Sonny Barrios

{{short description|Filipino basketball commissioner}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sonny Barrios | image = Sonny Barrios - 2010 (27031948128).jpg | caption = Barrios in 2010 | office = | order = 7th Commissioner of the PBA | term_start = January 24, 2008 | term_end = August 26, 2010 | predecessor = [[Noli Eala]] | successor = [[Chito Salud]] | deputy = | birth_name = Renauld N. Barrios | birth_date = | birth_place = Philippines | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Sports executive | alma_mater = }} '''Renauld N. Barrios''', better known as '''Sonny Barrios''', is the seventh commissioner of the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] and the current executive director of [[Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas]]. Before serving as commissioner, he took on the role in an acting capacity in August 2007 when his predecessor [[Noli Eala]] resigned after being [[disbarment|disbarred]] by the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|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.<ref>[http://sports.inquirer.net/inquirersports/inquirersports/view/20080124-114403/Barrios-accepts-key-PBA-position Barrios accepts key PBA position by Musong R. Castillo], [[Philippine Daily Inquirer]].</ref><ref>[http://www.pba.ph/content/view/1953/59/ BARRIOS NAMED PERMANENT COMMISSIONER] PBA.ph</ref>

In August 2010, it is announced that he will be replaced by deputy commissioner [[Chito Salud]]. The official turnover ceremony took place on August 26 at the PBA office.<ref>[http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=604713&publicationSubCategoryId=69 Barrios leaves pro league in good health], Nelson Beltran, Philippine Star, August 21, 2010</ref>

Barrios was later named as the executive director of the [[Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas]], the country's national basketball federation, on March 31, 2011, replacing [[Noli Eala]]. On January 8, 2024, he was replaced by Erika Dy as the executive director of SBP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Erika Dy named new SBP executive director |url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/sports/2024/1/9/erika-dy-new-sbp-executive-director.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109102959/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/sports/2024/1/9/erika-dy-new-sbp-executive-director.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 9, 2024 |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=cnn |language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.pba.ph PBA Official Website]

{{s-start}} {{succession box | before= [[Noli Eala]] | title= [[Philippine Basketball Association|PBA]] Commissioner | years= 2008–2010 | after= [[Chito Salud]] }} {{s-end}}

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