| Antonio de las Alas | |
| Office: | Senator of the Philippines |
| Term Start: | July 9, 1945 |
| Term End: | May 25, 1946 |
| Office1: | President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands |
| Predecessor1: | Aurelio Pedro Periquet y Ziálcita / Daniel R. Aguinaldo |
| Successor1: | Teofilo Reyes Sr. |
| Term1: | 1951–1954 |
| Office2: | Secretary of Finance |
| Term Start2: | February 19, 1936 |
| Term End2: | November 15, 1938 |
| President2: | Manuel L. Quezon |
| Predecessor2: | Elpidio Quirino |
| Successor2: | Manuel Roxas |
| Office3: | Secretary of Public Works and Communications |
| Term Start3: | January 26, 1933 |
| Term End3: | February 18, 1936 |
| Appointer3: | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. |
| President3: | Manuel L. Quezon |
| Predecessor3: | Filemon Perez |
| Successor3: | Mariano Jesus Cuenco |
| Office4: | Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands from Batangas's 1st district |
| Term Start4: | June 6, 1922 |
| Term End4: | February 18, 1933 |
| Predecessor4: | Vicente Lontoc |
| Successor4: | Ramón Diokno |
| Office5: | Secretary of Interior |
| Status5: | Acting |
| Term Start5: | April 29, 1922 |
| Term End5: | May 23, 1922 |
| Successor5: | Jose P. Laurel |
| Birth Date: | 14 October 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Taal, Batangas, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Death Place: | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Party: | Nacionalista (1922-1983) |
Antonio de las Alas y Noble (October 14, 1889 – October 5, 1983) was a Filipino politician and business leader.[1] [2] [3]
Antonio de las Alas was an acting Secretary of the Interior, four-term representative of the 1st district of Batangas in the Philippine Legislature, Secretary of Public Works and Communications,[4] a member of the Senate of the Philippines[5] during World War II, and a member of the constitutional convention delegation in 1934 and 1971.[6] [7] His signature is on an unissued 100-peso banknote dated 1944.[8] After the war, he worked in many Filipino companies and institutions. He was the president of the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands from 1951 to 1954. In 1978, he received an Alumni service award. He died at the age of 94 in Illinois in 1983.[9]
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