Council of Leaders of Bangsamoro

Council of Leaders

Agency overview
Formed	2021 (2021)
Jurisdiction	Bangsamoro
Head responsible	Murad Ebrahim, Chief Minister
Key document	Bangsamoro Organic Law

The Council of Leaders is an advisory body mandated to assist the Chief Minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in governing the autonomous region.

History

The Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), the charter legislation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, mandates for the creation of a Council of Leaders which is intended to be an advisory body for the Chief Minister.

In June 2021. the Council of Leaders convened where they came up with a consensus to support the extension of the Bangsamoro transition period from 2022 to 2025. ^[1]

Sometime in 2021, Administrative Order No. 8 was issued to determine guidelines on how to fill in the community and sectoral representatives of the council with the Bangsamoro Administrative Code (BAC) as basis. ^[2] The BAC itself was signed into law in November 2020. ^[3]

Members

The Council of Leaders consists of both elected and nominated community and sectoral representatives. The holder of the Chief Minister position heads the council. The other elected members are the executive heads of Bangsamoro's provinces and chartered cities as well as members of the Philippine national government's House of Representatives from the autonomous region. ^[4]

The term of the community and sectoral representatives are coterminous with the appointing chief minister unless otherwise removed from the cause. ^[5]

Elected members

Head of Council
Name	Position	Notes
Murad Ebrahim	Chief Minister
Governors of Bangsamoro provinces
Name	Position	Notes
Hadjiman Hataman Salliman	Governor of Basilan
Mamintal Adiong	Governor of Lanao del Sur
Abdulraof Macacua	Governor of Maguindanao del Norte	Officer in Charge
Mariam Mangudadatu	Governor of Maguindanao del Sur	Officer in Charge
Abdusakur Mahail Tan	Governor of Sulu
Yshmael Sali	Governor of Tawi-Tawi
Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Name	Position	Notes
Mujiv Hataman	Basilan lone district representative
Mujiv Hataman	Lanao del Sur first district representative
Yasser Balindong	Lanao del Sur second district representative
Sittie Shahara Mastura	Maguindanao del Norte lone district representative
Mohamad Paglas	Maguindanao del Sur lone district representative
Samier Tan	Sulu first district representative
Abdulmunir Mundoc Arbison	Sulu second district representative
Dimszar Sali	Tawi-Tawi lone district representative
Mayors of Chartered Cities
Name	Position	Notes
Bruce Matabalao	Mayor of Cotabato City
Majul Gandamra	Mayor of Marawi
Roderick Furigay	Mayor of Lamitan, Basilan

Community and sectoral representatives

Community representatives [2]
Represents	Name	Note
Traditional leaders	Mlang Madal
Non-Moro indigenous communities	Ernie Moral	A Teduray bishop from Episcopal Diocese of Southern Philippines. [6]
Women	Noni Lao
Settler communities	Orlando Quevedo	Roman Catholic Cardinal [6]
Ulama	Aboulkhair Tarason	Chair of the Basilan Ulama Supreme Council [7]
Youth	Mohammad Abqary Alon
BCOBAR	Malik Caril
Sectoral representatives [2]
Represents	Name	Note
Professionals	Tungko Tadtagan
Business	Shalimar Candao
Private Educational Institutions	Vacant
Labor	Faisal Nahul	[6]
Farmers	Musa Solaiman

Former

• Troy Eric Cordero (Settler community) – Chair of Metro Cotabato Ministerial Fellowship ^[8]

References

1. Sarmiento, Bong (June 24, 2021). "'Council of Leaders' backs BARMM transition extension". MindaNews. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
2. Lacson, Nonoy (April 14, 2023). "BARMM names leaders' council members". Daily Tribune. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
3. Punzalan, Noel (November 18, 2020). "BARMM administrative code signed into law" . Retrieved April 16, 2023.
4. "Guidelines on the Selection of Representatives to the Council of Leaders" (PDF). Official Gazette of Bangsamoro. Office of Chief Minister's Bangsamoro Information Office. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
5. Madale, Asangan (April 16, 2023). "Ebrahim names 9 representatives". The Manila Times. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
6. Arguilas, Carolyn (August 7, 2023). "BARMM's Council of Leaders convenes on August 9; members include Cardinal, Bishop". MindaNews. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
7. "BBL: A cure to end violent extremism". Philippine News Agency. February 26, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
8. "PSA XII Conducts Data Dissemination cum Celebration of 2019 Eid'l Fit'r". Philippine Statistics Office. July 18, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2023.