Benigno Aquino y Quiambao (September 3, 1894 – December 20, 1947), also known as Benigno Q. Aquino or Benigno Aquino, Sr., was a Filipino politician who served as Speaker of the Second Philippine Republic National Assembly from 1943 to 1944.
He was born in Murcia, now part of Concepcion, Tarlac to Servillano "Mianong" Aquino, a general in the Philippine Revolution who later served as a member of the Malolos Congress, and Guadalupe Quiambao. He ha...
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Benigno Aquino y Quiambao (September 3, 1894 – December 20, 1947), also known as Benigno Q. Aquino or Benigno Aquino, Sr., was a Filipino politician who served as Speaker of the Second Philippine Republic National Assembly from 1943 to 1944.
He was born in Murcia, now part of Concepcion, Tarlac to Servillano "Mianong" Aquino, a general in the Philippine Revolution who later served as a member of the Malolos Congress, and Guadalupe Quiambao. He had two siblings, namely Gonzalo (born 1893) and Amando (born 1896), and a half-brother, Herminio (born 1949). He studied at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila and later at the University of Santo Tomas where he learned his law degree in 1913 and was admitted to the bar the following year. In May 1916, he married Maria Urquico, the daughter of katipunero Antonio Urquico and Justa Valeriano. He had two sons and two daughters with Maria, namely, Antonio (born 1917), Servillano, Milagros, and Erlinda. After Maria died in March 1928, he...
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