Pangalian Balindong

Ali Pangalian Macaorao Balindong (January 1, 1940 – October 2, 2025) was a Filipino lawyer and politician. He was the speaker of the Bangsamoro Parliament from 2019 until his death in 2025. Balindong was also a deputy speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the 1971 Philippine Constitutional Convention.

Early life and education Pangalian Balindong was born on January 1, 1940, in Lanao (modern-day Dapao in Pualas, Lanao del Sur) to an influential clan. He was the eldest son of Sultan Amer Macaorao Balindong, a former mayor of Malabang, and Maimona Marohom.

Balingdong finished his primary education at the Malabang Central Elementary School in 1954 and finished his secondary education at the Our Lady of Peace High School in 1958.

He attended the Manuel L. Quezon University in Manila graduating with a political science degree in 1962 and a law degree in 1966. He passed the bar examinations in the following year. He took some master's units in public administration at the Mindanao State University.

ARMM assemblyman Balindong started his political career when he held the post of Assemblyman from 1990 to 1993 representing the 2nd District of Lanao del Sur and was elected as Speaker of the Regional Legislative Assemblyman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) between 1991 and 1993.

He was elected as Lanao del Sur 2nd district representative in the 1995 election for the 10th Congress. He ran again in 2007 and became a representative during the 14th, 15th, and 16th Congresses. In 2013, he rose to the deputy speaker post of the House of Representatives until 2016.

He also authored and an advocate of the Bangsamoro Basic Law during his tenure as a congressman. A similar measure which proposed the creation of a Bangsamoro autonomous region became law in 2018 which is now known as the Bangsamoro Organic Law.

Bangsamoro Parliament Balindong became part of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority, which forms part of the interim Bangsamoro Parliament, in 2019. On March 29, 2025, Balindong was elected as parliament speaker having been nominated by Mohagher Iqbal. He was releelected in September 2022.

Personal life and death Balindong was a Maranao. He was a member of the Mu Kappa Phi Exclusive Law Fraternity.

After six years in office, Balindong died at age 85 on October 2, 2025, while at the St. Luke's Medical Center in Quezon City for an undisclosed illness.