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COTABATO CITY, November 5, 2026 (SDN) — Looks like Bangsamoro Chief Minister Abdulraof A. Macacua’s new administration is hitting the ground running.
Only five days since his fellow members of Parliament (MPs) voted him as the first regular Chief Minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), and he already named the 15 members of his official family, or Cabinet.
Macacua appointed MP Atty. Naguib G. Sinarimbo to the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE), biggest ministry with more than 66,000 employees region-wide, more than 22,000 of them teaching personnel.
Here is Macacua’s new Cabinet ministers, a few of them reappointed from the defunct Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) that lasted for seven years from January 2019 to October 29, 2026.
1. Ministry of Public Works (MPW) – Eng’r. Basir M. Ibrahim
2. Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) – MP Atty. Naguib G. Sinarimbo
3. Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD) – Atty. Alirakim Munder
4. Ministry of Health (MOH) – MP Atty. Jimael Salam D. Salliman
5. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR) – MP Atty. Ishak V. Mastura
6. Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG) – Jordan S. Bayam
7. Ministry of Public Order and Safety (MPOS) – Datu Jomar U. Midtimbang
8. Ministry of Labor and Employment (MOLE) – MP Atty. Kitem D. Kadatuan Jr.
9. Ministry of Trade and Investment, and Tourism (MTIT) – Atty. Faizal M. Padate
10. Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs (MIAP) – MP Jo Genna Jover
11. Ministry of Finance, Budget and Management (MFBM) – Atty. Ubaida C. Pacasem
12. Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy (MENRE) – MP Akmad Brahim
13. Ministry of Science and Technology (DOST) – MP Hanie Bud
14. Ministry of Human Settlements and Development (MHSD) – MP Eng’r Rashdi T. Adiong
15. Ministry of Transportation and Communication (MOTC) – Termizie G. Masahud
16. Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority (BPDA) – Atty. Laisa M. Alamia
Three others were named to the Office of the Chief Minister (COM), such as Abdullah M. Cusain, Cabinet Secretary, MP Abunawas “Von Al-Haq” L. Maslamama, Senior Minister, and Atty. Duque Kadatuan, Bangsamoro Attorney General.
The Bangsamoro region, formally established in 2019 by the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) to implement the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), is made up of the provinces of Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Norte, and Tawi-Tawi, the cities of Cotabato, Lamitan, and Marawi, and the Special Geographic Area (SGA) with eight municipalities.
According to the Philippine Atlas BARMM has 4,404,288 people. It has 116 municipalities: Basilan, 11 municipalities; Lanao del Sur, 39; undivided Maguindanao, 36; Sulu, 19; and Tawi-Tawi, 11. Its component cities are Cotabato (the regional center and capital) in Maguindanao; Lamitan in Basilan; and Marawi in Lanao del Sur. — EDD K. USMAN / SDN (✓)
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Source: Bangsamoro Multimedia Network (BMN).