Lininding P. Pangandaman was a Filipino diplomat, lawyer, and politician who was the

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of the

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (; ''Al-ḥukm adh-dhātī al-'iqlīmī li-muslimī Mindanāu''; ARMM) was an Autonomous regions of the Philippines, autonomous region of the Philippines, located in the Mindanao Island groups of the P ...

(ARMM).

Background

Lininding Pangandaman is an ethnic

Maranao The Maranao people ( Maranao: ''Bangsa'' ''Mëranaw''; Filipino: ''mga'' ''Maranaw''), also spelled Meranaw, Maranaw, and Mëranaw, is a predominantly Muslim Filipino ethnic group native to the region around Lanao Lake in the island of Mi ...

who hailed from

Masiu Masiu, officially the Municipality of Masiu ( Maranao: ''Inged a Masiu''; ), is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,580 people. Geography Masiu is located due sou ...

Lanao del Sur Lanao del Sur (; Meranaw and ; Jawi ''(Batang Arab)'': ), officially the Province of Lanao del Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The capital is the city of Marawi (th ...

. He was involved in several socio-civic organizations such as the Basak Muslim Professionals Fraternity and Sorority in which he was a co-founder. He was a diplomat serving as ambassador to various Muslim-majority states including

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from the late 1960s until the early 1980s. He also engaged with the

Moro National Liberation Front The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF; ) 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 conf ...

(MNLF) as a negotiator for the Philippine government which led to the signing of the

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. Under the urging of President

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, he ran for the position of

of the

. He got elected as regional governor, serving from 1993 to 1996. Pangandaman intended to run in the 1996 regional elections but withdrew his candidacy to give way for

Nur Misuari Nur Misuari ( Tausug: ''Nūr Miswāri'', born Nurallaji Pinang Misuari; March 3, 1939) is a Moro Filipino revolutionary and politician, founder and leader of the Moro National Liberation Front. Early and personal life Nur Misuari was born on ...

who was elected as his successor unopposed.

Death

Pangandaman died on October 13, 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pangandaman, Lininding 2013 deaths Governors of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Ambassadors of the Philippines to Saudi Arabia Maranao people People from Lanao del Sur