Albakil "Thong" Dasani Jikiri is a Moro Filipino who is a member of the

Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament The Bangsamoro Transition Authority is the interim regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of the Philippines and has executive and legislative powers over the region. History With the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law ...

and the Deputy Chief Minister of Bangsamoro for the Islands.

Early life and education

Albakil Jikiri was born in December 12, 1980 in Indanan, Sulu to

Yusop Jikiri Yusop (also Yusoph) Jikiri (1954 – 17 October 2020) was a Filipino politician, leader within the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and governor (2001–2004) of Sulu Province in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). He also served ...

and Dayang Dayang Harija Dasani. He used the Dasani as his last name for security reason during his elementary school years in Bakud Elementary School in

Jolo Jolo ( tsg, Sūg) is a volcanic island in the southwest Philippines and the primary island of the province of Sulu, on which the capital of the same name is situated. It is located in the Sulu Archipelago, between Borneo and Mindanao, and has ...

due to his father's association with the

Moro National Liberation Front The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF; ar, الجبهة الوطنية لتحرير مورو) is a political organization in the Philippines that was founded in 1972. It started as a splinter group of the Muslim Independence Movement. The ...

(MNLF). After the 1996 Final Peace Agreement was signed between the Philippine government and the MNLF, he began using his paternal family name. By this time he is already attending high school at the Notre Dame High School for Boys in Jolo. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Political science at the

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Career

Moro National Liberation Front

Jikiri is the son of

who is chairman of a faction within the

. In January 2021, few months after his father's death, he was designatied as MNLF National Vice Chairman for Military Affairs. The faction expressed support to the presidential campaign of Bongbong Marcos for the 2022 elections.

Sulu government

Jikiri is elected as a member of the Sulu provincial board in 2007 and municipal councilor of Indanan in 2013.

Bangsamoro government

Jikiri would be appointed to the

by President Rodrigo Duterte on September 23, 2021 to fill in the seat of parliament member

Abdul Sahrin Abdul Raji Sahrin, also known as Hassan Jawali (1950/1951 – January 20, 2021), was a Moro revolutionary and politician. He was a member of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Interim Bangsamoro Parliament. He was also the Deputy ...

who died in office. In December 1, 2021, he was named as Deputy Chief Minister of Bangsamoro for the Islands filling in the position which was also held by Sahrin.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jikiri, Albakil 1980 births Members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament Moro National Liberation Front members Politicians from Sulu Living people