Laisa Alamia
Minority Leader of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament
Assumed office
March 29, 2019
Nominated byBangsamoro Transition Authority
Chief MinisterMurad Ebrahim
Member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament
Assumed office
March 29, 2019
Nominated byPhilippine national government
Appointed byRodrigo Duterte
Chief MinisterMurad Ebrahim
Personal details
Born1971 or 1972 (age 51–52)
EducationAteneo de Zamboanga University
Western Mindanao State University
OccupationPolitician, lawyer, activist

Laisa Masuhud Alamia[1] (born 1971 or 1972[2]) is a Filipino politician and lawyer who is a member of the interim Bangsamoro Parliament. She is also the Minority Leader of the regional parliament.

A lawyer, she was Executive Secretary of the defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), ARMM Social Welfare Secretary, and is the first ARMM Regional Human Rights Commission chairperson.[3] She is also a Tausug from Basilan.[4]

Alamia was nominated for the position of Speaker of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament. She lost to Pangalian Balindong and became Minority Leader of the regional parliament on March 29, 2019.[2]

She was appointed as chair of the Task Force for Decommissioned Combatants and their Communities (TFDCC) which is tasked to oversee the decommissioning of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Parrocha, Azer (February 27, 2019). "PRRD names Bangsamoro Transition Authority members". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Arguilas, Carolyn (March 30, 2019). "Bangsamoro Transition Authority elects officials; Balindong is Speaker". MindaNews. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  3. ↑ Tomacruz, Sofia; Ranada, Pia (March 29, 2019). "Who's who in the Bangsamoro Transition Authority". Rappler. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  4. 1 2 Sarmiento, Bong S. (July 14, 2021). "Woman power: Laisa Alamia, a Tausug, named chair of gov't panel for deactivated MILF combatants". MindaNews. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
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