Benigno Aquino Sr.

**Benigno Simeon "Igno" Aquino Sr.** (September 3, 1894 – December 20, 1947), also known as **Benigno S. Aquino** or **Benigno S. Aquino Sr.**, was a Filipino politician. He was Speaker of the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored puppet state in the Philippines from 1943 to 1944.

He was the Director-General of KALIBAPI, a political party established during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.

His grandson Benigno S. Aquino III was the 15th President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Honorable
- **name**: Benigno S. Aquino Sr.
- **image**: Benigno Simeón Aquino Sr.jpg
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **office**: Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives#List of Speakers, 6th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
<small>_1st Speaker of the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic_</small>
- **president**: José P. Laurel
- **term start**: September 25, 1943
- **term end**: February 2, 1944
- **predecessor**: José Yulo
- **successor**: Jose Zulueta
- **office2**: Member of the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic from Legislative districts of Tarlac#At-Large (defunct), Tarlac
- **term start2**: September 25, 1943
- **term end2**: February 2, 1944
- **alongside2**: Sergio L. Aquino
- **office3**: Secretary of Agriculture (Philippines), Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce of the Philippines
- **president3**: Manuel L. Quezon
- **term start3**: 1938
- **term end3**: 1941
- **predecessor3**: Eulogio Rodriguez
- **successor3**: Rafael Alunan
- **office4**: Member of the National Assembly of the Philippines from Tarlac's Legislative districts of Tarlac#2nd District, 2nd District
- **term start4**: December 30, 1941
- **term end4**: December 30, 1944*
<small>_*Elected but did not serve term due to the establishment of the Second Philippine Republic_</small>
- **predecessor4**: Jose Urquico
- **successor4**: Alejandro Simpaoco
<small>_as member of the 1st Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines_</small>
- **term start5**: December 30, 1935
- **term end5**: December 30, 1938
- **predecessor5**: Feliciano B. Gardiner
<small>_as member of the 10th Philippine Legislature_</small>
- **successor5**: Jose Urquico
- **office6**: Majority leader of the Senate of the Philippines, Majority Leader of the Philippine Senate
- **term start6**: 1931
- **term end6**: 1934
- **1blankname6**: Senate President
- **1namedata6**: Manuel L. Quezon
- **predecessor6**: José P. Laurel
- **successor6**: Claro M. Recto
- **office7**: Senate of the Philippines, Philippine Senator from the Senatorial districts of the Philippines#Third District, 3rd Senatorial District
- **term start7**: 1928
- **term end7**: 1934
Served with:
 Teodoro Sandiko <small>(1928–1931)</small>
Sotero Baluyot <small>(1931–1934)</small>
- **predecessor7**: Luis Morales
- **successor7**: Hermogenes Concepcion
- **office8**: Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, Philippine House of Representatives from Tarlac's Legislative districts of Tarlac#2nd District, 2nd District
- **term start8**: 1919
- **term end8**: 1928
- **predecessor8**: Cayetano Rivera
- **successor8**: Jose G. Domingo
- **office9**: Vice President of the Philippines
- **term start9**: October 14, 1943
- **term end9**: August 17, 1945
- **predecessor9**: Sergio Osmeña
- **successor9**: Elpidio Quirino
- **birth name**: Benigno Simeon Aquino
- **birth place**: Concepcion, Tarlac, Murcia (now Concepcion), Tarlac, Captaincy General of the Philippines
- **death cause**: Heart attack
- **death place**: Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila, History of the Philippines (1946–65), Philippines
- **nationality**: Philippines, Filipino
- **party**: Nacionalista Party, Partido Nacionalista Consolidato, Philippine Executive Commission, KALIBAPI
- **spouse**: <small>(first)</small>
  <small>(second)</small>
- **children**: 11 (incl. Benigno Aquino Jr., Benigno Jr., Butz Aquino, Butz and Tessie Aquino-Oreta, Tessie)
- **relations**: Aquino family
- **alma mater**: University of Santo Tomas
Colegio de San Juan de Letran
- **occupation**: Farmer, politician
- **profession**: Lawyer, civil servant