Manuel "Manolet" Ledesma Araneta Jr. (8 December 1926 – 4 July 2003) was a Filipino basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] Araneta Jr. was the father of Liza Araneta-Marcos, wife of Philippine president Bongbong Marcos
Araneta Jr. was born on 8 December 1926, in Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines, but grew up in Bago City , Negros Occidental[2][3]