# Council of Leaders of Bangsamoro

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.
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. The BAC itself was signed into law in November 2020.

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

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

### Former

* Troy Eric Cordero (Settler community) – Chair of Metro Cotabato Ministerial Fellowship