Royal Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo

The Ruma Bichara (State Council)

Head of the Sultanate

His Royal Majesty Paduka Mahasari Al-Maulana Ampun Sultan Hadji Muedzul-Lail Tan Kiram
ibni Almarhum Sultan Mohammad Mahakuttah Abdulla Kiram
The 35th Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo

Executive Minister

The Hon. Engr. Darwin Sanaani, DCPS

Royal Ambassador / Diplomatic Representative

H.E. Datu Sadja Matthew Pajares Yngson, DCPS KCR FRSA

Ministers of the Ruma Bichara

HRH Datu Yldon Tan Kiram
Hadji Awad Hamid
Mr. Elsan G. Tindick
Prof. Hadji Sangkulah Tindick
Prof. Nurhatab Abdullah
Hadji Muddasil Tulawie Abdullah
Engr. Nizam Abubakar Abdulla, PhD
Prof. Amirul Ahajul, PhD
The Hon. Judge Nabdar Malik (ret.)
Shiek Jaafar Asgali
Col. Darwin Abdullah Lacbao (ret.)
Najib Abubakar Abdulla
Hadji Pyzar Mohammad
Hadji Alkap Agga

The Sultanate also has the following Tuan Panglimas (district leaders) representing our people from all over the Sulu Archipelago.

• Sulu – Nineteen (19) Panglima
• Sabah – Sixty-two (62) Panglima
• Zamboanga Peninsula – Ten (10) Panglima
• Basilan – Ten (10) Panglima
• Tawi-Tawi – Nineteen (19) Panglima

The Panglima in Sulu supporting H.M. The 35th Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo