| Rene Cruz | |
| Order1: | 6th |
| Office1: | President of the Philippine Olympic Committee |
| Term Start1: | 1993 |
| Term End1: | 1996 |
| Predecessor1: | Jose Sering |
| Successor1: | Cristy Ramos |
| Birth Date: | 2015 9, 85 |
| Death Date: | (aged 85) |
| Death Place: | Muntinlupa, Philippines |
Rene Cruz was a Filipino sports administrator and police official. He served as the president of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) from 1993 to 1996.[1]
Prior to being a POC president, Cruz served as vice president in 1989. Under his term as POC President, the Philippines won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[2] The country would have an Olympic medal drought until the 2016 edition.[3] He also served as the head of the Philippine Badminton Association.[2]
Cruz died at the Asian Hospital and Medical Center in Alabang, Muntinlupa due to cardiac arrest on September 29, 2015. He was 85 years old.[2]