Andal Ampatuan Sr. ( 1941 – July 17 , 2015 ) was the patriarch of the Ampatuan political family in Maguindanao province , on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines . He was elected Governor of Maguindanao in 2001 , defeating incumbent Governor Zacaria Candao in the gubernatorial election on May 14 , 2001 . Ampatuan was suspected of involvement in the November 2009 Maguindanao massacre
Maguindanao massacre
Maguindanao massacre
Andal Ampatuan Sr.