Manuel Roxas, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Philippines (d. 1948)
Manuel Acuña Roxas (Tagalog: [maˈnwel aˈkuɲa ˈɾohas]; born Manuel Roxas y Acuña; January 1, 1892 – April 15, 1948) was the fifth president of the Philippines, who served from 1946 until his death in 1948. He briefly served as the third and last president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from May 28, 1946, to July 4, 1946, and became the first president of the independent Third Philippine Republic after the United States ceded its sovereignty over the Philippines.