Antonio de las Alas

Antonio de las Alas
Antonio de las Alas
Senator of the Philippines
	In office; July 9, 1945 – May 25, 1946
President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands
	In office; 1951–1954
Preceded by	Aurelio Pedro Periquet y Ziálcita /; Daniel R. Aguinaldo
Succeeded by	Teofilo Reyes Sr.
Secretary of Finance
	In office; February 19, 1936 – November 15, 1938
President	Manuel L. Quezon
Preceded by	Elpidio Quirino
Succeeded by	Manuel Roxas
Secretary of Public Works and Communications
	In office; January 26, 1933 – February 18, 1936
Appointed by	Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
President	Manuel L. Quezon
Preceded by	Filemon Perez
Succeeded by	Mariano Jesus Cuenco
Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands from Batangas's 1st district
	In office; June 6, 1922 – February 18, 1933
Preceded by	Vicente Lontoc
Succeeded by	Ramón Diokno
Secretary of Interior
	Acting
	In office; April 29, 1922 – May 23, 1922
Succeeded by	Jose P. Laurel
Personal details
Born	October 14, 1889; Taal, Batangas, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died	October 5, 1983 (aged 93); Chicago, Illinois, United States
Political party	Nacionalista (1922-1983)
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Antonio de las Alas y Noble (October 14, 1889 – October 5, 1983) was a Filipino politician and business leader.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Biography

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.^[1]^[2]^[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.^[1]^[2] 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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