Ghazali jaafar biography sample

Filipino militant and government official (1944–2019)

Hajji Salik B. Abu^[1] more commonly known as Ghazali Jaafar (6 May 1944 – 13 March 2019) was a Filipino militant and government official.

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He fought under the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). He served as chairman of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC), and the Speaker of the Parliament designate under the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), the interim regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.^[2]

Early life

Jaafar was born on May 6, 1944.^[1] While in high school, Jaafar established a youth group that encouraged activism among students and out-of-school youth in Cotabato City.

He pursued a course in political science at Notre Dame College with an intention to become a lawyer,^[3] but stopped studies to join the Moro armed struggle against the government.^[4]

Career

Militant

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