The current Malaysian Director General of Education is Azman Adnan, since 20 February 2024.[1]
List of Director General of Education
The following is a list of former and current Director General of Education.[2]
| No.
|
Director General of Education
|
Term of office
|
| Portrait
|
Name
(Birth–Death)
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
| 1
|
|
Joseph Norman Davies
(Unknown)
|
1959
|
1959
|
| 2
|
|
D.H. Christie
(Unknown)
|
1960
|
1960
|
| 3
|
|
Aminuddin Baki
(1926–1965)
|
1961
|
1965
|
| 4
|
|
Hamdan Sheikh Tahir
(1921–2005)
|
1966
|
1976
|
| 5
|
|
Murad Mohamed Noor
(1930–2008)
|
1976
|
1985
|
| 6
|
|
Abdul Rahman Arshad
(1936–2020)
|
1985
|
1991
|
| 7
|
|
Asiah Abu Samah
(b. 1937)
|
1991
|
1993
|
| 8
|
|
Wan Mohd Zahid Mohd Noordin
(1940–2022)
|
1993
|
1997
|
| 9
|
|
Matnor Daim
(b. Unknown)
|
April 1997
|
April 1998
|
| 10
|
|
Abdul Shukor Abdullah
(1944–2011)
|
April 1998
|
February 2001
|
| 11
|
|
Abdul Rafie Mahat
(1946–2007)
|
February 2001
|
January 2005
|
| 12
|
|
Ahmad Sipon
(b. 1951)
|
February 2005
|
July 2007
|
| 13
|
|
Alimuddin Mat Dom
(b. Unknown)
|
16 July 2007
|
6 November 2010
|
| 14
|
|
Abdul Ghafar Mahmud
(b. 1953)
|
8 November 2010
|
6 December 2013
|
| 15
|
|
Khair Mohamad Yusof
(b. 1956)
|
8 December 2013
|
17 October 2017
|
| 16
|
|
Amin Senin
(b. Unknown)
|
19 October 2017
|
21 December 2019
|
| 17
|
|
Habibah Abdul Rahim
(b. Unknown)
|
10 January 2020
|
5 April 2021
|
| 18
|
|
Nor Zamani Abdol Hamid
(b. Unknown)
|
22 June 2021
|
29 July 2022
|
| 19
|
|
Pkharuddin Ghazali
(b. 1963)
|
23 September 2022
|
6 September 2023
|
| 20
|
|
Azman Adnan
(b. 1966)
|
20 February 2024
|
Incumbent
|
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