Fortunato "Boy" Tanseco de la Peña (born November 12, 1949)[1] is a Filipino engineer and professor who served as the Secretary of Science and Technology in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte from 2016 to 2022.

[1] He attended the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering in 1969.

[7] In 1992, he was appointed as director of UP's Institute for Small Scale Industries and as vice president for planning and development of the entire University of the Philippines System by 1993.

[4] The University of the Philippines recognized de la Peña for his distinguished career with an Outstanding Achievement Award in 1999.

[5] De la Peña began work in the executive department at about the same time he was a part-time professor at UP Diliman.

[7][4] In 2001, de la Peña assumed the post of Undersecretary for Scientific and Technological Services of the DOST under the secretaryship of Estrella F. Alabastro.

[8] De la Peña served in the Congressional Commission on Science, Technology and Engineering (COMSTE) as executive director in 2008.