Rafael "Raffy" Moreno Alunan III (born May 17, 1948) is a Filipino businessman and former government official.

He entered the John F. Kennedy School of Government of the Harvard University in the United States, acquiring a master's degree in public administration in 1997.

[3] Rafael Alunan III served as Secretary of the Department of Tourism (DOT) from January 9, 1991, to February 16, 1992, under President Corazon Aquino[4] and as Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) from July 1, 1992, to April 15, 1996, under President Fidel V.

Under that initiative, a politician having more than two personal armed guards would be considered as having a private army and such groups could be dissolved.

Alunan was also part of the Manindigan as a trustee, an organization of academics, entrepreneurs, and professionals which launched protests against the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos in the 1980s.