Abdusakur Mahail Tan
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Abdusakur Mahail Tan
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 Tan in 2023
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| Vice Governor of Sulu | |
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In office June 30, 2013 – May 2016 |
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| Governor of Sulu | |
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Assumed office June 30, 2019 |
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In office June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2013 |
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| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from the First District of Sulu | |
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In office 1996 – June 30, 2001 |
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| Member of the Municipal Council of Jolo | |
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In office June 30, 1987 – June 30, 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Post created |
| Succeeded by | Bensaudi Tulawie |
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In office 1981–1987 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 13, 1950 Maimbung, Sulu, Philippines |
| Political party |
PDP-Laban (2019-present) Liberal (1981-2019) |
| Spouse | Hadja Nurunisah Abubakar |
Abdusakur "Sakur" Mahail Tan (born July 13, 1950 in Maimbung) is a Filipino politician and former governor of Sulu Province (2007–2013) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. He currently serves as the Vice Governor of Sulu.
Background
Tan is of Chinese-Tausug descent and was born on July 13, 1950, in Maimbung, Sulu, the eldest child of Abubakar Tan (former mayor of Maimbung) and Satriya Mahail. He attended high school at the Notre Dame of Jolo for Boys and obtained a bachelor's degree in 1983 from the Notre Dame of Jolo College.
He is married to Nurunisah Abubakar-Tan, Jolo's present Vice Governor - 2016, (daughter of former Jolo mayor Habib Aminkandra N. Abubakar) and has five children.
Political career
Tan (LKS-KAM) established a political base in Jolo by aligning himself with the Abubakar and Isquerdo families. He served first as the municipal councillor of Jolo (1981–87), then as a representative of Sulu's first congressional district (1987–1992) and as governor (in a previous term, 1996–2001). He lost the 2001 election to MNLF leader Yusop Jikiri but won the governorship a second time in 2007 with 110,715 votes, according to COMELEC data. In 2010 he won re-election, beating out rivals Munir Arbison and Nur Misuari by over 24,000 votes.
2010 Zamboanga City airport bombing
Tan was among 12 persons injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded at the arrival area of Zamboanga International Airport in August 2010. The attack was suspected to target Tan himself. The explosion occurred a few days after a suspected member of the regional terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), Edgar Malaydan, was arrested in Monkayo, Compostela Valley.