Full Name: Manuel "Mar" Araneta Roxas II[1]
Date of Birth: May 13, 1957[1]
Place of Birth: Manila[1]
Civil Status: Single[1]
Children: [1 son] Unwed father to a 12-year-old boy by former Miss Young Philippines 1971 Maricar Zaldarriaga[3]
Educational Attainment:[1]

• Economics (1979)
  Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania
• Elementary (1970) & Secondary (1974) Education
  Ateneo de Manila University

Career as Public Servant:[3]

Accomplishments as Senator:

• Authored RA 9502, or the Universally Accessible, Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008[2]
• He led official probes aimed at strengthening the Consumer Code of the Philippines, the enforcement of proper labeling of goods containing genetically-modified organisms, and stronger safeguards against pyramiding and other similar scams[2]. 
• As trade and industry secretary, he launched the “Make IT Philippines” project and organized the first IT-enabled services (ITES) road show to the US, which drew the biggest global industry names to invest in the country, creating thousands of jobs for Filipino workers[2]. 
• Implemented the “PCs for Public Schools” project to provide wider IT access to students and educators[2]
• Omnibus Education Reform Bill, seeks to strengthen the Philippine education system through interventions on the quality of teachers, the medium of instruction, and the evaluation of students’ aptitude, among others[2]

• SB 105 (Pre-Need Industry Act of 2007)
  Addresses the absence of a statute that regulates the pre-need industry by establishing the Pre-Need Industry Act of 2007 to govern the operations of firms which issue or sell pre-need plans or similar contracts and investments
• SB 101 (Law on Patents, Tradenames and Trademarks)
  Amends RA 8293 (Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines) to lower the prices of medicines through increased competition among drug companies and by providing the government with better policy tools to significantly influence the supply and demand of medicines
• SB 102 (People's Fund Act)
  Ease the effect of the 12% E-VAT
• SB 103 (Individual Tax Exemption for Minimum Wage Earners Bill)
  Exempts minimum wage earners in the private sector and government workers in Salary Grades 1 to 3
• SB 107 (Lemon Law of 2007)
  Have a one (1) year period in which buyers of brand-new vehicles can avail of the provisions of this Lemon Law, which allows up to four repairs on the same defect before a replacement or refund of the vehicle can be claimed
• SB 109 (Free Information Act)
  Implements the Constitutional guarantee to free access by the people to official information, except when the disclosure of such information would jeopardize other prerogatives of the government, namely, the protection of the privacy of individuals, trade secrets, national security, public order and safety, and foreign diplomatic relations.
• SB 110 (Penalty of Imprisonment in Libel Cases Abolition Bill)
  Decriminalizes libel and limit the venue of filing libel suits. He believes that the approval of the said measure would be a small way by which Congress may help in alleviating the plight of journalists.

Affiliations:

• Founder, Presyong Tama, Gamot Pampamilya Program[2]
• Co-founder, Books for the Barangay Foundation Inc.[1]
• Co-founder, Capiz Alliance for Ecological Development Inc.[1]

Awards, Honors and Recognitions:[3]

• In 1996, Roxas was recognized by the World Economic Forum as "one of the Global Leaders of Tomorrow who are expected to shape the future."[43]
• On 1999, Roxas was named by the Asiaweek Magazine as "Political Leader of the New Millennium."
• The Singapore Government has awarded him as the 16th Lee Kuan Yew Fellow.
• On February 16, 2007, the E-Services Philippines awarded Roxas with the E-Champion Award recognizing his pioneering efforts and leadership in making the Philippines a popular outsourcing destination of choice.
• On September 18, 2007, Roxas was conferred with the Palanca Awards Gawad Dangal ng Lahi by CP Group Chairman Carlos Palanca III, Palanca Foundation Director General Sylvia Palanca-Quirino and Deputy Director General Christine Quirino-Pacheco for serving as an exemplary leader and role model to the Filipino.

Other Facts:[2]

• Elected into the Senate in 2004 with approximately 20 million votes, the most obtained by a candidate in any Philippine election
• Hailed as the “Father of the Call Center and Business Process Outsourcing Industries,” he recognized and cultivated the potential of the Philippines as a global e-services hub.
• He has fought to “put the money back in people’s pockets,” as reflected in his stand on the suspension of the VAT on oil and the passage of his Law Exempting Minimum Wage Earners from Income Tax.

• Cancel NBN ZTE deal[3]
• Cheap, affordable medicines[2]
• Standardized products[2]
• Quality education[2]