| Honorific Prefix: | The Honorable |
| Vicente de Vera | |
| Office: | Chairman of the Commission on Elections |
| Term Start: | 1947 |
| Term End: | April 10, 1951 |
| Predecessor: | Jose Lopez Vito |
| Successor: | Domingo Imperial |
| Appointer: | Manuel Roxas |
| Term Start2: | 1945 |
| Term End2: | 1947 |
| Predecessor2: | Rufino Luna |
| Appointer2: | Sergio Osmeña |
| Office3: | Senator of the Philippines from the 6th District |
| Term Start3: | June 3, 1919 |
| Term End3: | June 2, 1925 |
| Alongside: | Leoncio Imperial Juan B. Alegre |
| Predecessor3: | Mario Guariña |
| Successor3: | José O. Vera |
| Office4: | Member of the House of Representatives from Sorsogon's 1st district |
| Term Start4: | October 16, 1907 |
| Term End4: | October 16, 1909 |
| Predecessor4: | office established |
| Successor4: | Leoncio Grajo |
| Office5: | Governor of Sorsogon |
| Term Start5: | 1904 |
| Term End5: | 1904 |
| Predecessor5: | Bernardino Monreal |
| Successor5: | Bernardino Monreal |
| Party: | Nacionalista |
| Birth Date: | August 22, 1871 |
| Birth Place: | Bulan, Sorsogon, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Death Place: | Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines |
Vicente de Vera was a Filipino lawyer and politician from Sorsogon during the American occupation.
Vicente de Vera was born on August 22, 1871, in Bulan, Sorsogon.
De Vera was appointed vice mayor of the municipality of Sorsogon in 1904. That same year, he temporarily replaced Bernardino Monreal as governor of Sorsogon province.[1] In 1907, De Vera was elected to the newly established Philippine House of Representatives representing the 1st district of Sorsogon, serving until 1909[2] and becoming chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary.[3] In 1919, De Vera was elected to the Senate of the Philippines representing the 6th Senatorial District which comprised the Bicol region, serving until 1925.[4]
In 1945, De Vera was appointed to become a member of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), becoming its chairman in 1947. He oversaw several electoral exercises in the county such as the 1946 Philippine presidential election, the 1947 Philippine constitutional plebiscite, the 1947 Philippine Senate election, and the 1949 Philippine presidential election. De Vera served as COMELEC chair until his death in 1951.[5]
De Vera's son, Teodoro de Vera, served as a senator for the Liberal Party from 1949 to 1952, which led to an unsuccessful attempt by the latter's rivals in the Nacionalista Party to have the elder de Vera removed by the Supreme Court as COMELEC chairman due to a supposed conflict of interest in his son's election.[6]