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Roxas was born on January 1, 1892, in Capiz, Capiz (present-day Roxas City) to Gerardo Roxas y Luis and Rosario Acuña y Villaruz. He was a posthumous child , as his father died after being mortally wounded by the Spanish Guardia Civil the year before.
Jul 2, 2024 · Manuel Roxas (born Jan. 1, 1892, Capiz, Phil.—died April 15, 1948, Clark Field, Pampanga) was a political leader and the first president (1946–48) of the independent Republic of the Philippines.
Manuel Acuña Roxas was the first president of the Republic of the Philippines, from 1946 to 1948. He was also the third and the last president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, from May to July 1946, after which the Philippines got its independence from the U.S. rule and turned into a republic.
Learn about the life and achievements of Manuel A. Roxas, one of the founding fathers of Philippine independence and the first president of the Republic. He was a lawyer, a governor, a speaker, a senator, a soldier, and a statesman.
May 9, 2018 · Manuel Roxas (1892-1948) was the last president of the Commonwealth and the first president of the Republic of the Philippines. His administration demonstrated decisively that political sovereignty without economic independence encourages reaction, perpetuation of social injustices, and exploitation.
He was governor of the province of Capiz from 1919 to 1921 and was then elected to the Philippine House of Representative, subsequently serving as Speaker of the House and a member of the Council of State.
President Roxas. In 1945, the Philippine Congress elected Manuel Roxas as Senate President. In the national elections one year later, Roxas ran for president as a nominee of the liberal wing of the Nacionalista Party.
