Imelda Dimaporo

Imelda "Angging" dela Cruz Quibranza-Dimaporo is a Filipina politician who currently serves as the representative for Lanao del Norte's 1st district in the House of Representatives in 2025, having previously served in the same position from 2010 to 2016. She is also the Governor of Lanao del Norte from 2016 to 2025, and previously from 1998 to 2007.

Personal life

Dimaporo was born as Imelda Quibranza on January 15, 1959, in Tubod, Lanao del Norte to Arsenio Quibranza, a Christian immigrant from Cebu who became vice governor and governor of Lanao del Norte, and Teofila dela Cruz.
In 1977, she married Abdullah Dimaporo despite him being the son of Arsenio Quibranza's political rival, Ali Dimaporo, in a dual civil and Islamic ceremony, and have five children together. She studied at the Philippine Women's University with a degree of Business Administration. She was the president of Lanao del Norte Ladies Circle from 1996 to 1998. She was also the chairman of League of Provinces of the Philippines of the same year. In 1998 she was elected as a governor and chairperson of Panguil Bay Development Council.