| Native Name: | |
| Conventional Long Name: | Revolutionary Government of the Philippines |
| Common Name: | Revolutionary Government of the Philippines |
| Status: | Unrecognized state |
| Empire: | Spain |
| Year Start: | 1898 |
| Year End: | 1899 |
| Date Start: | June 23, |
| Event End: | Republic proclaimed |
| Date End: | January 23, |
| Event1: | Mock Battle of Manila |
| Date Event1: | August 13, 1898 |
| Event2: | Spanish cession |
| Date Event2: | December 10, 1898 |
| P1: | Dictatorial Government of the Philippines |
| Flag P1: | Flag of the Philippines (1898–1901).svg |
| S1: | First Philippine RepublicFirst Philippine Republic |
| Flag S1: | Flag of the Philippines (1898–1901).svg |
| Flag Type: | Flag |
| National Anthem: | Spanish; Castilian: [[Marcha Nacional Filipina]] |
| Image Map Caption: | Territory claimed by the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines in Asia |
| Legislature: | None (rule by decree) (June 23 – September 15, 1898) Malolos Congress (from 1898) |
| Capital: | Bacoor (June 1898 – August 1898) Malolos (August 1898 – January 1899) |
| Common Languages: | Spanish, Tagalog |
| Government Type: | Revolutionary republic |
| Title Leader: | President |
| Year Leader1: | 1898–1899 |
| Leader1: | Emilio Aguinaldo |
| Title Deputy: | President of the Cabinet |
| Year Deputy1: | 1899 |
| Deputy1: | Apolinario Mabini |
| Era: | Philippine Revolution |
| Religion: | Roman Catholicism, Islam, Indigenous Philippine folk religions |
| Currency: | Philippine peso |
The Revolutionary Government of the Philippines (es|Gobierno Revolucionario de Filipinas) was a revolutionary government established in the Spanish East Indies on June 23, 1898, during the Spanish–American War, by Emilio Aguinaldo, its initial and only president. The government succeeded a dictatorial government that had been established by Aguinaldo on June 18 and was dissolved and replaced by this government upon its establishment. This government endured until January 23, 1899, when the proclamation of the Malolos Constitution established an insurgent Philippine Republic government that replaced it.[1]
Four governmental departments were initially created, each having several bureaus: foreign relations, marine, and commerce; war and public works; police, justice, instruction, and hygiene; finance, agriculture, and industry. A revolutionary congress was established with power "[t]o watch over the general interest of the Philippine people, and carrying out of the revolutionary laws; to discuss and vote upon said laws; to discuss and approve, prior to their ratification, treaties and loans; to examine and approve the accounts presented annually by the secretary of finance, as well as extraordinary and other taxes which may hereafter be imposed."
On August 14, 1898, two days after the Battle of Manila of the Spanish–American War and about two months after Aguinaldo's proclamation of this revolutionary government, the United States established a military government in the Philippines, with General Merritt acting as military governor.
Aguinaldo appointed his first cabinet on June 15, consisting of Baldomero Aguinaldo as secretary of war and public works, Leanardo Ibarra as secretary of the interior and Mariano Trías as secretary of finance; the secretaryship of foreign relations, marine, and commerce was provisionally left in the charge of the presidency. On September 23, the cabinet was reorganized to six departments.
On January 2, 1899, when it became certain that Cayetano Arellano would not accept the role of secretary of foreign relations, the role fell to Apolinario Mabini. Mabini had to that time been Aguinaldo's principal advisor and he was also named the president of the cabinet.
| Department | Secretary | Term |
|---|---|---|
| President of the Cabinet | Apolinario Mabini | January 2, 1899 – May 7, 1899 |
| Secretary of War and Public Works | Baldomero Aguinaldo | June 15, 1898 – May 7, 1899 |
| Secretary of the Interior | Leonardo Ibarra | June 15, 1898 – January 2, 1899 |
| Secretary of Foreign Affairs | Cayetano Arellano | September 23, 1898 – January 2, 1899 |
| Apolinario Mabini | January 2, 1899 – May 7, 1899 | |
| Secretary of Treasury/Finance | Mariano Trías | June 15, 1898 – May 7, 1899 |
| Secretary of Justice | Gregorio Araneta | September 23, 1898 – May 7, 1899 |
| Secretary of Welfare | Fernando Canon | September 23, 1898 – January 2, 1899 |
| Gracio Gonzaga | January 2, 1899 – May 7, 1899 |