Alauya Alonto (c. 1875–1959)[1] was a Muslim Filipino politician from Lanao[2] best known for being a Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1934, and a two-term senator of the Philippines, serving from 1945 to 1949.
Alonto was born in Ramain, Lanao, shortly before the outbreak of the Spanish–American War.
He served as appointed Municipal Manager under the Philippine Independence Commission in 1924, as an appointed representative for Department of Mindanao and Sulu from 1934 to 1935 by Governor-General Frank Murphy, and elected Delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1934.
However, due to World War II, he began serving his first term in 1945.
Sultan Alonto Alauya married the Bae Bariga Alangadi of Ramain, by whom he had six children: