Albakil "Thong" Dasani Jikiri is a Moro Filipino who is a member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament and the Deputy Chief Minister of Bangsamoro for the Islands.

Early life and education

Albakil Jikiri was born in December 12, 1980 in Indanan, Sulu to Yusop Jikiri and Dayang Dayang Harija Dasani. He used the Dasani as his last name for security reason during his elementary school years in Bakud Elementary School in

Jolo Jolo () is a volcanic island in the southwest Philippines and the primary island of the province of Sulu, on which the capital of the same name is situated. It is located in the Sulu Archipelago, between Borneo and Mindanao, and has a populatio ...

due to his father's association 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). After the 1996 Final Peace Agreement was signed between the Philippine government and the MNLF, he began using his paternal family name. By this time he is already attending high school at the Notre Dame High School for Boys in Jolo. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Political science at the Universidad de Zamboanga.

Career

Moro National Liberation Front

Jikiri is the son of Yusop Jikiri who is chairman of a faction within the

. In January 2021, few months after his father's death, he was designatied as MNLF National Vice Chairman for Military Affairs. The faction expressed support to the presidential campaign of

Bongbong Marcos Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. (, , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials BBM or PBBM, is a Filipino politician who has served as the 17th president of the Philippines since 2022. He is the second child ...

for the 2022 elections.

Sulu government

Jikiri is elected as a member of the

Sulu Sulu (), officially the Province of Sulu (Tausug language, Tausūg: ''Wilaya' sin Lupa' Sūg''; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago. It was part of the Bangsamoro, Bangsamoro Autonomous R ...

provincial board in 2007 and municipal councilor of Indanan in 2013.

Bangsamoro government

Jikiri would be appointed to the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament by President

Rodrigo Duterte Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the first Philippine president from Mindanao, and is the oldest person to assum ...

on September 23, 2021 to fill in the seat of parliament member Abdul Sahrin who died in office. In December 1, 2021, he was named as Deputy Chief Minister of Bangsamoro for the Islands filling in the position which was also held by Sahrin.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jikiri, Albakil 1980 births Members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament Moro National Liberation Front members Politicians from Sulu Living people