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Mar Roxas

Filipino politician (born 1957)

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Araneta and the surname or paternal family name is Roxas.

Mar Roxas

Roxas in 2014

In office
September 19, 2012 – September 11, 2015
PresidentBenigno Aquino III
Preceded byPaquito Ochoa(acting)
Succeeded byMel Senen Sarmiento
In office
July 4, 2011 – October 18, 2012
PresidentBenigno Aquino III
Preceded byJose de Jesus
Succeeded byJoseph Emilio Abaya
In office
June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2010
In office
January 2, 2000 – December 10, 2003
PresidentJoseph Estrada
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded byJose Pardo
Succeeded byCesar Purisima
In office
July 27, 1998 – January 2, 2000
Preceded byRodolfo Albano
Succeeded byEduardo Gullas
In office
September 1, 1993 – January 2, 2000
Preceded byGerardo Roxas Jr.
Succeeded byRodriguez Dadivas
Born

Manuel Araneta Roxas II


(1957-05-13) May 13, 1957 (age 
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Early Life and Background: Manuel "Mar" Araneta Roxas II (

[ˈɾohas]; born May 13, 1957) is a


Filipino politician who served as a Senator of the Philippines. He is the grandson of former
Philippine President Manuel Roxas. He served in the Cabinet of the Philippines as Secretary of
the Interior and Local Government from 2012 to 2015. Previously, he was the Secretary of Trade
and Industry from 2000 to 2003 and Secretary of Transportation and Communications from 2011
to 2012. He is the son of former Senator Gerry Roxas.

After graduation from the University of Pennsylvania,[1][2] Roxas worked as a banker in New
York, mobilizing venture capital funds for small and medium enterprises. He served as the
Representative of the 1st District of Capiz from 1993 to 2000. His stint as congressman was cut
short after he was appointed by President Joseph Estrada as Secretary of Trade and Industry.[3]
He resigned from the position at the height of the EDSA Revolution of 2001 and was later re-
appointed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in her new cabinet.[4] He resigned again to r

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MANILA, Philippines – Who is Manuel Roxas II?

The Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer is many things to different people: President Benigno Aquino III’s anointed, former interior and transportation secretary, the frontliner during many of the administration’s biggest crises, the man who let go of his presidential dreams in 2009 to make way for the current president.

Although he’s been a public figure since the ’90s, there are some things about the LP president-on-leave that not everyone knows about.

Here are a few tidbits compiled by Rappler, based on conversations with the people surrounding him, social media posts, numerous interviews and public speeches, and more than 2 years of trailing the administration bet:

1. Politics wasn’t originally part of the plan. Roxas’ entry to politics is a tale shared by many politicians, including his running mate Camarines Sur Representative Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo.

Already a successful investment banker in New York, Roxas was thrust into the world of politics after his younger brother, Capiz Representative

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