Hussin Ututalum Amin | |
Office: | Mayor of Jolo |
Term Start: | June 30, 2007 |
Term End: | June 30, 2016 |
Office2: | Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Sulu's First District |
Term Start2: | June 30, 1998 |
Term End2: | June 30, 2007 |
Predecessor2: | Bensaudi Tulawie |
Successor2: | Yusop Jikiri |
Birth Date: | 3 October 1951 |
Birth Place: | Jolo, Sulu, Philippines |
Alma Mater: | Philippine Muslim College University of the East |
Hussin Ututalum Amin (born October 3, 1951) is a Filipino politician and scholar.
Amin was born in Bus-bus, Jolo, and attended the Philippine Muslim College in Jolo, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History in 1972. Later, he pursued his legal education at the University of the East, earning a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1978. He also served in the Philippine Army stationed in Zamboanga City.[1]
In 2024, he was acquitted by the Sandiganbayan of graft over his involvement in the Fertilizer Fund scam in 2004.[2]