Parouk Hussin
Filipino Muslim physician and politician
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Parouk S. Hussin[1] is a Filipino politician, doctor, and former rebel who was the Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) from 2001 to 2005.
Parouk Hussin | |
|---|---|
فَرُؤُكْ هُسِّنْ | |
| 4th Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao | |
| In office December 27, 2001 – September 30, 2005 | |
| Vice Governor | Mahid Mutilan |
| Preceded by | Nur Misuari Alvarez Isnaji (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Zaldy Ampatuan |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Lakas–CMD (until 2005) |
| Profession | Medical doctor |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Moro National Liberation Front |
Political career
Hussin was elected as Governor of the now defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) during the 2001 elections. Mahid Mutilan was elected as his vice governor.[2][3][4] He ran under the Lakas–CMD Party, the same party of then incumbent President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.[5] However his assumption to office would be delayed since his predecessor inter governor Alvarez Isnaji refused to vacate the position. Isnaji had the regional trial court issue a temporary restraining order, believing that under the ARMM charter Hussin can only assume office in 2002 since he was elected a month after the supposed start of his tenure.[6] The restraining order was later lifted.[7]
Hussin would take over on December 27, 2001.[8] His took his oath-taking before President Arroyo in Cotabato City on January 5, 2002.[9] Under his tenure, he established the Regional Peace and Order Council which provides a mechanism for traditional dispute resolution in the ARMM.[10]
He ran for Senator in the 2004 national elections under the Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K4) coalition and supported President Arroyo's successful re-election bid.[11][12]
Hussin was part of the Lakas–CMD Party until 2005. He left after the party decided to endorse Zaldy Ampatuan as its gubernatorial candidate in the 2005 ARMM elections.[13] Hussin did launch a bid to retain his position in the elections but withdrew his candidacy.[14] He cited the MNLF's decision to boycott the elections due to the Arroyo administration endorsement of Ampatuan, a non-MNLF member and the "credibility crisis" affecting the Commission on Elections arising from the Hello Garci scandal as among the reasons for his withdrawal.[5] Ampatuan won the elections and Hussin turned over the governorship on September 30, 2005.[15]
Hussin's purchase of medical kits from Geneve SA Philippines in 2003 when he was governor would be a subject of a legal case filed in 2008. He would be convicted for violations of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act in March 2021 by the Sandiganbayan for irregularities regarding the transaction.[16][17]
Involvement in the MNLF
Hussin is a longtime member of the separatist group Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). He was part of the Executive Council of 15, a faction within the MNLF which stopped recognizing founder Nur Misuari as its chairman in May 2001.[2] [3]
In December 2006, he was removed from his position as foreign affairs chief in the MNLF by the faction led by secretary general Muslimin Sema.[18] Hussin alleged that his removal was because he was trying to unite the organization under close cooperation with the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and founding chairman Misuari. [19] Sema said he was removed due to a "very serious" undisclosed grounds.[18]
Personal life
Hussin is an ethnic Tausug from Maimbung, Sulu.[18] He is also a doctor by profession.[20]