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About Zamzamin Ampatuan
- Datu Zamzamin Ampatuan is a career bureaucrat in the Philippines.
- He is a descendant of Shariff Ampatuan, grandson of Syedona Mustafa, a Sufi missionary, which propagated moderate Islam in the Upper Cotabato Valley of Southern Philippines.
- However rooted in spiritual and ethical traditions, the public image of the Ampatuan clan, to which Datu Zamzamin belonged, was tainted by the infamous 11/23 Massacre at Masalay, Ampatuan, Maguindanao.
- Authorities pointed to Andal Ampatuan Jr.
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- "Datu Unsay", as the culprit.
- Datu Unsay's brothers and father, Datu Andal Ampatuan, were detained when Martial Law briefly took effect in Maguindanao as an aftermath of the 11/23 Massacre.
- Datu Zamzamin have helped tone down the tension by helping convince Datu Unsay to submit to due process of law.
- He also provided advise to government authorities on how to handle the post-massacre situation to ease the impact on the lives of ordinary people in Maguindanao. Datu Zamzamin, a Civil Engineer by profession and the first Muslim Filipino who have attained the highest rank in the Philippine Civil Service, held various posts as Undersecretary.
- He once headed the premier national agency attending to Muslim Affairs where he gained prominence as a credible public servant and as a leader of Muslims in the Philippines.
- Datu Zamzamin became a cabinet member of President Gloria Arroyo being the Lead Convenor of the National Anti-Poverty Commission.
- He moved back to career positions such as Undersecretary of Agrarian Reform and Energy.
- In between, he was Chief Executive Officer of government corporations such as Southern Philippines Development Authority and the Strategic Investments Development Corporation. Before joining national government, Datu Zamzamin served in international organizations.
- In 1998, he was Programme Manager of the United Nations Multi-Donor Programme for the Southern Philippines Zone of Peace and Development.
- Thereafter, he served as Training Expert for the post-conflict project of the International Labour Organization to help former combatants of the Moro National Liberation Front.
- He represented the Philippines at the UNESCAP Committee on Poverty where he served as Chair for a one-year term.
- He has helped promote in Central Asian countries, the use of Community Based Monitoring System, a poverty tracking tool. In the National Elections of 2010, Datu Zamzamin tried his luck in politics having accepted the nomination of a party list for indigenous peoples but the votes garnered is short of required minimum for a seat in the House of Representatives.
- He is now doing a basic role as Community Leader and Development Advocate for indigenous peoples in Mindanao.
- True to his Sufi roots, he is a self-taught expert on Islamic Spirituality and Indigenous Muslim Traditions.
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