Arturo Tolentino

The Honorable Arturo M. Tolentino
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office July 1984 – 1985
President	Ferdinand Marcos
Prime Minister	Cesar Virata
Preceded by	Manuel Collantes (acting)
Succeeded by	Pacifico Castro (acting)
10th President of the Senate of the Philippines
In office January 17, 1966 – January 26, 1967
Preceded by	Ferdinand Marcos
Succeeded by	Gil Puyat
Senate Majority Leader
In office January 26,1970 – September 23, 1972
Preceded by	Rodolfo Ganzon
Succeeded by	Position abolished (Next held by Orly Mercado)
In office January 22, 1962 – January 17, 1966
Preceded by	Cipriano Primicias Sr.
Succeeded by	Jose Roy
Senator of the Philippines
In office June 30, 1992 – June 30, 1995
In office December 30, 1957 – September 23, 1972
House Majority Leader
In office January 25, 1954 – December 30, 1957
Preceded by	Raul Leuterio
Succeeded by	Jose Aldeguer
Member of the Regular Batasang Pambansa
In office June 30, 1984 – February 16, 1986
Constituency	Manila
Member of the Interim Batasang Pambansa
In office June 12, 1978 – June 5, 1984
Constituency	Region IV
Member of the House of Representatives from Manila's 3rd district
In office December 30, 1949 – December 30, 1957
Preceded by	District established
Succeeded by	Ramon Bagatsing
Personal details
Born	Arturo Modesto Tolentino (1910-09-19)September 19, 1910 Tondo, Manila, Philippines
Died	August 2, 2004(2004-08-02) (aged 93) Quezon City, Philippines
Resting place	Libingan ng mga Bayani, Taguig, Philippines
Political party	NPC (1992–2004) KBL (1978–1992) Nacionalista (1949–1978)
Spouse(s)	Consuelo David Pilar Adorable Constancia Conde
Children	7
Alma mater	University of the Philippines Manila (AA, BPhil) University of the Philippines Diliman (LL.B) University of Santo Tomas (LL.M, DCL)

Arturo "Ka Turing" Modesto Tolentino (September 19, 1910 – August 2, 2004) was a Filipino politician, lawyer and diplomat who served as the Senate president and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs. He was the vice-presidential running mate of Ferdinand Marcos in the 1986 Philippine election, which led to the ouster of Marcos in the People Power Revolution.

Tolentino helped write the Civil Code of the Philipines from 1948 to 1949 and authored the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act of 1960.^[1]