Jum Jainudin Akbar
# Jum Jainudin Akbar

Jum Jainudin Akbar (3 September 1963 – 11 November 2016) was a Filipina politician who served two terms as provincial governor of Basilan. She was the widow of assassinated Congressman Wahab Akbar. Akbar, along with other Mindanao governors, had a hand in supporting the Bangsamoro Basic Law.

## Political career

Akbar was the first female governor of the Province of Basilan, and was elected during the May 2007 elections. She pledged a campaign promise of providing free rubber trees, fertilizers and polybags to farmers of the region.

In her first term as governor, an IED went off near her home. The explosion was thought by authorities to be linked to politics.

Akbar handled the evacuation and retrieval operations at Al Barka after the July 2007 massacre of Philippine Army troops in a rebel ambush during her tenure.

## Death

She died in office on 11 November 2016. She is survived by her son, Al-Qauid.

