Republic of Zamboanga

Republic of Zamboanga
República de Zamboanga
1899–1903
StatusUnrecognized state
CapitalZamboanga
GovernmentRepublic
LegislatureChamber of Deputies
Historical eraPhilippine–American War
• Established
May 1899
• Disestablished
March 1903
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Spanish East Indies
Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Today part ofPhilippines
Zamboanga City (previous actual control)
Mindanao, Sulu, and Basilan (claimed territory)

The Republic of Zamboanga was a short-lived revolutionary government, founded by General Vicente Álvarez and the Zamboangueño Revolutionary Forces after the Spanish government in Zamboanga, Philippines officially surrendered and ceded Real Fuerte de Nuestra Señora La Virgen del Pilar de Zaragoza in May 1899. On May 28, 1899, Álvarez declared the territory's independence from the Spanish Empire, and became the republic's first and only genuinely elected president.[1]

  1. ^ Malcampo, Hermenegildo (2006). Historia de Zamboanga.

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