Manuel Manligas Bonoan[1] (born 1945/1946)[2] is a Filipino businessman and engineer who was the president and chief executive officer of SMC Tollways.

Bonoan has been involved in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) serving as assistant secretary during the administration of President Fidel V. Ramos and as undersecretary during the tenures of Presidents Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

[3][4] During Arroyo's administration, he was also the acting secretary of the DPWH from February to July 2007.

[5] He pledged for the continuation of unfinished projects and "public-private partnership[s]" under the Build!

program of President Rodrigo Duterte, as well as prioritize the checking of river basins for flood control projects and pursue ventures that would help the agriculture and tourism industries.