Mar Roxas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mar Roxas

Senator of the Republic of The Philippines

Date of Birth: 13-May-1957

Place of Birth: Quezon City, Luzon, Philippines

Profession: politician, entrepreneur, economist

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Mar Roxas

  • Manuel "Mar" Araneta Roxas II (Tagalog pronunciation: ['?ohas]; 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, 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.
  • 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.
  • He resigned again to run for a Senate seat in the 2004 election.
  • He was elected senator with 19 million votes, the highest ever garnered by a national candidate in any Philippine election.
  • Roxas co-authored the Expanded Value Added Tax Law (E-Vat).Initially one of the leading candidates in the 2010 presidential election, he slid down to become a vice-presidential candidate in order to make way for fellow senator Benigno Aquino III, who won.
  • Roxas was defeated by Makati mayor Jejomar Binay of the PDP–Laban by a margin of 727,084 votes.
  • He filed an electoral protest before the Supreme Court of the Philippines, the Court sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal.
  • On June 7, 2011, President Aquino appointed Roxas as Secretary of Transportation and Communications to replace outgoing secretary Jose de Jesus, and he took office on July 4, 2011.
  • Afterwards, on August 31, 2012, President Aquino nominated him as Secretary of Interior and Local Government, replacing Jesse Robredo who died in a plane crash. Roxas was the standard-bearer of the Liberal Party for the 2016 presidential election.
  • He was officially endorsed by President Aquino to continue the present administration's reforms, collectively dubbed Daang Matuwid ("straight path"), which he formally accepted on July 31, 2015.
  • On August 3, 2015, Roxas officially tendered his resignation as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government in order to focus on his presidential campaign.
  • After placing second in the election, Roxas conceded to Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte on May 10, 2016.On October 15, 2018, Roxas announced his return to politics after a 2-year hiatus, filing his Certificate of Candidacy the next day for Senator in the 2019 Philippine Senate election but was defeated.

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