Pedro Paterno
Pedro Alejandro Paterno | |
|---|---|
| 2nd Prime Minister of the Philippines | |
| In office May 8, 1899 – November 13, 1899 | |
| President | Emilio Aguinaldo |
| Deputy | Trinidad Pardo de Tavera |
| Preceded by | Apolinario Mabini |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished (Next held by Ferdinand Marcos) |
| President of the Malolos Congress | |
| In office September 15, 1898 – November 13, 1899 | |
| Vice President | Benito Legarda |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished (Sergio Osmeña as Speaker of the Philippine Assembly) |
| Member of the Philippine Assembly from La Laguna's 1st district | |
| In office October 16, 1907 – May 20, 1909 | |
| Preceded by | District established |
| Succeeded by | Potenciano Malvar |
| Member of the Malolos Congress from Ilocos Norte | |
| In office September 15, 1898 – November 13, 1899 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pedro Alejandro Paterno y de Vera Ignacio February 27, 1857 Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire |
| Died | April 26, 1911 (aged 54) Manila, Philippine Islands |
| Resting place | Manila North Cemetery |
| Political party | Nacionalista (1907–1911) |
| Other political affiliations | Federalista (1900–1907) Independent (1898–1900) |
| Spouse |
Luisa Pineyro y Merino
(m. 1890; died 1897) |
| Alma mater | Ateneo Municipal de Manila (BA) University of Salamanca Central Madrid University (DCL, JCD) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Poet, novelist |
Pedro Alejandro Paterno y de Vera Ignacio (February 27, 1857 – April 26, 1911) was a Filipino politician. He was also a poet and a novelist.
His intervention on behalf of the Spanish led to the signing of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato on December 14, 1897, an account of which he published in 1910. Among his other works include the first novel written by a native Filipino, Ninay (1885), and the first Filipino collection of poems in Spanish, Sampaguitas y otras poesías varias ("Jasmines and Other Various Poems"), published in Madrid in 1880.