Preceded by Wahab Akbar Name Jum Akbar Nationality Filipino Role Politician | Residence Basilan, Philippines Spouse Wahab Akbar Religion Islam Political party Liberal Party | |
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Jum Jainudin Akbar (died 11 November 2016) was a Filipino politician who had served two terms as provincial governor of Basilan. She was the widow of deceased strongman Wahab Akbar.
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Political career
Akbar was the first female governor of the Province of Basilan, and was elected during the May 2007 elections. However, Jum had substantial political experience as a result of her years as an active political partner to her husband and predecessor, Wahab Akbar. Upon election, Gov. Akbar pledged to fulfill a campaign promise of providing free rubber trees, fertilizers and polybags to farmers of the region, at a cost of thirty million pesos or more.
The governor was considered soft-spoken and cool, but highly competent. According to her official bio, she had both "a male competitive capacity and female collaborative capability," giving her the strength to tailor her leadership style to suit individual cases or situations. The bio claimed she deftly handled the evacuation and retrieval operations at Al Barka after the July 2007 massacre of Philippine Army troops by rebel ambush. She died in office on 11 November 2016.