Renauld N. Barrios, better known as Sonny Barrios, is the seventh commissioner of the

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

and the current executive director of

Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas () or the SBP is the national sport association for basketball in the Philippines, formed from the merging of the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) and Pilipinas Basketball (PB). It was formed ...

. Before serving as commissioner, he took on the role in an acting capacity in August 2007 when his predecessor

Noli Eala Jose Emmanuel "Noli" M. Eala is a Filipino sports executive and disbarred lawyer who served as the 11th chairperson of the Philippine Sports Commission from August 30 to December 28, 2022. He previously served as the sixth commissioner of the P ...

resigned after being disbarred by the Supreme Court. He accepted his election as the commissioner on January 24, 2008, after a deadlock ensued between the league's governors that supported Atty. Chito Salud and Lambert Ramos. The board instead named Barrios as the commissioner. In August 2010, it is announced that he will be replaced by deputy commissioner

Chito Salud Angelico Tiu Salud (born June 17, 1962), better known as Chito Salud, is a Filipino lawyer and sports executive who currently serves as team governor of the Converge Fiber Xers in PBA. He was the first president and CEO of the Philippine Basketb ...

. The official turnover ceremony took place on August 26 at the PBA office.Barrios leaves pro league in good health
Nelson Beltran, Philippine Star, August 21, 2010 Barrios was later named as the executive director of the

, the country's national basketball federation, on March 31, 2011, replacing

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External links

PBA Official Website
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