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.

Tolentino helped write the Civil Code of the Philippines from 1948 to 1949 and authored the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act of 1960.

[citation needed] He was also a short story writer for the Philippines Free Press, and was a wrestler and bodybuilder.

Shortly after his re-election, Tolentino was given the position of majority floor leader, which he held until his entry to the Senate four years later and one which, though less glamorous than that of speaker, he preferred and enjoyed.

According to the National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) final tally, Aquino and Laurel were consistently in the lead.

However, according to the official COMELEC tally, Tolentino won over Laurel with a margin of approximately one million votes.

[5] The disputed outcome would eventually lead to the People Power Revolution which ousted Marcos and installed Aquino as a revolutionary president.

Marcos allies and about 100 soldiers marched to the luxurious Manila Hotel, occupied it, and established a government.

In 1992, Tolentino successfully ran for the Senate, placing 18th as part of the Nationalist People's Coalition.

Sampaloc, Manila has a sports center named after the late senator and has a public monument of Tolentino along Instruccion Street.