Mujiv Hataman
Filipino politician
Mujiv Sabbihi Hataman (born September 11, 1972) is a Filipino politician and indigenous people's rights advocate from the Yakan people of the Sulu Archipelago. He served as the sixth and last regional governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) from 2011 until it was replaced by the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in 2019.
He previously served as the party-list representative of Anak Mindanao from 2001 to 2010. From 2019 to 2025, he served as the representative of Basilan's lone district and was a House deputy speaker from 2019 to 2022. On July 10, 2020, he was one of the 11 representatives who voted to grant the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN.
Early life and education
Hataman was born on September 11, 1972, in Buli-Buli, Sumisip, Basilan. He came from an influential family. His grandfather is the Panglima or leader of Yakan in Sumisip while his father was the barangay captain of Sumisip when it was still a barangay. He completed his primary studies at Buli-Buli Elementary School in Sumisip in March 1986 and secondary studies at Basilan National High School in 1990. He graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering at AMA Computer College (now AMA Computer University), where he was the leader of the Muslim Youth and Students Alliance.
Early political career
Relationship with Wahab Akbar
Hataman started as an ally of former Basilan governor Wahab Akbar; he served as Akbar's chief of staff while he was Governor, and in 2001 was supported as the main party-list Anak-Mindanao candidate to the House of Representatives.
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