Mabini, Intellect of Philippine Revolution and First Foreign Minister, Memorialized with Bust at PH Consulate General in Shanghai

CG Ignacio with the Consuls General of (from left to right) Singapore, Ireland, Thailand, Lao PDR, Vietnam, Indonesia and Switzerland, at the unveiling of Mabini’s bust. (Shanghai PCG photo)

SHANGHAI 16 January 2024 – In one of his final ceremonial acts, outgoing Philippine Consul General Josel F. Ignacio ceremonially unveiled a bust of Philippine national hero Apolinario Mabini at the Consulate General on 11 January 2024.

Educator and lawyer Mabini (1864-1903) was a stalwart of the Philippine revolution against Spanish rule. Although partly physically incapacitated by polio in 1895, his intellect and patriotism made him adviser to the revolutionary movement, for which he gained recognition as the intellect and ideologue of the revolutionary movement. 

Following the establishment of the First Philippine Republic, he was named to the post of first Prime Minister and Secretary of Foreign Affairs, for which he is highly esteemed within the Department of Foreign Affairs and its missions abroad. He died in 1903.

On hand for the unveiling were the officers and staff of the PCG, the Consuls General of several countries, leaders of Filipino organizations in Shanghai and Zhejiang, and representatives of various local Chinese organizations and enterprises. END

CG Ignacio with counterpart CGs from Asia, Europe and Latin America who graced the occasion. (Shanghai PCG photo)

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