Salipada Pendatun
Salipada Khalid Pendatun سلڤاد خالد ڤندتن | |
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| Mababatas Pambansa (Assemblyman) from Maguindanao | |
| In office July 23, 1984 – January 27, 1985 | |
| Speaker Pro-Tempore of the Batasang Pambansa | |
| In office 1984–1985 | |
| Preceded by | Blah Sinsuat |
| Succeeded by | Macacuna Dimaporo |
| Member of the House of Representatives from Cotabato's Lone District | |
| In office December 30, 1957 – September 23, 1972 | |
| Preceded by | Luminog Mangelen |
| Succeeded by | District dissolved |
| Speaker Pro-Tempore of the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |
| In office 1962–1967 | |
| Preceded by | Constancio Castañeda |
| Succeeded by | Jose Aldeguer |
| Senator of the Philippines | |
| In office May 28, 1946 – December 30, 1949 | |
| Governor of Cotabato | |
| In office 1945 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 3, 1912 Pikit, Moro Province, Philippine Islands |
| Died | January 27, 1985 (aged 72) Quezon City, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
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| Spouse | Aida S. Farrales |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Profession | Politician |
| Nickname | Sali |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Philippine Commonwealth |
| Branch | Philippine Army Philippine Constabulary |
| Service years | 1942–1945 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Commands | 102nd Regiment |
| Battles/wars | |
Datu Salipada Khalid Pendatun (Maguindanaon pronunciation: [salɪpaːda 'xaːlɪd pəndatʊn]; Jawi: سلڤاد خالد ڤندتن; December 3, 1912 – January 27, 1985) was a Filipino lawyer, military officer, and politician, being the first Filipino Muslim in history to hold these offices.
Born in Pikit, Moro Province (now Cotabato), Pendatun graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Law in 1938 and passed the bar exam in the same year. During World War II, Pendatun was a member of the United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE), and led a guerrilla group in Mindanao called the Bolo Battalion (later known as the Bukidnon-Cotabato Force).
As a member of the Liberal Party's senatorial slate in the 1971 Senate election, Pendatun was among the survivors of the Plaza Miranda bombing in August 1971. After martial law was declared in 1972 by president Ferdinand Marcos and the Moro conflict intensified, Pendatun went into self-exile in Saudi Arabia in 1976. He later returned to the Philippines in 1980 after a brief stay in San Francisco.
In 1984, Pendatun won election to the Batasang Pambansa (lit. 'National Assembly') under the administration's Kilusang Bagong Lipunan party, serving as assemblyman for Maguindanao and as Speaker Pro-Tempore from 1984 until his death from an automobile accident in January 1985.