Eduard Uy Guerra is a Filipino architect and politician who is a current member of the

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and the Bangsamoro Minister of Public Works

Career

Moro Islamic Liberation Front

Guerra was a member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and adopted the '' nom-de-guerre'' "Abraham Yap Alonto". He served as a member of the MILF central committee. He also served as chairman of the MILF committee on foreign affairs and co-chair of the Joint Normalization Committee (JNT). In September 2010, Guerra was arrested at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport intending to fly to

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, Switzerland ti attend a United Nations Human Rights Council meeting. He was implicated in the August 16, 2008 attack in Maasim after the Supreme Court nullified the

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(MOA-AD) between the MILF and the government. He was accused of being a financier of the

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jihadist group by the military. He was later released from detention.

Bangsamoro government

After the Bangsamoro autonomous region was established in 2019, Guerra became part of the MILF-led regional government. He was among the first set of members of appointed to the

in early 2019. Guerra was appointed to head the Ministry of Finance, and Budget and Management by interim

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in February 2019. In November 11, 2019, Guerra was reassigned to lead the Ministry of Public Works with Ebrahim taking over as finance minister. Guerra was remained in the legislature when he was reappointed by President

Bongbong Marcos Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. ( , , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM, is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines. He previously served as a senat ...

on August 12, 2022.

Personal life

An architect by profession, Eduard Guerra is married to Jocelyn Guerra.

References

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