{{Short description|Filipino lawyer}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alberto Agra | image = Alberto Agra.jpg | caption = | order = | president = Rodrigo Duterte<br>Bongbong Marcos | office = Chairperson of the Philippine Reclamation Authority | order2 = | term_start = November 7, 2016 | predecessor = Roberto Muldong | president2 = Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | office2 = Secretary of Justice | term_start2 = March 10, 2010 | term_end2 = June 30, 2010 | predecessor2 = Agnes Devanadera (acting) | successor2 = Leila de Lima | office3 = Solicitor General of the Philippines | president3 = Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | term_start3 = January 16, 2010 | term_end3 = June 30, 2010 | predecessor3 = Agnes Devanadera | successor3 = Jose Anselmo Cadiz | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|4|7}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Ateneo de Manila University | occupation = | profession = Lawyer | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Alberto Agra''' (born April 7, 1963) is a Filipino lawyer who previously served as acting Justice secretary of the Republic of the Philippines.
He also serves as president of Pilipinas Obstacle Sports Federation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Team {{!}} Pilipinas Obstacle Sports Federation |url=https://posf.ph/team/ |publisher=Pilipinas Obstacle Sports Federation |access-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref>
==Career== Agra was appointed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as acting solicitor general and acting justice secretary in 2010. Three years later, the Supreme Court declared his dual appointment as unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite news |last=Punay |first=Ed |title=SC: Dual appointment of Agra in 2010 unconstitutional |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/02/20/910893/sc-dual-appointment-agra-2010-unconstitutional |access-date=February 7, 2022 |publisher=PhilStar.com |date=February 20, 2013}}</ref>
During his tenure as justice secretary, he dropped charges against two suspects in the Ampatuan massacre case, ARMM governor Zaldy Ampatuan and his brother Akmad Ampatuan.<ref>{{cite news |title=DOJ orders prosecutors drop murder raps vs 2 Ampatuans |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/04/17/10/doj-orders-prosecutors-drop-murder-raps-vs-2-ampatuans |access-date=February 7, 2022 |publisher=ABS-CBN News |date=April 17, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Conde |first=Carlos H. |title=Philippines Drops Charges Against Two Brothers in Mass Killings |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/world/asia/18phils.html?_r=1 |access-date=February 7, 2022 |publisher=The New York Times |date=April 17, 2010}}</ref>
His department also failed to protect Suwaib Upham, a key witness and self-confessed participant in the massacre who sought witness protection and was later murdered in Maguindanao.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dedace |first=Sophia |title=Lawyer, group say DOJ liable for massacre witness' death |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/194606/lawyer-group-say-doj-liable-for-massacre-witness-death/story/ |access-date=February 7, 2022 |publisher=GMA News Online|date=June 28, 2010}}</ref>
Two days before the end of his term, he dismissed charges against government personnel accused of human trafficking.<ref>{{cite news |title=Human trafficking charges against 15 DMIA personnel dropped |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/07/04/10/human-trafficking-charges-against-15-dmia-personnel-dropped |access-date=February 7, 2022 |publisher=ABS-CBN News |date=July 4, 2010}}</ref>
On 2016, he was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as chairman of the board of Philippine Reclamation Authority.<ref>{{cite news |title=PRA WELCOMES NEW CHAIRMAN, GM |url=https://www.pea.gov.ph/archives/news/221-pra-formally-welcomes-new-gm-ceo-and-chairman |access-date=February 7, 2022 |publisher=Philippine Reclamation Authority |date=November 16, 2016}}</ref>
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