The Moro Islamic Liberation Front is an Islamist group based in Mindanao,Philippines,which sought an autonomous region of the Moro people from the central government. The group has a presence in the Bangsamoro region of Mindanao,the Sulu Archipelago,Palawan,Basilan,and other neighbouring islands. The armed wing of the group was the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF),although the name of its parent organization,the MILF,was often used to refer to the BIAF.
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.
Shariff Aguak,officially the Municipality of Shariff Aguak,is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Maguindanao del Sur,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it had a population of 33,982.
The Moro National Liberation Front is a political organization in the Philippines that was founded in 1972. It started as a splinter group of the Muslim Independence Movement. The MNLF was the organization most active in the Moro conflict for about two decades beginning from the 1970s.
Nur Misuari is a Moro Filipino revolutionary and politician,founder and leader of the Moro National Liberation Front.
The Moro conflict was an insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines which involved multiple armed groups. A decades-long peace process has resulted in various peace deals have been signed between the Philippine government and two major armed groups,the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),but other smaller armed groups continue to exist. In 2017,the peace council settled around 138 clan conflicts.
General elections are held in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao for the Regional Governor and Vice-Governor were held on September 9,1996. Comelec conducted the pilot test for their computerized counting system during this election.
Yusop Jikiri was a Filipino politician,leader within the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and governor (2001–2004) of Sulu Province in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). He also served as a representative from Sulu's 1st District (2007–10) and ran again in 2010,but lost to Tupay Loong. He was the beneficiary of shifting political alliances between the Tan and Loong families.
Ansaruddin Abdul Malik Alonto Adiong is a Filipino politician. He was the representative of Lanao del Sur's 1st district from 2013 to 2022. He was elected vice governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in 2005. After Governor Zaldy Ampatuan's removal from office in 2009,Adiong became the acting governor until 2011.
Muslimin Gampong Sema,also known as Mus Sema,is a Filipino politician who is the current minister of labor and employment of the Bangsamoro autonomous region,Philippines since March 8,2022. He has also been the former mayor of Cotabato City and a member of the Moro National Liberation Front.
Formal peace negotiations between the Government of the Philippines and the various armed groups involved in the Moro conflict began in 1976 when the Philippine government and the Moro National Liberation Front first met to negotiate towards the 1976 Tripoli Agreement,and most recently reached a major milestone in the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) through a plebiscite in 2018,leading to the creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. However,conflicts with other smaller armed groups continue to exist.
Bangsamoro,officially the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao,is an autonomous region in the Philippines,located in the southwestern portion of the island of Mindanao.
Datu Tucao Ong Mastura is a Filipino politician. He is the younger brother of the lawyer,historian,professor and former Maguindanao First District and Cotabato City Congressman Datu Michael Mastura,and an older brother of Mayor Datu Armando Mastura of Sultan Mastura,Maguindanao.
Alvarez Silal Isnaji is a Filipino politician who served as acting governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) after Nur Misuari was removed in 2001. He briefly served as the governor of ARMM in September 3,2001 until October 11,2001 when Nur Misuari went on an official leave. He was succeeded by Parouk Hussin on December 27,2001.
The governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao was the executive head of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in the Philippines. The position was also simply referred to as the regional governor as a distinction to provincial governors.
The 1976 Tripoli Agreement was signed on December 23,1976 in Tripoli,Libya by Carmelo Z. Barbero,representing the Government of the Philippines and Nur Misuari of the Moro National Liberation Front. The agreement defined autonomous administrative divisions for Muslims in the southern Philippines,the establishment of an autonomous government,judicial system for Sharia law and special security forces,and the observance of a ceasefire. The autonomous region was to have its own economic system,including an Islamic bank.
The Jeddah Accord was signed on January 3–4,1987 in Jeddah,Saudi Arabia by Aquilino Pimentel Jr.,representing the Government of the Philippines and Nur Misuari of the Moro National Liberation Front. The two panels agreed upon the continued discussion of the proposal of the grant of full autonomy to Mindanao,Basilan,Sulu,Tawi-Tawi and Palawan subject to democratic processes.
The 1996 Final Peace Agreement,also called the Jakarta Accord was signed on September 2,1996 in Manila,Philippines by Manuel Yan,representing the Government of the Philippines and Nur Misuari of the Moro National Liberation Front. The culmination of four years of peace talks,the agreement established mechanisms designed to bring about the full implementation of the 1976 Tripoli Agreement.
The 2001 rebellion of the Moro National Liberation Front Misuari faction against the Philippine government during the presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was led by Nur Misuari,the founder of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). It began on November 19,2001,when members of a faction of the MNLF loyal to Misuari attacked a Philippine Army headquarters in Jolo,Sulu in the Philippines. The attack was meant to disrupt the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao elections scheduled for November 26 of that year,which eventually replaced Misuari as governor.
Lininding P. Pangandaman was a Filipino diplomat,lawyer,and politician who was the Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
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