Galicano Apacible Antonio y del Castillo (June 25, 1864 – March 22, 1949) was a Filipino physician and politician from

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. A cousin to

José Rizal José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered the national he ...

, he co-founded

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and the

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. He held the office of

governor of Batangas The governor of Batangas ( fil, Punong Lalawigan ng Batangas) is the local chief executive of the Philippine province of Batangas. The governor holds office at the Batangas Provincial Capitol in Batangas City and its residence is at the People's ...

from 1907 to 1909 and was the representative of the First District of Batangas to the

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from 1909 to 1916. He was then named

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and Natural Resources in 1917, serving until 1921. He is known for his piece ''To the American People, an Appeal'', in which he tried to plead with the people of the

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to pressure its government not to invade his newly independent country.To the American People, an Appeal
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