Antonio Tinio | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2025 | |
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for ACT Teachers | |
Assumed office June 30, 2025 | |
Preceded by | France Castro |
In office June 30,2010 –June 30,2019 Servingwith France Castro (2016–2019) | |
House Deputy Minority Leader | |
In office July 26,2010 –June 30,2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Quezon City,Philippines | April 19,1970
Political party | ACT Teachers |
Spouse | Maria Teresa Trinidad P. Tinio |
Antonio "Tonchi" Luansing Tinio is a Filipino activist who serves as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines for ACT Teachers Partylist since 2025. He previously served in this position from 2010 to 2019 and served as Deputy Minority Leader in the 15th congress. He also served as the national chairperson of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) from 2002 to 2012. [2] [3]
On December 4,2024,Tinio and 74 others filed the second impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte,submitting one article of impeachment:betrayal of public trust. [4] [5]
Before his stint in Congress,Tinio was a University of the Philippines Diliman (UP) professor from 1991 to 2010. [6] [7] He is the son of playwright,movie actor,and director Rolando Tinio and theater actress Ella Luansing.
As legislator,he was the principal author of Republic Act 10653,which broadened the tax exemptions for the 13th month pay (mandatory year-end bonus amounting to a month of salary) of both public and private sector employees in the Philippines, [6] and the staunchest legislator-advocate of salary hikes for public school teachers. [8]
Tinio is married to Maria Teresa Trinidad P. Tinio.