Governor-General of the Philippines
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The Governor-General of the Philippines was the highest-ranking colonial official who governed the Philippines on behalf of the Spanish crown (and later other colonial powers) before the establishment of full self-rule.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Captain General of the Philippines | 2 |
| Governor-General | 1 |
| Governor-General of the Philippines under Spanish rule | 1 |
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial office
ⓘ
head of government ⓘ political position ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Philippines ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Japanese imperial authorities
ⓘ
King of Spain ⓘ
surface form:
Monarch of Spain
President of the United States ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| endTime | 1935 ⓘ |
| firstOfficeHolder | Miguel López de Legazpi ⓘ |
| governs | Philippine archipelago ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
Philippine colonial bureaucracy
ⓘ
colonial military forces in the Philippines ⓘ implementation of colonial laws in the Philippines ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
American colonial period in the Philippines
ⓘ
Spanish colonial period in the Philippines ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Spanish East Indies ⓘ |
| lastOfficeHolder | Frank Murphy ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Captaincy General of the Philippines
ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
surface form:
Philippine Islands
|
| officeAbolished | 1935 ⓘ |
| officeCreated | 1565 ⓘ |
| officeHolder |
Arthur MacArthur Jr.
ⓘ
Basilio Augustín NERFINISHED ⓘ Diego de los Ríos ⓘ Elwell Stephen Otis NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Burton Harrison ⓘ Justice Frank Murphy ⓘ
surface form:
Frank Murphy
José Basco y Vargas NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard Wood ⓘ Miguel López de Legazpi ⓘ Rafael de Echagüe y Bermingham ⓘ Wesley Merritt ⓘ President William Howard Taft ⓘ
surface form:
William Howard Taft
|
| partOf |
Japanese occupation of the Philippines
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan’s occupation administration in the Philippines
Spanish Empire ⓘ U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands ⓘ
surface form:
United States colonial administration in the Philippines
|
| replacedBy |
President of the Philippines
ⓘ
surface form:
President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
|
| residence |
Malacañang Palace
ⓘ
Manila ⓘ |
| role |
chief executive of the colonial government in the Philippines
ⓘ
commander-in-chief of colonial armed forces in the Philippines ⓘ head of the American colonial administration in the Philippines ⓘ head of the Japanese-sponsored administration in the Philippines ⓘ head of the Spanish colonial administration in the Philippines ⓘ highest-ranking colonial official in the Philippines ⓘ representative of the colonial sovereign in the Philippines ⓘ |
| seatOfGovernment | Manila ⓘ |
| startTime | 1565 ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Council of the Indies
ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ Crown of Spain ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Crown
United States Department of War ⓘ |
| usedBuilding |
Malacañang Palace
ⓘ
Palacio del Gobernador ⓘ |
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Governor-General
this entity surface form:
Captain General of the Philippines
this entity surface form:
Governor-General of the Philippines under Spanish rule
this entity surface form:
Captain General of the Philippines
subject surface form:
Manuel Rojo del Río y Vieyra
subject surface form:
William Howard Taft