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Mar Roxas (Manuel Araneta Roxas II) was born on 13 May, 1957 in Manila, Philippines, is a Filipino politician. Discover Mar Roxas's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

Popular As Manuel Araneta Roxas II
Occupation N/A
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 13 May 1957
Birthday 13 May
Birthplace Manila, Philippines
Nationality Philippines

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Who Is Mar Roxas's Wife?

His wife is Korina Sanchez (m. 2009)

Family
Parents Gerardo Roxas Judith Araneta
Wife Korina Sanchez (m. 2009)
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Children 3

Mar Roxas Net Worth

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Source of Income Politician

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Timeline

1946

Mar is one of the grandchildren of Manuel Roxas, the first President of the Third Philippine Republic (1946–48), and Trinidad de Leon.

1955

The couple married in 1955.

1957

Manuel "Mar" Araneta Roxas II (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.

Manuel "Mar" Araneta Roxas II was born on May 13, 1957, in Manila to Judy Araneta (of Bago, Negros Occidental) and Gerardo Roxas (1923–1982; of Capiz), a Senator (1963–1972).

1960

He has two siblings: Maria Lourdes (married to Augusto Ojeda and mother of three) and Gerardo Jr. (1960–1993), a former congressman.

After grade school and high school at the Ateneo de Manila University, Roxas attended the

1979

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, majoring in Economics and earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1979.

After graduation, he worked for seven years as an investment banker in New York City, and became an assistant vice president of the New York-based Allen & Company.

1985

Following the 1985 announcement by President Ferdinand Marcos of a snap election, Roxas took leave of absence to join the presidential campaign of Corazon Aquino.

1986

In September 1986, President Corazon Aquino went to the United States.

Roxas was one of those who organized a series of investment round-table discussions with the American business community.

From 1986 onwards, Roxas visited the Philippines more frequently and proposed to Allen & Company to set up a branch in Asia, specifically in the Philippines; later his superiors agreed.

1991

In 1991, he was stationed in the Philippines with North Star Capitals, Inc. which took public the Jollibee fast food restaurant chain.

In the United States, he participated in the first financing for Discovery Channel and Tri-Star Pictures.

1993

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.

Roxas' younger brother, Dinggoy, who represented the 1st District of Capiz, died of colon cancer in 1993.

At the age of 36, he decided to run in the special election to replace his brother in the seat and won.

He later became Majority Leader of the House of Representatives.

His landmark laws include, among others:

2000

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.

2001

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.

2004

He resigned again to run for a Senate seat in the 2004 election.

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).

2010

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.

2011

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.

2012

He served in the Cabinet of the Philippines as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government from 2012 to 2015.

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.

2015

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.

2016

Roxas was the standard-bearer of the Liberal Party for the 2016 presidential election.

After placing second in the election, Roxas conceded to Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte on May 10, 2016.

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

2018

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.