine Independence Mission in 1931, which negotiated the terms of obtaining Philippine independence from the United States. During the elections for the Commonwealth of the Philippines government in 1935, he ran again in his district in Tarlac and was elected. In 1937, he was appointed by then-Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezon to serve as Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce.
In the outbreak of World War II, Aquino was among the more prominent Commonwealth officials remaining in the Philippines after the Commonwealth government went into exile in 1941, he was among those recruited by the Japanese to form a government. He became director-general of KALIBAPI and one of the two assistant chairmen of the Preparatory Commission for Philippine Independence. When the Second Philippine Republic was inaugurated, he was elected Speaker of the National Assembly. However, his prominence in the government didn't last long....
In December 1944, as the combined Filipino and American forces continued their advance to liberate the Philippines from Japanese forces, the government of the Second Philippine Republic, which included Aquino, was moved to Baguio. Subsequently, it was flown to Japan where, together with other officials, its members were arrested and imprisoned at the Sugamo Prison when the Japanese surrendered once World War II was over with the Allied Forces emerging victorious. On August 25, 1946, Aquino was flown back to the Philippines for his trial on treason charges by the People's Court; a few weeks later he was released on bail. On December 20, 1947, Aquino died from a heart attack while watching a boxing match at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila at the age of 53.
In May 1916, he married Maria Urquico, the daughter of Antonio Urquico and Justa Valeriano. He had two sons and two daughters with Maria: Antonio Aquino (1917-1993), Servillano Aquino (1919-1973), Milagros Aquino (1924-2001) and Erlinda Aquino.
Following Maria's death in 1928, Aquino married Aurora Lampa, the daughter of Agapito de los Santos Aquino and Gerarda Miranda Lampa (granddaughter of Melencio Aquino and Evarista de los Santos) on December 6, 1930, with whom he had seven children: Maria Aurora (Maur), Benigno Simeon, Jr., (Ninoy), Maria Gerarda (Ditas), Maria Guadalupe (Lupita), Agapito (Butz), Paul and Maria Teresa (Tessie).
Born in Murica, now part of Concepcion, Tarlac to Servillano 'Mianong' Aquino, a general in the Philippine Revolution who later served as a member of the Malolos Congress and Guadalupe Quiambao. He had two siblings: Gonzalo Aquino (born 1893) and Amado Aquino (born 1896), and a half-brother, Herminio Aquino (born 1949). He studied at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila and later at the University of Santo Tomas, where he earned his law degree in 1913, and was admitted to the bar the following year.
He was first elected to the Philippine Legislature (as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives) in 1919 representing the 2nd District of Tarlac. He was re-elected to the same position in 1922 and again in 1925 before winning a Philippine Senate seat in 1928 representing the 3rd Senatorial District comprising the provinces of Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, and his hometown of Tarlac. He became part of the Philippine Independence Mission in 1931, which negotiated the terms of obtaining Philippine independence from the United States. During the elections for the Commonwealth of the Philippines government in 1935, he ran again in his district in Tarlac and was elected. In 1937, he was appointed by then-Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezon to serve as Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce.
In the outbreak of World War II, Aquino was among the more prominent Commonwealth officials remaining in the Philippines after the Commonwealth government went into exile in 1941, he was among those recruited by the Japanese to form a government. He became director-general of KALIBAPI and one of the two assistant chairmen of the Preparatory Commission for Philippine Independence. When the Second Philippine Republic was inaugurated, he was elected Speaker of the National Assembly. However, his prominence in the government didn't last long....
In December 1944, as the combined Filipino and American forces continued their advance to liberate the Philippines from Japanese forces, the government of the Second Philippine Republic, which included Aquino, was moved to Baguio. Subsequently, it was flown to Japan where, together with other officials, its members were arrested and imprisoned at the Sugamo Prison when the Japanese surrendered once World War II was over with the Allied Forces emerging victorious. On August 25, 1946, Aquino was flown back to the Philippines for his trial on treason charges by the People's Court; a few weeks later he was released on bail. On December 20, 1947, Aquino died from a heart attack while watching a boxing match at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila at the age of 53.
In May 1916, he married Maria Urquico, the daughter of Antonio Urquico and Justa Valeriano. He had two sons and two daughters with Maria: Antonio Aquino (1917-1993), Servillano Aquino (1919-1973), Milagros Aquino (1924-2001) and Erlinda Aquino.
Following Maria's death in 1928, Aquino married Aurora Lampa, the daughter of Agapito de los Santos Aquino and Gerarda Miranda Lampa (granddaughter of Melencio Aquino and Evarista de los Santos) on December 6, 1930, with whom he had seven children: Maria Aurora (Maur), Benigno Simeon, Jr., (Ninoy), Maria Gerarda (Ditas), Maria Guadalupe (Lupita), Agapito (Butz), Paul and Maria Teresa (Tessie).
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