Mariano Yenko

{{short description|Philippines basketball executive}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{Use Philippine English|date=December 2022}}

{{Philippine name|Quijano|Yenko}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Mariano Yenko

| image = File:PBA Commissioner Mariano Yenko.jpg

| office =

| order = 2nd Commissioner of the PBA

| term_start = January 1983

| term_end = December 1987

| predecessor = Leo Prieto

| successor = Rodrigo Salud

| deputy = Tommy Manotoc (1985-1986)

| birth_name = Mariano Quijano Yenko Jr.

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Philippines

| death_date =

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| occupation = Sports executive

| nationality = Filipino

| alma_mater = Ateneo de Manila University

}}

Colonel Mariano Quijano Yenko Jr. was the second commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association.{{cite news |author1=Frank C. Calapre |title=Salud steps down as PBA commissioner |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/393482/Salud-steps-down-as-PBA-commissioner |access-date=February 22, 2021 |work=SunStar |date=February 15, 2015}} He served as the Defense Assistant Executive Secretary{{cite book |title=Philippine journal of public administration |date=1957 |page=297 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sWE1AAAAIAAJ |access-date=September 14, 2022 |language=en}} under Executive Secretary Fred Ruiz Castro{{cite book |last1=Flor |first1=Lina |title=Mrs. Luz B. Magsaysay: Constant Light and the Private Life of the Former First Lady |date=1957 |publisher=Capitol |page=67 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uh4MAAAAIAAJ |access-date=September 14, 2022 |language=en}} and Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay,{{Cite web | url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1955/05/27/executive-order-no-115-s-1955/ | title=Executive Order No. 115, s. 1955 | year=1955 | publisher=President of the Philippines}} and Undersecretary under Carlos P. Garcia,{{Cite web | url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1958/07/21/official-week-in-review-july-13-july-19-1958/ | title= Official Week in Review: July 13 – July 19, 1958 | date=July 1958 | website=www.officialgazette.gov.ph| publisher=President of the Philippines}} and as Philippine Airlines' Vice-President Corporate Secretary. The Ateneo de Manila University's Audio-Visual Room at the Moro Lorenzo Sports Complex was named after him.{{cite web|author=|url=https://2012.ateneo.edu/sports|title=Sports: Moro Lorenzo Sports Complex|publisher=Ateneo de Manila University|access-date=September 14, 2022}} His son Ignatius Yenko served as PBA's Chairman and as PLDT's First Vice President.