| Antonio Tinio | |
| Office: | House Deputy Minority Leader |
| Alongside1: | France Castro (2016–2019) |
| Office1: | Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for ACT Teachers |
| Termstart1: | June 30, 2010 |
| Termend1: | June 30, 2019 |
| Party: | ACT Teachers |
| Termstart: | July 26, 2010 |
| Termend: | June 30, 2013 |
| Birth Date: | 19 April 1970 |
Antonio "Tonchi" Luansing Tinio is a Filipino activist and former member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines for ACT Teachers Partylist from 2010 to 2019 and served as Deputy Minority Leader in the 15th congress. He also served as the national chairperson of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) from 2002 to 2012.[1] [2]
Before his stint in Congress, Tinio was a University of the Philippines Diliman (UP) professor from 1991 to 2010.[3] [4] He is the son of playwright, movie actor, and director Rolando Tinio and theater actress Ella Luansing.
As legislator, he was the principal author of Republic Act 10653, which broadened the tax exemptions for the 13th month pay (mandatory year-end bonus amounting to a month of salary) of both public and private sector employees in the Philippines, and the staunchest legislator-advocate of salary hikes for public school teachers.[5]