| Thomas Orbos | |
| Office: | Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority |
| Status: | Officer in Charge |
| President: | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Term Start: | August 22, 2016 |
| Term End: | May 21, 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Emerson Carlos |
| Successor: | Danilo Lim |
| Office1: | General Manager of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority |
| President1: | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Term Start1: | August 22, 2016 |
| Term End1: | February 19, 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | Corazon Jimenez |
| Successor1: | Jose Arturo Garcia |
| Office2: | Assistant General Manager for Planning of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority |
| President2: | Benigno S. Aquino III |
| Term Start2: | June 9, 2014 |
| Term End2: | August 19, 2016 |
| Predecessor2: | Tina Velasco |
| Successor2: | Maria Josefina Faulan |
| Party: | PDP–Laban |
| Relations: | Oscar Orbos (brother) |
| Alma Mater: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Thomas "Tim" Muñoz Orbos is a Filipino businessman, government administrator and politician who was General Manager of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and Undersecretary for Road Transport and Infrastructure of the Department of Transportation under the Duterte administration.[1] He also served as MMDA's acting chairman following the resignation of Emerson Carlos on August 19, 2016.[2] [3] Orbos previously held the position of MMDA Assistant General Manager for Planning under then President Benigno Aquino III.[4] [5]
Orbos hails from the province of Pangasinan and is the brother of former Executive Secretary and Congressman Oscar Orbos and noted Catholic priest Jerry Orbos.[2] [6] He has also previously worked as Undersecretary for the Office of the President and owned several businesses in the past including the Pangasinan Presidents (later renamed Pangasinan Waves) franchise team in the now-defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association.[2] [7] He is also an alumnus from Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Sloan School of Management.
In 2019, Orbos ran for the congressional seat representing the 1st District of Pangasinan, a post formerly headed by his brother.[8] He ran under the PDP–Laban[9] party of President Duterte. He lost to his rival, Arnold "Noli" Celeste, by about 18,000 votes.