The speaker of the Bangsamoro Parliament () is the presiding officer of the Bangsamoro Parliament, the regional legislature of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) of the Philippines.
The current speaker of the Parliament is Mohammad Yacob, elected on October 21, 2025.
Prior to the establishment of the Bangsamoro Parliament on March 29, 2019, Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim named Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leader Ghazali Jaafar as the person he preferred to become the first speaker of the parliament with lawyer and former Lanao del Sur congressman Pangalian Balindong as Jaafar's deputy. However, Jaafar died on March 13, 2019 prior to the first convening of the parliament.
At the start of the inaugural session of the parliament, there were two nominees for the speakership, Balindong and Laisa Alamia, with the former elected by the interim Bangsamoro Parliament as its speaker. Hatimil Hassan was elected as Balindong's deputy speaker. Additional co-deputies were elected by the parliament at later dates.
Pangalian Balindong died on October 2, 2025. An election for his successor was held on October 21, 2025, with Mohammad Yacob, a fellow MILF nominee, being sworn in as the new speaker.
The speaker is the presiding officer of the Bangsamoro Parliament whose role is to secure the honor of the parliament, ensure the rights and privileges of its members, and assure public access to its proceedings. The same presiding role could also be fulfilled by the speaker's deputies.
Furthermore, according to Rule IV, Section 14 of the Rules, Procedures, and Practices of the Parliament, the duties and powers of the speaker include the following:
The speaker also has administrative supervision over legislative personnel, staff, and secretariat of the Bangsamoro Parliament and is also the appointing authority of all career positions within the parliament. However, the speaker is mandated to consult with the chief minister first for appointments of positions which has a salary grade of 25 and above. The speaker must also present to the chief minister every bill before signing into law, and for him to submit a certified true copy of all laws and resolutions approved by the Parliament to the president and to the national Congress.
The speaker is elected by a majority vote of all members of the Parliament through a standing vote without explanation. Should there be more than two nominees and none received the required majority, a run-off election between the two nominees who obtained the most number of votes is held. Abstentions are not allowed during a run-off election.
The following is a list of elections for Speaker of the Bangsamoro Parliament:
An election for speaker of the Bangsamoro Parliament took place on March 29, 2019, at the start of the first interim parliament. Pangalian Balindong received a majority of the votes cast and was elected speaker.
An election for speaker took place on September 15, 2022, at the start of the second interim parliament. Pangalian Balindong received a majority of the votes cast and was re-elected speaker.
On October 2, 2025, Pangalian Balindong died, leaving the position of the speaker of the Parliament vacant. Consequently, an intra-term election for a new speaker was held on October 21, 2025, during the second interim parliament. Mohammad Yacob received a majority of the votes cast and was elected speaker.
Multiple deputy speakers are elected by the Parliament with the following duties and powers:
Hatimil Hassan initially served as the sole deputy speaker at the start of the first interim parliament, until more deputy speakers were added beginning November 25, 2020, upon the election of Omar Yasser Sema.
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