Abdulraof Macacua

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Abdulraof Abdulraof Macacua (born September 13, 1957), also known by his nom de guerre Sammy Gambar, is a Filipino politician and former rebel commander serving as the chief minister of Bangsamoro. He has been a member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority parliament since March 2025 and previously from 2019 to 2023. He previously served in the Bangsamoro Cabinet of Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim as Minister of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy from 2019 to 2022 and Senior Minister from 2019 to 2023. He was also a member of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission. Macacua was appointed by President Bongbong Marcos as the Officer in Charge (OIC) governor of Maguindanao del Norte, serving from 2023 until Marcos appointed him interim chief minister in March 2025. Macacua joined the Moro conflict in 1971 to fight for Moro self-determination. He eventually rose through the ranks of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front's (MILF) armed wing, the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF), becoming...

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