He was born to a powerful political family, and so was raised in local Lanao del Sur politics. He is the eldest son of Former Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal M. Adiong Senior and Bae Soraya Alonto Adiong. His father was largely credited for the landslide victory of President Arroyo and her slate in the 2004 elections.
He is the father of Former Lanao del Sur Sangguniang Kabataan Provincial President Mamintal Adiong III (2007-2010), Former Sangguniang Kabataan Provincial President Mohammad Khalid Adiong (2010-2013), Soraya Harifa, and Abdul Malic. Adiong started his career in local governance in 1996 as an appointed board member, and was elected to the same position in 1998. On 2001, he went on to become the province’s sports officer (starting in 2001) and concurrently appointed as the Provincial Administrator of Lanao del Sur by his father, Governor Mamintal M. Adiong Senior, the Governor of the province during that time.
But on 2004, weeks after the 2004 Philippine Election his father died due to cardiac arrest.
In 2003, he assumed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation provincial engineer position. His stint in the private sector—as Chief Executive Officer of Mobile Marketing Association Construction and Development Corporation—earned him a standing in the business community, and his involvement in the ARMM Social Fund Project deepened his credentials in public service.
On 2010 Philippine general election, 2010, he was re-elected as the Governor against his nemesis, Former Marawi City Mayor Solitario Ali.
Aiming to continue his father"s legacy, he and his running mate Former Department of Interior and Local Government-ARMM Regional Secretary Datu RPK Arsad Marohombsar won the Philippine general election, 2007 as the governor and vice governor of the province against the tandem of Marawi City Mayor Solitario Ali and Assemblyman Jamil Lucman, Lanao del Sur 2nd District Congressman Benasing June Macarambon and incumbent Vice Governor Monera Dimakuta-Macabangon, and incumbent Lanao del Sur Governor Aleem Bashier Manalao of OMPIA Party.
