13-593: Ampatuan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Andal Ampatuan Sr. , former governor of Maguindanao province, the Philippines, and co-suspect in the Maguindanao massacre Andal Ampatuan Jr. , former mayor of Datu Unsay, Maguindanao province, and primary suspect in the Maguindanao Massacre Zaldy Ampatuan (b. 1967), former governor of
26-533: A close friendship with Gloria Macapagal Arroyo when she assumed the presidency after EDSA People Power II. During the 2004 presidential elections, Arroyo dominated the polls in Shariff Aguak and most of Maguindanao . Amid speculation that cheating had occurred in Maguindanao and other Mindanao provinces, results were contested by Arroyo's main rival, popular actor Fernando Poe Jr. The 2007 midterm elections for
39-702: Is one of the main perpetrators of the Maguindanao massacre along with his father, brothers, and nephews. He served as governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) from 2005 until his suspension in 2009 due to his role in the massacre. He was a member of the ARMM Legislative Assembly from 1993 to 1998. As one of the sons of Andal Ampatuan Sr. , he is part of a powerful political dynasty based in Maguindanao . Zaldy Ampatuan began his term as ARMM governor on September 30, 2005. Zaldy
52-487: The Maguindanao massacre . He was the patriarch of the Ampatuan political family in Maguindanao province, on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. He was elected Governor of Maguindanao in 2001, defeating incumbent Governor Zacaria Candao . Ampatuan was a vice mayor when President Ferdinand Marcos appointed him as mayor and officer-in-charge of Maganoy (now Shariff Aguak ). When Corazon Aquino came into power via
65-421: The 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution , she replaced every locally elected official with officers-in-charge. Ampatuan Sr. was replaced by another Ampatuan, Datu Modi who served for two years in that capacity. After the 1988 local election , Andal Ampatuan Sr. served for ten years as mayor. In the 2001 elections , Andal Sr. was elected as governor. In 2001, the Ampatuan clan solidified its hold on power through
78-531: The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in the Philippines See also [ edit ] Ampatuan, Maguindanao , municipality in the Philippines [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Ampatuan . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to
91-535: The Philippine Senate had Maguindanao in focus once more as it was the only province that returned a 12-0 win for Arroyo's Senate slate, Team Unity . The Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) was created on July 25, 1987, when President Aquino signed Executive Order No. 264 entitled "Providing for the Citizen Armed Force". In 2006, Arroyo issued Executive Order 546, allowing local officials and
104-414: The link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ampatuan&oldid=1243653879 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Andal Ampatuan Sr. Andal Ampatuan Sr. (1940/1941 – July 17, 2015) was a Filipino politician who was the main suspect in
117-481: The massacre. Before the court case concluded, Ampatuan died on July 17, 2015, in Quezon City after falling into a coma caused by a heart attack . In 2019 Ampatuan's sons Zaldy, Andal Jr., and Anwar Sr., as well as other relatives and accomplices, were convicted of 57 counts of murder. Zaldy Ampatuan Zaldy Uy Ampatuan (born August 22, 1967) is a Filipino convicted mass murderer and former politician. He
130-462: The police to deputize local militia to aid in the fight against insurgents. These are locally known as civilian volunteer organizations or CVOs. The Executive Order was issued shortly after an assassination attempt on Andal Ampatuan Sr. Ampatuan's sons, Zaldy Ampatuan and Andal Ampatuan Jr. , are both members of his political clan. Andal Ampatuan Jr. came to international attention in November 2009 as
143-405: The prime suspect in the Maguindanao massacre . As a result, all three Ampatuans were expelled from President Arroyo's Lakas–Kampi–CMD political party. Andal Jr. was detained by the Philippines' National Bureau of Investigation and was charged with multiple counts of murder after having been arrested on December 1, 2009. In 2011 Ampatuan pleaded not guilty in court to charges of having overseen
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#1732851685735156-791: The ruling and restored the murder charges against Ampatuan due to new evidence. On December 19, 2019, Ampatuan brothers Zaldy, Andal Jr., and Anwar Sr., as well as their other relatives and accomplices, were convicted of 57 counts of murder. Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court sentenced them to reclusion perpetua (20 to 40 years imprisonment) without eligibility for parole. The Ampatuans will serve 30 years in prison since their 10-year detention will be credited to their sentences. They will serve their sentence in New Bilibid Prison . The convicts were also ordered to pay ₱ 155.6 million in damages to
169-621: Was expelled from office when his brother, Andal Ampatuan Jr. , was accused of carrying out the Maguindanao massacre of 2009. He was arrested in the province of Maguindanao and held by the Philippine military on charges of rebellion, but in April 2010 the Department of Justice decided to drop all murder charges against him, citing lack of evidence. However, in May 2010, Justice Secretary Alberto Agra reversed
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