Central Executive Committee (Philippines)

The Central Executive Committee in the Philippines was an insurgent revolutionary government temporarily established by Francisco Macabulos on April 17, 1898, shortly after the December 14, 1897 signing of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato.[1] That pact established a truce between Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippines and the revolutionary Republic of Biak-na-Bato calling for the exile of Emilio Aguinaldo and other senior revolutionaries.[2] The exiled revolutionariess formed the Hong Kong Junta, and the Central Executive Committee was intended to remain in existence the Philippines, "until a general government of the Republic in these islands shall again be established, with a constitution which provided for a President, Vice President, Secretary of War and Secretary of the Treasury.."[2][3] The Committee was dissolved shortly after Aguinaldo's May 19, 1898 return to the Philippines.

Central Executive Committee
1898–1898
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Territory claimed by the Central Executive Committee in Asia
Status	Unrecognized state
Common languages	Tagalog, Spanish
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Government	Provisional Government
Leader
Historical era	Philippine Revolution
• Established	April 17, 1898
• Spanish–American War	April 21, 1898
• Battle of Manila Bay	May 1, 1898
• Arrival of Emilio Aguinaldo	May 19, 1898
Area
1898	300,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi)
Currency	Peso
Preceded by Succeeded by Captaincy General of the Philippines Republic of Biak-na-Bato Captaincy General of the Philippines Dictatorial Government