History
| Former Mayors |
| Aurelio F. Freires, Sr. 1948-1955 |
| Timoteo P. Belarmino 1956–1959 |
| Aurelio F. Freires, Sr. 1960–1963 |
| Aurelio C. Freires, Jr. 1964–1967 |
| Atty. Jorge T. Labog 1968–1971 |
| Romeo F. Almirante 1972–1975 |
| Reynaldo P. Palileo, Sr. 1976-1979 |
| Romeo F. Almirante 1980-1986* |
| Salvador G. Ang, MD 1986-1987** |
| David Gestosani 1987-1988** |
| Sergio P. Sabio 1988-1998 |
| Kahirup C. Ang, M.D. 1998-2003 |
| Gerardo S. Delasan 2003-2010 |
| Dionesio Besana 2010–present |
| * - Died at office ** - Appointed |
“Lebak” is a Maguindanaon word meaning hollow. This is because of the eastern part of Lebak is a mountain and on the western part is the Celebes Sea thus the hollow portion is between a mountain and the Sea.
Settlement areas where then set up, giant forest trees were cut to give way for the residential areas and roads were built to connect neighboring areas. Settlers from Luzon and the Visayas were brought by boat to this Promise Land and were distributed to the various Settlement areas where they were allotted a home lot and farm lot to till and develop.
In 1945, World War II when the Americans took over the supervision of the Philippine Government against Japanese occupation, Marcelino A. Concha was still the Military Governor of the Empire Province of Cotabato. In the same year, Aurelio Freires, Sr. was appointed Municipal District Mayor of Salaman.
Executive Order No.195 dated December 31, 1948 Segregating the Municipal districts of Lebak and Salaman from the Municipalities of Kiamba and Dinaig, Province of Cotabato, as organized under Executive Order No. 82 of August 18, 1947, and organized them into independent municipality under the name of Lebak with the seat of government at the Sitio of Kalamansig. The Municipality of Lebak was created under:
Executive Order No. 432 dated April 12, 1951 Transferring the seat of government of the Municipality of Lebak, province of Cotabato from present location of Kalamansig to the Barrio of Salaman of the municipality. Its known as Municipality of Lebak (Salaman) The magnitude 7.9 (Mw) earthquake occurred in 6°15′33.09″N 124°1′16.78″E / 6.2591917°N 124.0213278°E / 6.2591917; 124.0213278 inland of Moro Gulf on 16 August 1976 at 08:16 UTC at a depth of 33.00 km (20.51 mi), about 40.7 km (25.3 mi) south of populated barangay of Tibpuan. Triggers a tsunami wave and killing 8,000 people.
The municipality was formerly composed of 23 barangays and created 4 new barangays, Bolebak, Barurao II, Poblaciion II and Poblacion III making it to 27 barangays.
The renaming of Poblacion 2 to barangay Aurelio F. Frieres Sr was approve by the Sanguniang Bayan in its resolution number 007 series of 2002. Plebiscite was enacted last March 31, 2005.
Incumbent Municipal Officials
| Municipal Mayor | Hon. Dionesio Besana |
| Municipal Vice Mayor | Hon. Manuel C. Freires, M.D. |
| Sangguniang Bayan Members | Hon. Soriel S. Lib-atin |
| Hon. Dra. Kahirup C. Ang | |
| Hon. Simon Fresco, Jr. | |
| Hon. Frederick M. Celestial | |
| Hon. Eduardo U. Saratao | |
| Hon. Roberto A. Tacadao | |
| Hon. Janrie Tanangonan, MD | |
| Hon. Renato Almiratnte | |
| ABC President | Henryck G. Verman |
| SKF Federation President | Simon Fresco III |
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