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{{Philippine name|Tan|Misuari}}
{{use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix=[[Ustad|Ustadz]]
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1974|12}}
| birth_place = [[Malaysia]]
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| spouse =
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| office = Member of the [[Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament]]
| term_start = September 15, 2022
| term_end =
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Murad Ebrahim]]
| nominator = [[Philippine national government]]
| appointer = [[Bongbong Marcos]]
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| party           = [[Mahardika Party|Mahardika]]
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|parents =[[Nur Misuari]]<br />Desdemona Tan
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[[Ustad|Ustadz]] '''Abdulkarim "Kharz" Tan Misuari''' is a [[Moro people|Moro]] Filipino who is a member of the [[Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament]].<ref name="children">{{cite news |last1=Arguillas |first1=Carolyn |title=Children of the Bangsamoro Revolution: their battlefield is Parliament (1) |url=https://www.mindanews.com/peace-process/2022/09/children-of-the-bangsamoro-revolution-their-battlefield-is-parliament-1/ |access-date=4 September 2022 |work=MindaNews |date=3 September 2022}}</ref>
==Early life==
He is the eldest son of six children of [[Moro National Liberation Front]] (MNLF) founder [[Nur Misuari]] and Desdemona Tan of [[Sulu]]. Kharz Misuari was born in December 1974 in [[Malaysia]] on the first year of his parents' life in exile which would last for at least two decades. He would spend his life outside the Philippines; in Libya, Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Syria.<ref name="children"/>
==Career==
===Moro National Liberation Front===
Misuari would serve as Vice Chair of the MNLF under the leadership of his father. He initially trained as a commander to fight for the MNLF but became an ''[[ustad]]'' instead following the wish of his mother.<ref name="children"/> He also served as chief liaison officer in the [[Arab states of the Persian Gulf|Gulf States]] for the MNLF.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aning |first1=Jerome |title=Misuari to Abu Sayyaf: Enough, we cannot tolerate you forever |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/355491/misuari-to-abu-sayyaf-enough-we-cannot-tolerate-you-forever |access-date=4 September 2022 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=9 February 2013 |language=en}}</ref>
===Bangsamoro government===
Misuari along with his half-sister [[Nurredha Misuari|Nurredha Ibrahim Misuari]] was appointed to the [[Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament]] by President [[Bongbong Marcos]] on August 12, 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=New BTA unites former warring MILF, MNLF rebels |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1181310 |access-date=4 September 2022 |agency=Philippine News Agency |date=14 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=‘Happy surprise.’ Marcos appoints members of interim Bangsamoro parliament |url=https://pcij.org/blog/3640/marcos-appoints-members-of-interim-bangsamoro-regional-parliament |access-date=4 September 2022 |publisher=Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism |date=13 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
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[[Category:Filipino Muslims]]
[[Category:Tausūg people]]
[[Category:Moro National Liberation Front members]]