Melanio Ulama

[1] Ulama is a leader of the non-Moro indigenous people (IP) community and was involved in several peace organizations in Mindanao.[4] He also served as the IP consultant for the former secessionist group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the leader of the Teduray and Lambangian Conference.From 2003 to 2013, Ulama worked with the Office of Southern Cultural Communities Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (OSCC-ARMM).[1] He is also a two-time member of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission, which helped formed the draft of a bill, which eventually became the Bangsamoro Organic Law and vote the passage of resolution 38 aims to cease and desist order the claims of his fellow tribes resulting displacement of the indigenous cultural communities and violation of basic rights of the NMIP in the region,[2] with the MILF endorsing his appointment to the government body on both occasions.[6] Melanio Ulama was married to Elsie Capillo Grajido, a school teacher, with whom he has two daughters who grew up to be nurses who cannot speak Teduray .
TimuayBangsamoro Transition Authority ParliamentRodrigo DuterteMurad EbrahimBangsamoro Minister of Indigenous Peoples' AffairsIncumbentDatu PiangPhilippinesAncestral leaderIndigenous Peoples' Affairs Minister of BangsamoroTedurayMaguindanaoagronomyNotre Dame UniversityCotabato CityMoro Islamic Liberation FrontBangsamoro Transition CommissionBangsamoro Organic LawBangsamoroMinistry of Indigenous Peoples' AffairsBongbong Marcos