Mamintal Alonto Adiong Jr.

Datu Mamintal "Bombit" Alonto Adiong Jr. (born March 17, 1965) is a Filipino civil engineer and politician who currently serves as the governor of the province of Lanao del Sur from 2007 to 2016, and from 2019 up to present.

Family He was born to a powerful political family and raised in local Lanao del Sur politics. Mamintal Jr. is the eldest son of Mamintal Adiong Sr. and Soraya Bedjora Adiong, who both served as governor of Lanao del Sur. His father was largely credited for the landslide victory of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her slate in the 2004 elections.

His younger brother, Ansaruddin, was the acting governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)

Adiong, ran under Lakas–CMD, was elected as provincial governor in 2007, along with his running mate, former Department of the Interior and Local Government-ARMM Regional Secretary Datu RPK Arsad Marohombsar, as vice governor, against the tandem of incumbent Marawi city mayor Omar Ali and Assemblyman Jamil Lucman; 2nd District representative Benasing Macarambon Jr. and in 2013.

Prior to 2013 elections, on July 25, 2012, Adiong, along with 163 other ARMM officials, took oath as member of the Liberal Party (LP).

In 2014, a group, claiming that Adiong had debts prior to his governorship, filed plunder and graft complaints against him before the Ombudsman for alleged unexplained increase in his net worth.

In 2016, he was elected as provincial vice-governor, with his mother, Soraya Alonto Adiong, succeeding him as governor. Both ran under LP.

Adiong, returned to Lakas, was elected again as provincial governor in 2019 and in 2022.

Attacks against Adiong In 2007, unidentified gunmen attacked Adiong's house in Marawi; none was hurt.

On February 17, 2023, he, along with a civilian aide, was injured by unidentified gunmen in an ambush on his convoy. Four of his companions were killed during the attack. In connection with the incident, three of the suspects, including an alleged mastermind, a gang leader, were killed in police operations; five others were arrested. Three individuals, said to have links with local terrorist group Dawlah Islamiya, were charged with murder, frustrated murder and attempted murder before the Marawi Regional Trial Court; one of them remains at large.

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