Hadji Sadikul "Dick" Adalla Sahali (June 18, 1941 - December 31, 2024) is a Filipino politician and former Governor of Tawi-Tawi, an island province in the Sulu Archipelago.
His four surviving children all have positions in government: Hadja Ruby Sahali-Tan serves as the regional secretary of DSWD-ARMM; Regie Sahali-Generale is a former assemblywoman of the RLA-ARMM and former vice governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM);[2] Nurbert Sahali is mayor of Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi; and Nurjay M. Sahali is secretary to the Governor.
[1] Sahali first waded into the political arena in 1971, when he ran and won as Mayor of Panglima Sugala (formerly Balimbing).
[1] In May 1998, he aspired for a higher post and won as Governor of the Province of Tawi-Tawi, serving until 2001, when he lost his reelection bid to Rashidin Matba.
In 2007, an overwhelming majority voted to give him a second consecutive term to complete the various socio-economic programs and projects for the province.