Abdulraof Macacua
Abdulraof Macacua | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Macacua in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interim Chief Minister of Bangsamoro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office March 12, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appointed by | Bongbong Marcos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Bongbong Marcos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wa'lī | Muslim Guiamaden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Murad Ebrahim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Governor of Maguindanao del Norte | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office April 5, 2023 – March 26, 2025 Officer in Charge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appointed by | Bongbong Marcos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice Governor | Ainee Sinsuat (until August 14, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ainee Sinsuat (acting; unrecognized by the national and Bangsamoro governments) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Sharifudin Panga Mastura | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office March 15, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominated by | Moro Islamic Liberation Front | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appointed by | Bongbong Marcos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Minister | Himself | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office March 29, 2019 – April 5, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominated by | Moro Islamic Liberation Front | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appointed by | Rodrigo Duterte | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Minister | Murad Ebrahim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Abdulraof Abdulraof Macacua September 13, 1957 Kabuntalan, Cotabato, Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | PFP (2023–present) UBJP (2014–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Military career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Sammy Gambar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allegiance | MILF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | Moro conflict | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abdulraof Abdulraof Macacua (born September 13, 1957), also known by his nom de guerre Sammy Gambar, is a Filipino politician and former rebel commander serving as the interim chief minister of Bangsamoro since March 2025. He has been a member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority parliament since March 2025 and previously from 2019 to 2023. He previously served in the Bangsamoro Cabinet of Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim as Minister of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy from 2019 to 2022 and Senior Minister from 2019 to 2023. He was also a member of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission. Macacua was appointed by President Bongbong Marcos as the Officer in Charge (OIC) governor of Maguindanao del Norte, serving from 2023 until Marcos appointed him interim chief minister in March 2025.
Macacua joined the Moro conflict in 1971 to fight for Moro self-determination. He eventually rose through the ranks of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front's (MILF) armed wing, the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF), becoming its chief of staff. He then became a member of the MILF Peace Negotiating Panel during the Bangsamoro peace process.