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Imelda Dimaporo

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Imelda Dimaporo
Dimaporo in 2025
6th Governor of Lanao del Norte
In office
June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2025
Preceded byMohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo
Succeeded byMohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo
In office
June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2007
Preceded byAbdullah D. Dimaporo
Succeeded byMohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo
Member of House of Representatives from Lanao del Norte's 1st district
In office
June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2016
Preceded byArsenio A. Quibranza
Succeeded byMohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo
President of Lanao del Norte Ladies Circle
In office
1996–1998
Personal details
Born
Imelda dela Cruz Quibranza

(1959-01-15) January 15, 1959 (age 66)
Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Philippines
Political partyPFP (2023–present)
PDP–Laban (2016–2023)
Liberal (2015–2016)
NPC (2010–2015)
Lakas-CMD (until 2010)
SpouseAbdullah Dimaporo
ChildrenFatima Aliah
Mohamad Khalid
Sittie Aminah
Mohammad Nazrollah
Mohammad Abdulsalam
Alma materPhilippine Women's University

Imelda "Angging" dela Cruz Quibranza-Dimaporo (born January 15, 1959) is a Filipina politician who currently serves as the Governor of Lanao del Norte since 2016, and previously from 1998 to 2007.[1][2] She was elected to the House of Representatives in 2025 representing Lanao del Norte's 1st district,[3] having previously served in the same position from 2010 to 2016.

Personal life

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Dimaporo was born as Imelda Quibranza on January 15, 1959, in Tubod, Lanao del Norte to Arsenio Quibranza, a Christian immigrant from Cebu who became vice governor and governor of Lanao del Norte,[4] and Teofila dela Cruz.

In 1977, she married Abdullah Dimaporo despite him being the son of Arsenio Quibranza's political rival, Ali Dimaporo, in a dual civil and Islamic ceremony,[4] and have five children together. She studied at the Philippine Women's University with a degree of Business Administration. She was the president of Lanao del Norte Ladies Circle from 1996 to 1998.[5] She was also the chairman of League of Provinces of the Philippines of the same year. In 1998 she was elected as a governor and chairperson of Panguil Bay Development Council.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Bagumbaran, Apipa P. (January 23, 2019). "Gov. Dimaporo calls for support to info volunteers group in LdN". Philippine Information Agency. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "Lanao del Norte under state of calamity due to Vinta". Rappler. December 24, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "Dimaporos retain control over Lanao del Norte politics". Rappler. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Familiar contenders challenge Dimaporo rule in Lanao del Norte's local races". Rappler. May 3, 2025.
  5. ^ "In The Know: Dimaporos of Lanao". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Philippine Daily Inquirer. August 3, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  6. ^ "Personal Profile of Gov. Imelda Q. Dimaporo". Oocities. Retrieved August 4, 2019.