Mamintal Alonto Adiong Jr. is the present governor of the Province of Lanao del Sur. He was born to a powerful political family, and so was raised in local Lanao del Sur politics. He is the eldest son of Former Lanao del Sur Governor

Mamintal M. Adiong Sr. Mamintal M. Adiong Sr. (August 8, 1936 – July 3, 2004) was a long-time Filipino politician, serving as Governor of Lanao del Sur from 2001 until his death from cardiac arrest. He also served three terms as Representative of Lanao del Sur L ...

and Bae Soraya Alonto Adiong. His brothers are Former Regional Acting Governor

Ansaruddin Alonto Adiong Ansaruddin Abdul Malik "Hooky" Alonto Adiong is a Filipino politician serving as the representative of Lanao del Sur's 1st district since 2013. He was elected vice governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in 2005. After Gover ...

and Lanao del Sur 1st District Assemblyman Zia Alonto Adiong of the Autonomous Region on Muslim Mindanao. His father was largely credited for the landslide victory of

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and her slate in the 2004 elections.Governor's Profile: Official Website of the Province of Lanao del Sur
; accessed 6 February 2018.

Family

Married to Raifa Sani Raki-in, he is the father of former Lanao del Sur Sangguniang Kabataan Provincial President Mamintal Adiong III (2007–10); former Sangguniang Kabataan Provincial President Mohammad Khalid Adiong (2010–13); Soraya Harifa;

Political Activity

Adiong started his career in local governance in 1996 as an appointed board member, and was elected to the same position in 1998. In 2001, he went on to become the province's sports officer (starting in 2001) and concurrently appointed as the Provincial Administrator of Lanao del Sur by his father, Governor

, the Governor of the province during that time. But on 2004, weeks after the 2004 Philippines elections, his father died from cardiac arrest. In 2003, he assumed the OIC provincial engineer position. His stint in the private sector—as CEO of MMA Construction and Development Corp.—earned him a standing in the business community, and his involvement in the ARMM Social Fund Project enhanced his credentials in public service. Two years after his father's death, on 2006 Adiong Jr. was named as member of the government panel's Coordinating Committee on Cessation of Hostilities, representing the business community of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao-Social Fund Project (ARMM-SFP)."EX-PRESS SECRETARY HEADS PHILPOST", ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'', 12 October 2006. Aiming to continue his father's legacy, he and his running mate Former Department of the Interior and Local Government-ARMM Regional Secretary Datu RPK Arsad Marohombsar won the

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as the governor and vice governor of the province against the tandem of

Marawi Marawi, officially the Islamic City of Marawi (Maranao: ''Inged a Marawi''; fil, Islamikong Lungsod ng Marawi), is a 4th class component city and capital of the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a po ...

City Mayor Solitario Ali and Assemblyman Jamil Lucman, Lanao del Sur 2nd District

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Benasing Jun Macarambon and incumbent Vice Governor Monera Dimakuta-Macabangon, and incumbent Lanao del Sur Governor Aleem Bashier Manalao of

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. On

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, he was re-elected as the Governor against his nemesis, Former

City Mayor Solitario Ali. On 2016, he was elected as Vice-Governor and was succeeded by his Mother, Soraya Alonto Adiong as Governor of the province of Lanao del Sur.

References

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