Naguib Sinarimbo
{{short description|Filipino lawyer and politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Naguib Sinarimbo
|image = Naguib Sinarimbo.jpg
| office2 =Bangsamoro Minister of the Interior and Local Government
| term_start2 = February 26, 2019
| term_end2 = December 6, 2023
| predecessor2=Office established
| successor2= Sha Elijah Dumama-Alba
| birth_name = Naguib Gani Sinarimbo
| birth_place = Pigcawayan, Cotabato, Philippines
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|01|31}}
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| profession = Lawyer
| citizenship = Filipino
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| party = SIAP (2024–)
UBJP (2014–2024)
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Naguib Gani Sinarimbo (born January 31, 1972, in Pigcawayan, Cotabato{{cite web |title=Certificate of Candidacy for District Representative. BARMM Parliament - Sinarimbo, Naguib|url=https://comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2025NLE/COC_2025NLE/BPE_COCCONA/COTABATO/DR_D2_SINARIMBO_NAGUIB_G.pdf |access-date=6 February 2025}}) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the Local Government Minister of Bangsamoro.{{cite web |title=MILG
Career
Prior to the establishment of the Bangsamoro region, Sinarimbo served as consultant and resource person for the Philippine national government, armed non-state organizations, and non-governmental organizations. He was part of the Legal and Technical Working Group of the MILF Peace Panel which was involved in Philippine national government's peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). He also aided in the creation of a draft for the Bangsamoro Organic Law as well as the transition of the MILF into a non-armed advocacy group through helping them setting up the United Bangsamoro Justice Party. Sinarimbo became the party's secretary general.{{cite news|last1=Unson|first1=John|title=Stakeholders: MILF political party a boost to political stability|url=http://www.philstar.com/nation/2015/05/09/1452911/stakeholders-milf-political-party-boost-political-stability#sthash.soIo990X.dpuf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011100831/http://www.philstar.com/nation/2015/05/09/1452911/stakeholders-milf-political-party-boost-political-stability|archive-date=11 October 2016|accessdate=12 May 2015|publisher=The Philippine Star|date=9 May 2015}}
Sinarimbo was appointed as the first minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government on February 26, 2019, by interim Bangsamoro Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim.{{cite news |last1=Arguilas |first1=Carolyn |title=Murad vows a government "free of all the ills of governance;" names 10 ministers |url=https://www.mindanews.com/peace-process/2019/02/murad-vows-a-government-free-of-all-the-ills-of-governance-names-10-ministers/ |accessdate=February 27, 2019 |work=MindaNews |date=February 27, 2019}} As local government minister, he has overseen the putting up of municipal government buildings and police stations in various towns in the region. He is also involved in organizing Bangsamoro's Rapid Emergency Action on Disaster Incidence.{{cite news |last1=Unson |first1=John |title=2 BARMM execs retain high posts; another named transport chief |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022/09/24/2211954/2-barmm-execs-retain-high-posts-another-named-transport-chief |access-date=24 September 2022 |work=The Philippine Star |date=24 September 2022}} He resigned on December 6, 2023.{{cite news |last1=Maulana |first1=Nash B. |title=Sinarimbo resigns as Bangsamoro local government chief |url=https://manilastandard.net/news/314397156/sinarimbo-resigns-as-bangsamoro-local-government-chief.html |access-date=2 January 2024 |work=Manila Standard |date=7 December 2023}} Sinarimbo was succeeded by Sha Elijah Dumama-Alba on the following day.{{cite news |last1=Parungao |first1=Adrian |title=Members of Bangsamoro parliament hail appointment of Dumama-Alba |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1872320/bangsamoro-parliament-members-hail-appointment-of-dumama-alba |access-date=2 January 2024 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=7 December 2023 |language=en}}
In April 2024, Sinarimbo joined the Serbisyong Inklusibo–Alyansang Progresibo (SIAP) political party.{{cite news |last1=Cabrera |first1=Ferdinand |title=Sinarimbo, Cotabato City Vice Mayor Abu of UBJP now with SIAP |url=https://mindanews.com/top-stories/2024/04/sinarimbo-cotabato-city-vice-mayor-abu-of-ubjp-now-with-siap/ |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=MindaNews |date=27 April 2024}} He was believed to have been targeted in a grenade throwing incident on his cafe in Cotabato City in August 2024.{{cite news |last1=Cabrera |first1=Ferdinandh |title=Cotabato mayor orders probe after grenade found at café of BARMM opposition leader |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/mindanao/cotabato-mayor-bruce-matabalao-orders-probe-grenade-found-cafe-barmm-opposition-leader-naguib-sinarimbo-august-10-2024/ |access-date=12 August 2024 |work=Rappler |date=12 August 2024 }}
In March 2025, Sinarimbo was appointed to the Bangsamoro Transition Authority and regional parliament by President Bongbong Marcos.{{cite news |last1=Cabrera |first1=Ferdinandh |title=Once an MILF ally, ex-BARMM minister returns with Malacañang’s backing before polls |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/mindanao/ex-barmm-minister-naguib-sinarimbo-returns-malacanang-backing-before-polls/ |access-date=26 March 2025 |work=Rappler |date=26 March 2025 }}
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Category:21st-century Filipino politicians