<page_title> List of Presidents of the Philippines </page_title> <section_title> 1946–72: Third Republic </section_title> <table> <cell> 5 <col_header> No. overall </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1 <col_header> No. in era </col_header> </cell> <cell> Manuel Roxas <col_header> Portrait </col_header> </cell> </table>
Manuel Roxas was the fifth President of the Philippines and the first president of the Third Republic, which occurred on July 4, 1946.