Hatimil Hassan

Hatimil Hassan
Official portrait as MP
Deputy Chief Minister for the Island Provinces of Bangsamoro
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 11, 2024
Preceded byAlbakil Jikiri
Chief MinisterMurad Ebrahim
Abdulraof Macacua
Deputy Speaker of the Bangsamoro Parliament
In office
March 29, 2019 – May 21, 2025
SpeakerPangalian Balindong
Preceded byOffice established
Member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 29, 2019
Nominated byPhilippine national government
Appointed byRodrigo Duterte
Bongbong Marcos
Speaker of the ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly
In office
April 28, 2004 – May 8, 2006
Preceded byIsmael Abubakar Jr.
Succeeded byPaisalin Tago
Member of the ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly for Basilan
In office
2001–2008
Serving with Rajam Akbar (2001–2008)
Harisul Samanul (2001–2005)
Bonnie Abdulaziz Balamo (2005–2008)
Personal details
BornHatimil Esmail Hassan
(1949-05-21) May 21, 1949 (age 77)
Basilan
PartyLakas–CMD
Bangsamoro Party
Military career
Allegiance MNLF

Hatimil Esmail Hassan (born 1949) is a Filipino politician and Bangsamoro revolutionary who served as Vice-Chairman of the Central Committe of the MNLF under Nur Misuari from September 1980 to April 2001, currently serving as a member of the Bangsamoro Parliament since 2019 and the Deputy Chief Minister of Bangsamoro for the Islands since 2024. He previously served as one of the deputy speakers of the Parliament. He also previously served as a member of the ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly where he was elected speaker, serving from 2004 to 2006.

Career

Hassan is a notable member of the MNLF Executive Council of 15, a faction of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) who forged a unity agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). He is the currently the vice-chairman for External Affairs of the MNLF Central Committee.

Hassan was elected to the ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly as a member representing Basilan in 2001, and re-elected in 2005. In the 4th Assembly, he was elected as the chamber's speaker on April 28, 2004.

He was appointed as a commissioner of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos from 2010 to 2012.

Hassan was one of the commissioners of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.

In 2019, he was nominated by the Philippine national government to serve as a member of the Bangsamoro Parliament. He was thereafter appointed to the body by President Duterte, and was elected as deputy speaker during the first interim Parliament's inaugural session. He was reappointed to the Parliament in 2025 by President Bongbong Marcos.

Hassan succeeded Albakil Jikiri as the Deputy Chief Minister of Bangsamoro for the Islands on December 11, 2024.

References

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  2. ↑ "BTA Parliament Officers". Bangsamoro Parliament. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Philippine Muslim Autonomous Region Has New Assembly Speaker". Arab News. April 29, 2004. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Hassan, Hatimil E." Bangsamoro Parliament. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
  5. ↑ "OPAPP announces new members of the expanded Bangsamoro Transition Commission". Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity. February 10, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
  6. ↑ Ranada, Pia; Tomacruz, Sofia (March 29, 2019). "Who's who in the Bangsamoro Transition Authority". Rappler. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
  7. ↑ Ranada, Pia (March 29, 2019). "Ex-House deputy speaker Balindong named Bangsamoro Parliament Speaker". Rappler. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
  8. ↑ Latoza, Guinevere (March 17, 2025). "LIST: New members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority". Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. Retrieved March 31, 2026.