Malolos Congress

The Malolos Congress (Spanish: Congreso de Malolos) also known as the Revolutionary Congress (Spanish: Congreso Revolucionario)[3] and formally the National Assembly, was the legislative body of the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines.

The Revolutionary Congress was opened on September 15, 1898, at Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan.

[5] In 2006, it was asserted by the president of the Bulacan Historical Society, engineer Marcial Aniag, that among the 85 delegates who convened in Malolos there were 43 lawyers, 17 doctors, five pharmacists, three educators, seven businessmen, four painters, three military men, a priest, and four farmers.

[7] One of the first acts of the Revolutionary Congress was the ratification on September 29, 1898 of the Philippine Declaration of Independence against Spain which had been proclaimed on June 12, 1898.

[8] Its proclamation resulted in the creation of the Philippine Republic, which replaced the Revolutionary Government.

Soldiers of the Philippine Revolutionary Army during a session of the congress.
Emilio Aguinaldo (seated, center) and ten of the delegates to the first Assembly of Representatives.