Diego de los Ríos

Diego de los Ríos
113th Governor-General of the Philippines
In office August 13 – December 10, 1898
Preceded by	Francisco Rizzo
Succeeded by	Emilio Aguinaldo (as President of the Philippines) Wesley Merritt (as American Governor-General of the Philippines)

Diego de los Ríos was the last Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines. He became the governor during the Spanish American War with the capital at Iloilo on August 13, 1898. He later transferred his capital to Fort Pilar in Zamboanga when he saw the Visayan rebels closing on him in October of 1898. He promised reforms, but it only pleased the few ilustrado elite. His term ended on December 10, 1898 when the Treaty of Paris was signed. He left Iloilo to return to Spain on January 1, 1899, passing by Zamboanga.

References

• Spanish Governors of the Philippines
• Gen. Alvarez-Greatest revolutionary hero
• The Iloilo culmination of the declaration of Philippine Independence

Political offices
Preceded by Francisco Rizzo (Government in Manila)	Governor-General of the Philippines (Government in Iloilo) August 13–December 10, 1898	Succeeded by Post abolished Emilio Aguinaldo - Philippine President (República Filipina) and Wesley Merritt - Military Governor of the Philippines (United States)