Emilio Famy Aguinaldo QSC PLH (March 23, 1869 – February 6, 1964) was a Filipino revolutionary and politician 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).