Lininding P. Pangandaman[1] was a Filipino diplomat, lawyer, and politician who was the Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
Lininding Pangandaman is an ethnic Maranao who hailed from Masiu, Lanao del Sur.
[3] He was a diplomat serving as ambassador to various Muslim-majority states including Saudi Arabia from the late 1960s until the early 1980s.
[2] He also engaged with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) as a negotiator for the Philippine government which led to the signing of the 1976 Tripoli Agreement.
[4] Under the urging of President Fidel V. Ramos, he ran for the position of Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.