Eduard Guerra | |
Office1: | Bangsamoro Minister of Public Works |
Term Start1: | November 11, 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Murad Ebrahim |
1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata1: | Murad Ebrahim |
Office2: | Bangsamoro Minister of Finance |
Term Start2: | February 26, 2019 |
Term End2: | November 11, 2019 |
Predecessor2: | Position established |
Successor2: | Murad Ebrahim |
1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
Office3: | Member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament |
Term Start3: | 29 March 2019 |
1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata3: | Murad Ebrahim |
Appointer3: | Rodrigo Duterte |
Allegiance: | Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) |
Eduard Uy Guerra is a Filipino architect and politician who is a current member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament and the Bangsamoro Minister of Public Works
Guerra was a member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and adopted the nom-de-guerre "Abraham Yap Alonto". He served as a member of the MILF central committee.[1] He also served as chairman of the MILF committee on foreign affairs and co-chair of the Joint Normalization Committee (JNT).[2]
In September 2010, Guerra was arrested at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport intending to fly to Geneva, Switzerland to attend a United Nations Human Rights Council meeting. He was implicated in the August 16, 2008 attack in Maasim after the Supreme Court nullified the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) between the MILF and the government.[1] He was accused of being a financier of the Jemaah Islamiyah jihadist group by the military.[3] He was later released from detention.
After the Bangsamoro autonomous region was established in 2019, Guerra became part of the MILF-led regional government. He was among the first set of members of appointed to the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament in early 2019.[4]
Guerra was appointed to head the Ministry of Finance, and Budget and Management by interim Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim in February 2019.[5] In November 11, 2019, Guerra was reassigned to lead the Ministry of Public Works with Ebrahim taking over as finance minister.[6]
Guerra was remained in the legislature when he was reappointed by President Bongbong Marcos on August 12, 2022.[7] [8]
An architect by profession,[5] Eduard Guerra is married to Jocelyn Guerra.[1] [3]