Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista

Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista ( born December 7, 1830 in Biñan, † December 4, 1903 ) was a Filipino lawyer and author of the Philippine Declaration of Independence on June 12, 1898 He was born the son of Gregorio Enriquez Bautista and Silvestra Altamira in Biñan and is considered. a supporter of José Rizal during his school days in Manila.

He completed his studies at the Pontifical and Royal University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Manila and graduated with the academic title of Bachelor of Law from.

He joined an early stage of the propaganda movement to and supported this movement, founded by Marcelo H. del Pilar, by collecting money. He was co-founder of José Rizal initiated La Liga Filipina and after the prohibition, he joined the Cuerpo de Compromisarios to. With the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution in 1896 he became one of the most sought after revolutionaries of the Philippines. Bautista was later arrested and imprisoned in Fort Santiago. In his trial he defended himself and was shortly thereafter released. He was hiding in Malabon to December 1897. After the end of the Republic of Biak -na- Bato, the Spanish Governor Fernando Prime de Rivera declared a general amnesty. Then Bautista could return to Biñan.

After the return of Emilio Aguinaldo from exile in Hong Kong, he got in touch with him and offered in his service. He worked from numerous documents and drafted the declaration of independence of the Philippines from Spain. This was declared on 12 June 1898 in Kawit Aguinaldo in front of his home. After the celebrations Bautista, however, was an adviser to Aguinaldo replaced by Apolinario Mabini. Starting in September, he sat on the management committee of the Revolutionary Congress in Malolos, who prepared the foundation of the first Philippine Republic. There he supported Patricio G. Mariano in the editing of Imprenta de Malolos.

After the end of the Republic in December 1899 as a result of the Philippine- American War, he returned to Biñan. After the war ended in 1901, he worked with the U.S. authorities and was devoted to the reconstruction of the Philippines. He was appointed as a judge to the first chamber of the Provincial Court in Pangasinan, but died at the age of 73 years on December 3, 1903 by an unlucky fall from a coach.