| Francisco Macabulos | |
| Office: | President of the Central Executive Committee |
| Term Start: | April 17, 1898 |
| Term End: | May 19, 1898 |
| Predecessor: | Position established |
| Successor: | Emilio Aguinaldo ( |
| Office2: | Governor of Tarlac |
| Term Start2: | 1898 |
| Term End2: | 1900 |
| Successor2: | Alfonso Ramos |
| Office3: | Mayor of La Paz |
| Term Start3: | 1900 |
| Term End3: | 1902 |
| Successor3: | Mariano Ignacio |
| Office4: | Member of the Malolos Congress from Cebu |
| Term Start4: | September 15, 1898 |
| Term End4: | March 23, 1901 |
| Alongside4: | Ariston Bautista, Trinidad Pardo de Tavera, and Felix David |
| Birth Name: | Francisco Macabulos y Soliman |
| Birth Date: | 17 September 1871 |
| Birth Place: | La Paz, Tarlac, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire |
| Death Place: | Tarlac, Philippine Islands |
| Allegiance: | Republic of Biak-na-Bato Katipunan (Magdalo) |
| Branch: | Philippine Revolutionary Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1896–1899 |
| Rank: | Major General |
| Battles: | Philippine Revolution Philippine–American War |
Francisco Macabulos y Soliman (September 17, 1871 – April 20, 1922), commonly known today as Francisco Makabulos, was a Filipino patriot and revolutionary general who led the Katipunan revolutionary forces during the Philippine Revolution against Spain in 1896.
Francisco Macabulos was born in La Paz, Tarlac, to Alejandro Macabulos of Lubao, Pampanga, and Gregoria Soliman. Within his lifetime, his native surname was often spelled with a C instead of K following Spanish orthography, but later linguistic reforms leading to the Philippine national language of Filipino means it is commonly spelled with a K today.
He organized the first Katipunan group there after he was inducted into the secret society by Ladislao Diwa in 1896. When the revolution broke out in 1898, he liberated Tarlac and established town councils in areas he liberated.
Macabulos refused to honor the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, which called for a truce with the Spanish colonial government, and continued operations in Central Luzon. However, on January 14, 1898, he disbanded his troops and accepted amnesty after receiving 14,000 pesos as part of Spanish reparations to Filipino revolutionaries. Macabulos distributed the money to his men.
Nonetheless, Macabulos resumed operations against the Spanish and on April 17, 1898, an assembly of citizens representing the town councils Macabulos established, calling themselves representatives of Central Luzon, met and drafted a provisional constitution. They created the Central Executive Committee, a government that was to exist "until a general government of the Republic in these islands shall again be established", consisting of a president, vice president, secretary of interior, secretary of war and a secretary of the treasury.[1]
Macabulos dissolved his government after the First Philippine Republic was created by the Malolos Constitution, which he also signed. He also led his men to liberate nearby provinces like Pangasinan, where he led revolutionists in the Battle of Dagupan.[2]