Ombra Amilbangsa | |
Native Name: | instead.--> |
Term Start: | May 5, 1951 |
Term End: | December 30, 1961 |
Predecessor: | Gulamu Rasul |
Successor: | Salih Ututalum |
Term Start1: | June 9, 1945 |
Term End1: | December 30, 1949 |
Predecessor1: | District recreated |
Successor1: | Gulamu Rasul |
Term Start2: | September 25, 1943 |
Term End2: | February 2, 1944 |
Alongside2: | Gulamu Rasul |
Term Start3: | September 16, 1935 |
Term End3: | December 30, 1938 |
Predecessor3: | District recreated |
Successor3: | Gulamu Rasul |
Term Start4: | 1934 |
Term End4: | September 16, 1935 |
Office5: | Sultan of Sulu |
Term5: | 1935 – 1964 |
Party: | Liberal (1946-1961) |
Otherparty: | Nacionalista (1934-1943; 1945-1946) KALIBAPI (1943-1945) |
Spouse: | Dayang-Dayang Hadji Piandao & Hja.Kabila Amilbangsa |
Children: | Sultan Shariful Eric Amilbangsa, Dayang-Dayang Scheherazade Amilbangsa, Dayang-Dayang Veronica Amilbangsa Balagtas & Dayang-Dayang Aysha Amilbangsa Asakil (adopted daughter) |
Known For: | Being successor to the Sultanate of Sulu 1936-1964 |
Sultan Ombra Amilbangsa was a claimant Sultan of Sulu and a Filipino politician. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines and the National Assembly of the Philippines for the Department of Mindanao and Sulu (1934–1935) and Sulu (1935–1938, 1943–1944, 1945–1949, 1951–1961).
Amilbangsa filed a House Bill No. 5682 in 1961[1] before the House of Representatives during the fourth session of the 4th Congress[2] which calls for the granting of independence to the Province of Sulu as a sovereign nation due to what he felt was negligence of the central government over the concerns of his province. The measure was not acted upon by the Congress.[3] According to an autobiography about Moro leader, Nur Misuari, Amilbangsa favored the inclusion of the disputed areas in North Borneo to an envisioned independent Sultanate of Sulu.[1]
Amilbangsa married Sultanah Dayang-Dayang Hadji Piandao Kiram of the House of Kiram then was proclaimed as Sultan of Sulu on 1936 and this was agreed by the Council of Royal Datus and Rumah Bichara and also agreed by Sultan Jamalul Kiram II when he approved the marriage of Amilbangsa with Dayang-Dayang Hadji Piandao the daughter of Sultan Badarudin II.[4] He was never recognized by the Philippine Government as a legitimate Sultan of Sulu.[5]