Mar Roxas

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
37th Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
In office
September 19, 2012 – September 11, 2015
PresidentBenigno Aquino III
Preceded byPaquito Ochoa (acting)
Succeeded byMel Senen Sarmiento
38th Secretary of Transportation and Communications
In office
July 4, 2011 – October 18, 2012
PresidentBenigno Aquino III
Preceded byJose de Jesus
Succeeded byJoseph Emilio Abaya
Senator of the Philippines
In office
June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2010
30th Secretary of Trade and Industry
In office
January 2, 2000 – December 10, 2003
PresidentJoseph Estrada
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded byJose Pardo
Succeeded byCesar Purisima
House Majority Leader
In office
July 27, 1998 – January 2, 2000
Preceded byRodolfo Albano
Succeeded byEduardo Gullas
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Capiz's 1st District
In office
September 1, 1993 – January 2, 2000
Preceded byGerardo Roxas Jr.
Succeeded byRodriguez Dadivas
Personal details
Born
Manuel Araneta Roxas II

(1957-05-13) May 13, 1957 (age 67)
Manila, Philippines
Political partyLiberal (1993-present)
One Capiz (local party; 2024-present)
Spouse
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(m. 2009)​
Children3
Parent(s)Gerardo Roxas
Judith Araneta
Alma materWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (BS)
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website

Manuel "Mar" Araneta Roxas II (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈɾɔhas]; 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 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 Second EDSA Revolution and was later re-appointed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in her new cabinet.[4] He resigned again to run for a Senate seat in the 2004 election.[5] Campaigning as Mr. Palengke, he was elected senator with 19 million votes, the highest ever garnered by a national candidate in any Philippine election at that time. Roxas co-authored the Expanded Value Added Tax Law (E-Vat).[6]

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 PDP–Laban by a margin of 727,084 votes. He filed an electoral protest before the Supreme Court of the Philippines, with the Court sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal.[7] On June 7, 2011, Roxas was appointed by President Aquino as Secretary of Transportation and Communications to replace outgoing secretary Jose de Jesus, and he took office on July 4, 2011.[8] Afterwards, on August 31, 2012, President Aquino nominated him as Secretary of the 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.[9][10][11] 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.[12] After placing second in the election, Roxas conceded to Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte on May 10, 2016.[13]

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.[14][15] He ranked 16th in that election and failed to secure a six-year term.

  1. ^ Bea Cupin and Michael Bueza, "Wharton a 'myth?' Facts on Mar Roxas and his economics degree", Rapplerof December 20, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2016
  2. ^ Bea Cupin and Raymon Dullana, "Wharton: Yes, Roxas is our 'graduate'", Rappler of December 17, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2016
  3. ^ "Lim heads DILG, Mar Roxas is Trade Chief". Newsflash. January 8, 2000. Retrieved January 21, 2008.
  4. ^ "GMA swears in 14 Cabinet officials". January 27, 2001.[dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Manuel Roxas II quits DTI for Senate run". Philippine Star. December 11, 2003. Retrieved January 21, 2008.
  6. ^ "GMA swears in 14 Cabinet officials". Institute for Popular Democracy. May 10, 2007. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007. Retrieved January 21, 2008.
  7. ^ "Roxas poll protest sufficient in form, substance". ABS-CBN News.
  8. ^ "Aquino appoints Roxas as new DoTC chief".
  9. ^ Salaverria, Leila B.; Calleja, Niña P. (April 18, 2015). "Surprise: Roxas tells LP he will run in 2016". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  10. ^ "PNoy to endorse Mar Roxas this week, says top LP official". GMA News. July 28, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  11. ^ "Emotional Roxas accepts PNoy endorsement". GMA News. July 31, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  12. ^ "Mar Roxas stepping down as DILG chief". Rappler. August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  13. ^ de Jesus, Julliane Love (May 10, 2016). "Roxas concedes defeat: I wish you success, Mayor Duterte". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  14. ^ Cepeda, Mara. "Mar Roxas to run for senator in 2019: 'I won't quit on our country'". Rappler. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  15. ^ "Mar Roxas files COC for Senate comeback". The Philippine Star. Retrieved February 12, 2019.