Imelda Dimaporo | |
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![]() Dimaporo in 2025 | |
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Lanao del Norte's 1st district | |
Assumed office June 30, 2025 | |
Preceded by | Mohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo |
In office June 30,2010 –June 30,2016 | |
Preceded by | Vicente F. Belmonte Jr. |
Succeeded by | Mohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo |
6th Governor of Lanao del Norte | |
In office June 30,2016 –June 30,2025 | |
Preceded by | Mohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo |
Succeeded by | Mohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo |
In office June 30,1998 –June 30,2007 | |
Preceded by | Abdullah D. Dimaporo |
Succeeded by | Mohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo |
President of Lanao del Norte Ladies Circle | |
In office 1996–1998 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Imelda dela Cruz Quibranza January 15,1959 Tubod,Lanao del Norte,Philippines |
Political party | PFP (2023–present) PDP–Laban (2016–2023) Liberal (2015–2016) NPC (2010–2015) Lakas-CMD (until 2010) |
Spouse | Abdullah Dimaporo |
Children | Fatima Aliah Mohamad Khalid Sittie Aminah Mohammad Nazrollah Mohammad Abdulsalam |
Alma mater | Philippine Women's University |
Imelda "Angging" dela Cruz Quibranza-Dimaporo (born January 15,1959) is a Filipina politician who currently serves as the representative for Lanao del Norte's 1st district in the House of Representatives in 2025, [1] having previously served in the same position from 2010 to 2016. She is also the Governor of Lanao del Norte from 2016 to 2025,and previously from 1998 to 2007. [2] [3]
Dimaporo was born as Imelda Quibranza on January 15,1959,in Tubod,Lanao del Norte to Arsenio Quibranza,a Christian immigrant from Cebu who became vice governor and governor of Lanao del Norte, [4] and Teofila dela Cruz.
In 1977,she married Abdullah Dimaporo despite him being the son of Arsenio Quibranza's political rival,Ali Dimaporo,in a dual civil and Islamic ceremony, [4] and have five children together. She studied at the Philippine Women's University with a degree of Business Administration. She was the president of Lanao del Norte Ladies Circle from 1996 to 1998. [5] She was also the chairman of League of Provinces of the Philippines of the same year. In 1998 she was elected as a governor and chairperson of Panguil Bay Development Council. [6]