5Th president of the philippines
Manuel Roxas y Acuña (1892-1948)
Philippine
statesman, born in Capiz. In 1948, Roxas declared amnesty for those arrested
for collaborating with the Japanese during World War II, except for those who
had committed violent crimes.
He served
with distinction in the unsuccessful defense against the Japanese invasion of
the Philippines and was captured by the Japanese in 1942.
First
president of the independent Third Republic of the Philippines and fifth
president overall.
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