Datu andal ampatuan sr biography

Filipino politician (1941–2015)

Andal Ampatuan Sr. (1940/1941 – July 17, 2015) was a Filipino politician who was the main suspect in the Maguindanao massacre.

He was the patriarch of the Ampatuan political family in Maguindanao province, on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. He was elected Governor of Maguindanao in 2001, defeating incumbent Governor Zacaria Candao.

Political career

Ampatuan was a vice mayor when PresidentFerdinand Marcos appointed him as mayor and officer-in-charge of Maganoy (now Shariff Aguak).

Datu andal ampatuan sr biography

When Corazon Aquino came into power via the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution, she replaced every locally elected official with officers-in-charge. Ampatuan Sr. was replaced by another Ampatuan, Datu Modi who served for two years in that capacity.^[2]

After the 1988 local election, Andal Ampatuan Sr.

served for ten years as mayor. In the 2001 elections, Andal Sr. was elected as governor.

In 2001, the Ampatuan clan solidifie