Khalifa Nando

Sheikh Khalipha Usman Nando (; – February 5, 2023) was the first Wa'lī of Bangsamoro, and one of the co-founders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

Education Nando attended the Madrasah Al-Rasheedah in Pandag, which was then part of the town of Buluan in the Province of Cotabato. He would secure a diplomatic scholarship to study at Al-Azhar University.

Moro Islamic Liberation Front Khalipha Usman Nando was one of the co-founders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) along with Salamat Hashim and Abu Hurayra; the former being Nando's schoolmate and associate at Al-Azhar. As part of the MILF, Nando served under various capacities including as chairman of the MILF Central Committee on Education, chairman of Majlis Al-Shura (Consultative Assembly) and as head of the MILF Sharia Supreme Court.

Wa'lī of Bangsamoro Nando, was appointed the first Wa'lī of the newly constituted Bangsamoro autonomous region by the interim Bangsamoro Parliament on March 29, 2019, during the inaugural session of the first interim meeting.

His last public appearance prior to his death was on January 25, 2023, for the fourth anniversary of the establishment of the Bangsamoro autonomous region, as well as the turnover ceremony of facilities for orphans and a grand mosque in Matanog.

Death Nando died in a hospital in Davao on February 5, 2023, at the age of 81.