The Bangsamoro Government Center, also known as the Bangsamoro Office, is a complex of government buildings in

Cotabato City Cotabato City, officially the City of Cotabato (Maguindanao language, Maguindanaon: ''Kuta nu Kutawatu'', Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ; Cebuano language, Cebuano: ''Dakbayan sa Cotabato''; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, inde ...

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. The complex serves as the office of the regional government of the

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Background

The Bangsamoro Government Center complex houses the offices of various instrumentalities of the

local government including the Offices of the Wali and the

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, the

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, ministries and other agencies under the

. It formerly served as the executive office of

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of the now-defunct

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. Nicknamed as the "Little Malacañan of the South", it was built in 1976 by then-President

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. The building was formerly known as the Office of the Regional Governor (ORG). The building was renamed as the Office of the Bangsamoro People upon the completion of its seven-month renovation on July 30, 2014. The building also includes a

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. The Bangsamoro government is set to move out of the Bangsamoro Government Center after the passage of Bangsamoro Autonomy Act No. 37, which moved the seat of government of the region from Cotabato City to

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Complex

The Bangsamoro Government Center complex has the following features: *Executive Building *Bangsamoro Parliament Building – Meeting place of the

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and former meeting place of the defunct

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Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex The Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex (SKCC) is a convention center in Cotabato City, Philippines. It was the meeting place of the Bangsamoro Parliament which is the regional legislature of Bangsamoro Bangsamoro, officially the Bangsamoro A ...

– hosts the Bangsamoro Museum *The Astana - Official Residence of the Chief Minister of the Bangsamoro

References

{{reflist Buildings and structures in Cotabato City Local government buildings in the Philippines Landmarks in the Philippines