Pascual Álvarez y de Jésus (May 17, 1861 – March 8, 1923) was a Filipino general during the
Philippine Revolution
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and member of the
Magdiwang revolutionary organization. He was a nephew of
Mariano Álvarez
Mariano Malia Álvarez (: March 15, 1818 – August 25, 1924) was a Philippines, Filipino revolutionary and statesman. He was the first Municipal President of Noveleta.
Pre-war life
Álvarez was born in Noveleta, Tierra Alta, Cavite to Se ...
and the second Municipal President of
Noveleta.
Born to Sebastian Álvarez and Juana de Jésus, Álvarez was a self-made man and had no formal education. He only did self-study and was employed as a clerk in the municipal office of
Tierra Alta,
Cavite
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(present-day Noveleta). Later, he was elected ''
cabeza de barangay
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'', then ''teniente mayor'', ''juez de paz'' ("
Justice of the Peace"), and eventually elected as ''
capitan municipal'' from 1893-1894. Álvarez was later named general secretary of the
Katipunan
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's
Magdiwang Council of Noveleta. He, together with his cousin
Santiago
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and uncle Mariano, led the recapture of the Noveleta Tribunal (municipal hall) from Spanish forces on August 31, 1896. Álvarez later accepted the inaugural post of secretary of the interior in the
revolutionary cabinet of General
Emilio Aguinaldo
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. He was also present during the
Pact of Biak-na-Bato as a truce to end the Philippine Revolution.
Álvarez was captured by the Americans in 1900 during the
Philippine-American War. He was later appointed municipal president of Noveleta from 1902 to 1903 and was elected vice mayor from 1904 to 1907.
He married twice: first with Marciana Villanueva, a cousin of Magdiwang's General Ariston Villanueva, who died on October 20, 1890, and later with Ildefonsa Angkiko. Alvarez died on March 8, 1923, at the age of 61.
References
People of the Philippine Revolution
People of the Philippine–American War
1861 births
1923 deaths
Filipino generals
People from Cavite
Members of the Philippine Independent Church
Secretaries of the interior and local government of the Philippines
Aguinaldo administration cabinet members
People from the Spanish East Indies
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