Biography of manuel a roxas capiz city
Biography of manuel a roxas capiz city
Biography of manuel a roxas capiz city center!
Manuel Acuña Roxas, the first president (1946–48) of the independent Republic of the Philippines, was born on Jan. 1, 1892, in the pueblo of Capiz, now Roxas City.
Eight months before he was born, his father was killed following an altercation with the Spanish guards.
Roxas studied law at the University of the Philippines and, in 1917, embarked on a political career, starting as a municipal councilor in Capiz, to become provincial governor, then representative, and subsequently, Speaker of the House and member of the Council of State.
During World War II, Roxas served in the pro-Japanese government of José Laurel by acquiring supplies of rice for the Japanese army.
Although a court was established after the war to try collaborators, Roxas was defended by his friend General Douglas MacArthur. Roxas was elected president of the Commonwealth in 1946, and, when independence was declared on July 4, he became the first president of the independent republic.
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