Pedro A. Paterno

Infobox Prime Minister
name=Pedro Paterno


order=2nd Prime Minister of the Philippines
"2nd Prime Minister of the First Republic"
president=Emilio Aguinaldo
deputy=Trinidad Pardo H. de Tavera
term_start =May 7
term_end =November 13, 1899
predecessor =Apolinario Mabini
successor ="None" [The Government of the Philippines was placed under the Government of the United States of America]
birth_date =birth date|1858|2|27|mf=y
birth_place =Manila, Philippines
death_date =death date and age|1911|3|11|1858|2|27|mf=y
death_place =Manila, Philippines
party =
order2 =President of the Assembly of Representatives
term_start2 =September 15, 1898
term_end2 =May 7, 1899
order3 =Representative, 1st District of Laguna
term_start3 =October 16, 1907
term_end3 =May 20, 1909|

Pedro Alejandro Paterno (February 27, 1858 - March 11, 1911) was a Filipino statesman as well as a poet and writer.

He was the author of "Pacto de Biyak-na-Bato" (Pact of Biyak-na-Bato), first published in 1910. Among his other works include the very first Filipino novel written in Tagalog, "Ninay" (1907), and the first Filipino collection of poems in Spanish, "Sampaguitas y poesias" (Jasmines and Poems), published in Madrid in 1880.

He served as prime minister of the first Philippine republic in the middle of 1899, and served as head of the country's assembly, and the cabinet.

With the Philippine-American War after the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1898, he was among the most prominent Filipinos who joined the American side and advocated the incorporation of the Philippines into the United States.

He died of cholera on March 11, 1911. His literary work was not appreciated until several decades after his death.

External links

* [http://www.jose-rizal.eu/paternoe.html Biography at Jose-Rizal.eu]
* [http://www.msc.edu.ph/centennial/pa990602.html Pedro Paterno's Proclamation of War on June 2, 1899]
* [http://filipiniana.net/readbook_content.jsp?filename=PL0000000004 Ninay] The first Filipino novel written by Pedro Paterno published by [http://filipiniana.net Filipiniana.net]

References

*cite book | author=Zaide, Gregorio F. | title=Philippine History and Government|publisher=National Bookstore Printing Press |year=1984
*Ambeth R. Ocampo's column "Looking Back: The First Filipino Novel" at www.INQ7.net, Sunday, December 4, 2005