Francisco Felipe Villanueva

Francisco Felipe Villanueva (October 10, 1867 – August 25, 1923) was a Filipino political leader during the Philippine–American War.

He studied law in San Juan de Letran, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in April 1883 at a young age of sixteen.

However, due to his insistence to finish his studies, he gain a small capital to continue by working as a secondary school teacher.

Villanueva served as the Visayan member to the Malolos Congress, where he conferred with General Emilio Aguinaldo and Apolinario Mabini to assure that the Visayas would be included in nascent First Philippine Republic.

[3] Villanueva suffered a fatal heart attack at his Senate office in the Legislative Building in Manila on August 25, 1923.