The Magdiwang was a chapter of the Katipunan, a Philippine revolutionary organization founded by Filipino rebels in Manila in 1892, with the aim to gain independence from Spain. The Magdiwang Council was acknowledged "as the supreme organ responsible for the successful campaigns against the enemy" within Cavite. The Magdiwang chapter was started by Mariano Álvarez, related by marriage to

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, the leader of the Katipunan. Both the Magdiwang and the Magdalo (led by Baldomero Aguinaldo, the cousin of Emilio Aguinaldo) were the two major Katipunan factions in Cavite, with the Magdiwang having control over a larger number of towns and municipalities. When rivalry grew between the two factions, Bonifacio was invited to mediate, but he was quickly embroiled in discussions with the Magdalo, who wished to replace the Katipunan with an insurgent government. The Magdiwang initially backed Bonifacio's stance that the Katipunan already served as their government, but at the Tejeros Convention, both factions were combined into one government body under Aguinaldo.

Magdiwang leaders

* Lorenzo Fenoy - Vice President for Batangas *

Pascual Álvarez Pascual Álvarez y de Jésus (1861–1923) was a Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution and member of the Magdiwang revolutionary organization. He was a nephew of Mariano Álvarez. Born to Sebastian Álvarez and Juana de Jésus, Á ...

- Minister of the Interior * Ariston Villanueva - Minister of War * Ananias Diokno - Vice Minister of War of Batangas * Mariano Trías - Minister of Welfare and Justice * Emiliano Riego de Dios - Minister of Economic Development * Diego Mojica - Minister of Finance * Santiago V. Álvarez - Captain General * Artemio Ricarte - Assistant Captain General *

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- Assistant Captain General for Batangas * Mariano Riego de Dios - General, Cavite Division *

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- General, Batangas Division

Magdiwang municipalities

* Cavite City (capital) * San Roque *

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* San Francisco de Malabon (now General Trias) *

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(locally referred to as Salinas) * Sta. Cruz de Malabon (now Tanza) * Naik * Maragondon * Ternate *

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* Bailen (now

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) * Indang * Alfonso *

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* Amadeo * Nasugbu, Batangas * Tuy, Batangas * Looc, Batangas

Magdiwang leaders

Magdiwang municipalities

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