A business man, former Congressman, DTI Secretary and currently serves as a Senator, will you vote for Mar Roxas for President on the upcoming Philippines national election this 2010?
Manuel “Mar” Araneta Roxas II (born May 13, 1957) is a Senator of the Philippines. He is the grandson of former Philippine President Manuel Roxas.
Roxas was born in Quezon City, Metro Manila. A graduate of Wharton School of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States, Roxas worked as an investment banker, mobilizing venture capital funds for small and medium enterprises before running for public office.
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 then Philippine President Joseph Estrada as Secretary of Trade and Industry describing him as a “seasoned investment banker”. He resigned from the position at the height of the EDSA Revolution of 2001 and was later re-appointed by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in her new Cabinet.
He resigned again from the position after he decided to bid for a seat in the Senate in the 2004 Philippine election. He was elected as Senator by 19,372,888 votes – the highest ever garnered by a national candidate in any Philippine election and edged out Bong Revilla who consistently topped the surveys.
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