| Provincial Governor of Sultan Kudarat | |
|---|---|
| Appointer | Elected via popular vote |
| Term length | 3 years |
| Inaugural holder | Carlos Cajelo |
| Formation | 1973 |
The governor of Sultan Kudarat (Filipino : Punong Panlalawigan ng Sultan Kudarat), is the chief executive of the provincial government of Sultan Kudarat.
| Governor [1] | Term | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos B. Cajelo | 1973-1974 |
| 2 | Gonzalo H. Siongco | 1974-1975 |
| 3 | Conrado E. Buencamino | 1975 |
| 4 | Benjamin C. Duque | 1975-1984 |
| 5 | Aurelio C. Freires, Jr. | 1984-1986 |
| 6 | Perfecto C. Bautista | 1986-1987 |
| 7 | Fidel A. Fortez | 1987 |
| 8 | Exequiel S. Mayordomo | 1987-1988 |
| 9 | Nesthur R. Gumana | 1988-1998 |
| 10 | Rosila P. Jamison | 1998 |
| 11 | Pax Mangudadatu | 1998-2007 |
| 12 | Suharto Mangudadatu | 2007-2016 |
| 13 | Pax Mangudadatu | 2016-2019 |
| 14 | Suharto Mangudadatu | 2019–2022 |
| 15 | Pax Ali Mangudadatu | 2022- |
Maguindanao was a province of the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). From 2014 to 2022, its provincial capital was Buluan, but the legislative branch of government, the Maguindanao Provincial Board, convened at the old provincial capitol in Sultan Kudarat. It bordered Lanao del Sur to the north, Cotabato to the east, Sultan Kudarat to the south, and Illana Bay to the west.
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Sultan Kudarat State University (SKSU; Filipino: Pamantasang Pampamahalaan ng Sultan Kudarat) is a state university in the province of Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao, Philippines. Formerly Sultan Kudarat Polytechnic State College (SKPSC), it became a university in 2010. There are seven campuses within Sultan Kudarat.
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The Sarangani–Sultan Kudarat Coastal Road or Awang–Upi–Lebak–Kalamansig–Palimbang–Sarangani Road is a 323-kilometre (201 mi), two-to-four lane national secondary road, connecting the provinces of Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, and South Cotabato. It starts from Datu Odin Sinsuat in Maguindanao and ends at General Santos in South Cotabato.
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Sultan Kudarat's at-large congressional district is an obsolete congressional district that encompassed the entire province of Sultan Kudarat in the Philippines. It was represented in the House of Representatives from 1987 to 2007 and earlier in the Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986. The province of Sultan Kudarat was created by the further division of Cotabato into three provinces in 1973 out of eleven southernmost municipalities of what remained of the former province. Due to the absence of a legislature since the 1972 imposition of martial law, no electoral district was formed in the new province under its charter. When a national parliament known as the Batasang Pambansa was convened in 1978, Sultan Kudarat and four other provinces in Central Mindanao were collectively represented by eight delegates who were elected across Region XII. The first time a provincewide at-large district was used to elect representatives for Sultan Kudarat was during the 1984 Philippine parliamentary election for a seat in the Regular Batasang Pambansa.
