Loading ...Mariano Trías y Closas (October 12, 1868 – February 22, 1914) is considered to be the first de facto Philippine Vice President of that revolutionary government established at the Tejeros Convention – an assembly of Philippine revolutionary leaders that elected officials of the revolutionary movement against the colonial government of Spain. When that assembly broke into factions, a truce known as the Pact of Biak na Bato was signed by the group and also recognized the elected officials and Trias as the vice president of Emilio Aguinaldo, who is also considered to be the first President of the Philippines. With the promulgation of the Malolos Constitution by the Malolos Convention, the First Philippine Republic was born. Under this Aguinaldo administration, Trias served in the cabinet as the Minister of War and Finance.
He was married to María Concepción Ferrer with whom he had eight children.
Mariano was the fifth of the nine children of Don Balbino Trias, a cabeza de barangay and justice of the peace during the Spanish regime who, after his term of office, become a landowner-farmer. His mother was Gabriela Closas.
He had primary schooling under the tutorship of Eusebio Chaves and Cipriano Gonzales, both local school teachers. Later, he was sent to Manila and enrolled at Colegio de San Juan de Letran for his Bachelor of Arts, then to University of Santo Tomas for his course in Medicine, which he was unable to finish as he returned home to help his parents manage the farm holdings.
Before the revolution in August 1896, he joined the Katipunan and became an active propagandist of the society in the towns of Silang and Kawit. In the election of the Katipunan popular council, which was organized by the Sangguniang Balangay of Mapagtiis, he was named fiscal.
When two councils of the Katipunan revolutionist came into existence (namely, the Sangguniang Bayang Magdiwang and the Sangguniang Bayang Magdalo), both factions set up their respective councils of leaders. Trias became the Minister of Justice and grace of the Magdiwang group.
Assuming the nom-de-guerre Labong (which means "bamboo shoots"), he recruited troops and solicited contributions from rich Filipinos in Indang and Alfonso, Cavite, to help finance the cause.
After he was criticized by the Magdiwang council for establishing a private army, he joined the Magdalo.
Other Information
- Name : Mariano Trías y Closas
- Birthday : October 12, 1868
- Birthplace : San Francisco de Malabon, Cavite
- Died : February 22, 1914 (aged 45), Manila
- Nationality : Filipino
- Schools Attended :
- Bachelor of Arts, Colegio de San Juan de Letran
- Medicine, University of Santo Tomas
- Father : Don Balbino Trias
- Mother : Gabriela Closas
- Spouse : María Concepción Ferrer
- Children : 8
Career Highlights
- 1st Vice President of the Philippines, Vice President of the Tejeros Convention (March 22, 1897 – November 2, 1897)
- Minister of Finance (July 15, 1898 – May 7, 1899)
- Minister of War (May 7, 1899 – November 13, 1899)
- Civil Governor of Cavite (1901)
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