Sultan Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat served as the seventh sultan of Maguindanao from 1619 to 1671. He was a direct descendant of Shariff Muhammed Kabungsuwan, a Malay-Arab noble from Johor, Malaysia.
Sultan Kudarat, Philippines was named after Kudarat. It was part of Cotabato, a province established in 1914 and dissolved in 1973.
Parts of Cotabato became the provinces of Maguindanao del Norte, Maguindanao del Sur, North Cotabato, Saranggani, Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato. North Cotabato was later renamed Cotabato.
2025 Sultan Kudarat election results
On May 12, 2025, Sultan Kudarat elected its new congressmen, governor, vice governor and provincial board members. The province has one component city and 11 municipalities, who collectively have 249 barangays.
CONGRESSMEN
1st district
- Ruth Sakaluran = 158,034
2nd district
- Bella Suansing = 138,151
GOVERNOR
- Datu Pax Mangudadatu = 302,401
- Sharifa Mangudadatu = 47,393
- Raden Sakaluran = 14,767
- Nelrey Lapatha Calvo = 8,632
VICE GOVERNOR
- Prince Raden Sakaluran = 286,550
- Lex Galande = 43,180
PROVINCIAL BOARD MEMBERS
1st district
- Ian Jordan Abalos = 147,881
- Jovita Duque = 129,022
- Jose Remos Segura = 128,560
- Elias Segura Jr. = 126,576
- Ernest Patrick Matias = 124,613
- Cherry Bermudez = 32,669
- Ote Cajandig = 32,385
2nd district
- Neneng de Pedro = 106,388
- Doc Fornan = 80,722
- Loida de Manuel = 80,100
- Soriel Lib-atin = 78,964
- Amil Pangansayan = 69,758
- Max Joy Somollo = 27,524
- Toto Dequito = 18,274
- Samie Uy = 10,796
The capital of Sultan Kudarat is Isulan, which celebrates the Hamungaya Festival every August 30. Originally a barangay of Butuan, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines, Tacurong became a component city of Sultan Kudarat in 2000.
Chelsea Lovely Cabias Fernandez was born in Tacurong. She graduated from Asian Development Foundation College in Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines with a bachelor’s degree in mass communication.
On May 2, 2025, Fernandez represented Sultan Kudarat at Miss Universe Philippines 2025 and competed against 65 other candidates at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Metro Manila. She finished in the Top 6 and was crowned Miss Cosmo Philippines 2025.
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