10 Facts About Gerardo Roxas

Gerardo Roxas was the father of Gerardo "Dinggoy" A Roxas, Jr.

Gerardo Roxas wrote many bills of national importance and was consistently voted by the Philippines Free Press and other national publications as one of the outstanding Senators of the Philippines.

Gerardo Roxas finished elementary school at the De La Salle College and high school at the Ateneo de Manila.

Gerardo Roxas studied law at the University of the Philippines College of Law and graduated in 1949.

Gerardo Roxas led the Liberal Party senatorial slate in 1963 and, after an exciting contest, emerged the top-notcher, obtaining the highest number of votes cast for a national candidate.

Gerardo Roxas ran for re-election in the 1969 senatorial elections and emerged as the sole survivor of the entire Liberal Party senatorial slate.

Gerardo Roxas was named as the Senate Minority Leader in 1970.

Gerardo Roxas was among the injured during the Plaza Miranda bombing that occurred during the party's political rally in 1971.

Gerry Gerardo Roxas served as Philippine Senator until September 1972, when Martial Law was declared by then-President and dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

Gerardo Roxas died on April 19,1982, at the age of 58 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City due to complications from a liver tumor.