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Outstanding Governorship Award 2013

Moro Servant Leader in

Contemporary Mindanao

Governor Mujiv S. Hataman

From his humble beginnings at a small village in the island of
Basilan, Mujiv Hataman worked his way up to become a leading
Moro figure of today. As Regional Governor of the Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), he has authority over five
provinces and two cities and takes the helm of addressing the
clamors of around 4 million residents, who are mostly Moros. His
administration’s introduction of reforms and good governance
has allowed ARMM to maintain its relevance to the aspirations of
the Moro people.
Mujiv was born on September 11, 1972 as the seventh child
of Hadji Sulaiman Hataman, a yakan, and Hadja Jamila Salliman,
a Tausug, in the village of Buli-Buli, Sumisip, Basilan. He comes
from a family of leaders - his father was a panglima(chieftain) and
served as Barangay captain of their village from the time he sought
the position in the 70s until his retirement, and his older brother
was one of the first councilors of the then City of Basilan.
His experience as a youth leader and activist gained him
a grasp of the realities faced by minority groups in the country.
He hopes to see an empowered and responsible citizenry, active
in their participation in good governance and establish a model
Muslim community that every Muslim Filipino can be proud of.
A product of public school, Mujiv graduated Class
Valedictorian in 1984 at Buli-Buli Elementary School and Class
Salutatorian in 1988 at the SumisipNational High School. Having
spent his elementary and secondary education in Basilan, he
ventured to Manila at the age of 16 to pursue college. He enrolled
in Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering at the AMA
Computer University in Manila.

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