Mar Roxas

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Manuel "Mar" Araneta Roxas II (Tagalog script: [ohas]; born May 13, 1957) is a Filipino politician who served as a Senator of the Philippines. He is the grandson and namesake of former Philippine President Manuel Roxas. He served in the Philippines Cabinet from 2012 to 2015. He served as the Secretary of Trade and Industry from 2000 to 2003, as well as Secretary of Transportation and Communications from 2011 to 2012. He is the son of former Senator Gerry Roxas.

Roxas began working as a banker in New York after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, raising venture capital funds for small and medium enterprises. From 1993 to 2000, he served as the Representative of Capiz's 1st District. After being appointed by President Joseph Estrada as Secretary of Trade and Industry, his stint as a congressman was cut short. He resigned from his post at the start of the EDSA revolution in 2001 but President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo later re-appointed him in her new cabinet. In the 2004 race, he resigned again to run for a Senator seat. Mr. Palengke was elected senator with 19 million votes, the most a national candidate has ever gained in a Philippine election at that time. Roxas co-authored the Expanded Value Added Tax Law (E-Vat).

He slid back to become a vice president in order to make room for fellow senator Benigno Aquino III, who ultimately prevailed. Roxas was defeated by PDP-Laban Mayor Jejomar Binay by a margin of 727,084 votes. He filed an electoral protest in the Philippines' Supreme Court, despite the fact that the tribunal is now the Presidential Electoral Tribunal. Roxas was named by President Aquino as Secretary of Transportation and Communications on June 7, 2011, deposing outgoing secretary Jose de Jesus. President Aquino nominated Jesse Robredo as the Secretary of Interior and Local Government on August 31, 2012, removing Jesse Robredo who died in a plane crash.

Roxas was the Liberal Party's standard bearer in the 2016 presidential election. He had been officially encouraged by President Aquino to continue the existing administration's changes, collectively dubbed Daang Matuwid ("straight path"), which he formally accepted on July 31, 2015. Roxas resigned as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government on August 3, 2015, in order to focus on his presidential campaign. Roxas renounced Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on May 10, 2016, after finishing second in the election.

Roxas announced his return to politics after a two-year absence on October 15, 2018; the next day for Senator Benjamin in the 2019 Philippine Senate election. He finished 16th in the poll and failed to win a six-year term.

Early life and background

Manuel "Mar" Araneta Roxas II was born in Manila on May 13, 1957, to Judy Araneta (of Bago, Negros Occidental) and Gerardo Roxas (1924–1972). Capiz Senator (1963-1982).

Mar is one of Manuel Roxas' grandchildren (1946-48), as well as Trinidad de Leon. In 1955, the couple married. Maria Lourdes (married to Augusto Ojeda and mother of three) and Gerardo Jr. (1960–1993), a former congressman, have two siblings.

Roxas graduated from high school and high school at Ateneo de Manila University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, majoring in Economics and receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in 1979. After graduating, he spent seven years as an investment banker in New York City and then became an assistant vice president of Allen & Company.

Roxas took leave of absence to join Corazon Aquino's presidential campaign following President Ferdinand Marcos' announcement of a snap election in 1985. President Corazon Aquino returned to the United States in September 1986. Roxas was one of the pioneers in organizing a series of investment round-table discussions with the American business community.

Roxas visited the Philippines more often and suggested to Allen & Company to open a branch in Asia, particularly in the Philippines; later, his superiors accepted. He was stationed in the Philippines with North Star Capitals, Inc., which owned the Jollibee fast food restaurant chain. He was involved in the first financing for Discovery Channel and Tri-Star Pictures in the United States.

Personal life

Roxas was previously engaged with former beauty queen Maricar Zaldarriaga, with whom he has a son, Paolo Roxas.

He met Korina Sanchez, a ABS-CBN news anchor, in 2002. Sanchez appeared as a guest co-host alongside Willie Revillame, Sanchez, and Roxas in the ABS-CBN noontime show Wowowee on April 25, 2009. Sanchez took a leave of absence from her ABS-CBN positions in May 2009. They married in Quezon City on October 27, 2009, where Roxas' former running mate in the 2010 race, later President Benigno Aquino III, was one of the couple's main wedding sponsors. During the wedding, the Manila Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philippine Madrigal Singers provided the music. Basil Valdez, Robert Sea, and Jamie Rivera were among the notable performers. The couple owns a black labrador retriever as well as two schnauzer dogs.

He has a reported net worth of 202.08 million as of 2014, up from 202.08 million.

Pepe Ramon Gerardo and Pilar Judith Celia Ester Korina's twins who were born in surrogacy also died in 2019.

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Awards

• 1996: Roxas was recognized by the World Economic Forum as "one of the Global Leaders of Tomorrow who are expected to shape the future."
• 1999: Roxas was named by the Asiaweek Magazine as "Political Leader of the New Millennium."
• 2002: The Singapore Government has awarded Roxas as the 16th Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellow.
• February 16, 2007: E-Services Philippines awarded Roxas with the E-Champion Award recognizing his pioneering efforts and leadership in making the Philippines a popular outsourcing destination of choice.
• July 15, 2009: Roxas was awarded by the Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) for his pioneering contributions to the Philippine BPO industry.
• September 18, 2007: Roxas was conferred with the Palanca Awards Gawad Dangal ng Lahi by CP Group Chairman Carlos Palanca III, Palanca Foundation Director General Sylvia Palanca-Quirino and Deputy Director General Christine Quirino-Pacheco for serving as an exemplary leader and role model to the Filipino.
• September 12, 2013: The Province of Bulacan recognized Roxas as the 6th Natatanging Dangal ng Lipi Awardee, the province's highest recognition, for his outstanding contributions to government service.
• February 8, 2016: Roxas received the Gawad Bagonhon Award for government service, during the 50th anniversary of the city charter of Bago, Negros Occidental.
• November 27, 2018: Roxas was awarded the Freedom Flame Award by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in recognition of his advanced democratic ideals.