Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro 

(Tagalog pronunciation: [anˈdɾes bonɪˈfaʃo], Spanish pronunciation: [an

ˈdres boni'fasjo], November 30, 1863 – May 10, 1897) was a Filipino revolutionary leader, often
called "The Father of the Philippine Revolution", and considered one of the national heroes of the
Philippines.[2][3][4] He was one of the founders and later the Kataas-taasang Pangulo (Supreme
President, Presidente Supremo in Spanish, often shortened by contemporaries and historians to
just Supremo)[5] of the Kataas-taasang, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan or
more commonly known as the "Katipunan", a movement which sought the independence of
the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution.[6][7][4] With the onset of
the Revolution, Bonifacio reorganized the Katipunan into a revolutionary government, with himself as
President (Pangulo) of a nation-state called "Haring Bayang Katagalugan" ("Sovereign Nation of the
Tagalog People" or "Sovereign Tagalog Nation"), also "Republika ng Katagaluguan" ("Tagalog
Republic", Republica Tagala in Spanish), wherein "Tagalog" referred to all those born in the
Philippine islands and not merely the Tagalog ethnic group.[8][9] Hence, some historians have argued
that he should be considered the "first President of the Philippines", though he is not included in the
current official line of succession.[8][9]