| Flaviano Olivares | |
| Birth Name: | Flaviano Ponce Olivares |
| Birth Date: | 4 July 1911 |
| Birth Place: | San Pedro, Laguna, Philippine Islands |
| Allegiance: | Philippines |
| Serviceyears: | 1942-1945 |
| Rank: | Brigadier general |
| Battles: | World War II |
| Awards: | Distinguished Service Star Military Merit Medal |
Flaviano Ponce Olivares (1911-1997) was a Philippine Brigadier general and a three-time recipient of Distinguished Service Star and a single Military Merit Medal. He graduated in 1936. Olivares was a Constabulary Zone Commander at Panama Canal Zone in 1961, followed by Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines two years later, and becoming a Commanding General for the 1st Infantry Division by 1964. In 1965 he became a chief in Philippine Constabulary.[1] He died on December 23, 1997, after being diagnosed with aneurysm of the abdominal aorta at age 86.[2]