Jum Jainudin Akbar
Jum Jainudin Akbar (3 September 1963 – 11 November 2016) was a Filipina politician who served two terms as provincial governor of Basilan. She was the widow of assassinated Congressman Wahab Akbar. Akbar, along with other Mindanao governors, had a hand in supporting the Bangsamoro Basic Law. Political career
Akbar was the first female governor of the Province of Basilan, and was elected during the May 2007 elections. She pledged a campaign promise of providing free rubber trees, fertilizers and polybags to farmers of the region. In her first term as governor, an IED went off near her home. The explosion was thought by authorities to be linked to politics. Akbar handled the evacuation and retrieval operations at Al Barka after the July 2007 massacre of Philippine Army troops in a rebel ambush during her tenure. Death 
She died in office on 11 November 2016. She is survived by her son, Al-Qauid. References

2016 deaths
Governors of Basilan
Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Basilan
Lakas–CMD politicians
Liberal Party (Philippines) politicians
People from Basilan
Women members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Burials at the Manila Memorial Park – Sucat
21st-century Filipino women politicians
21st-century Filipino politicians
Women provincial governors of the Philippines
Filipino Muslims
1963 births