Abdul Aziz Jaafar Explained

Honorific Prefix:Yang Berbahagia Admiral (Rtd) Tan Sri Dato' Sri
Abdul Aziz Jaafar
Honorific Suffix:PGAT PSM PJN SSAP SPTS SPMS SPKK DGPN SPDK SMW PSAT DCSM DPMS DMSM PAT JSM KAT KMN AMN BCM PJM PPS PPA
Birth Name:Abdul Aziz bin Haji Jaafar
Birth Date:7 May 1956
Birth Place:Sungai Udang, Malacca, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Order:15th
Office:Chief of Navy (Malaysia)Chief of Navy
Term Start:1 April 2008
Term End:6 May 2016
Predecessor:Ramlan Mohamed Ali
Successor:Ahmad Kamarulzaman Ahmad Badaruddin

Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz bin Haji Jaafar (born 7 May 1956 in Sungai Udang, Malacca) is a retired Malaysian admiral who served as the 15th Chief of Royal Malaysian Navy on 1 April 2008.

Life

Abdul Aziz Jaafar was born in Sungai Udang, Malacca on 7 May 1956, joined the Royal Malaysian Navy in December 1974, and was subsequently commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1977.[1]

He was selected as a commissioning crew member four times, namely during the commissioning of KD Paus (1976), KD Sri Indera Sakti (1982), KD Kasturi (1984), and KD Laksamana Muhammad Amin (1999). He has also been appointed as a commanding officer three times, namely KD Baung, KD Jupiter, and finally the corvette KD Muhammad Amin. While at KD Muhammad Amin, he also acted as Senior Officer Afloat or Senior Fleet Officer.

His first position as First Admiral was to be Commander of Marine Region II, which was then based in Labuan in July 2002. Three years later, he was appointed Assistant Chief of Staff for Human Resources at the Naval Headquarters. Six months later, in January 2006, he was appointed as Fleet Commander. In July, he returned to the Naval Headquarters as Assistant Chief of Staff for Defense Training Operations until he was appointed as Deputy Commander of the Navy on 15 November 2006.[2]

In 2014, Jaafar conducted a joint exercise with Singapore Navy.[3]

Honours

Foreign Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Keat . Ong Tee . NAMI Corp. - Corporate Profile - Board of Directors . 2023-04-24 . NAMI Corp. . en.
  2. Web site: ZOLKEPLI . FARIK . Navy chief retires after 41 years of service . 2023-04-24 . The Star . en.
  3. Web site: Migration . 2014-02-25 . Singapore, Malaysian navies conduct joint exercise The Straits Times . 2023-04-24 . www.straitstimes.com . en.
  4. Web site: Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1991. www.istiadat.gov.my.
  5. Web site: Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1998. www.istiadat.gov.my.
  6. Web site: Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 2004. www.istiadat.gov.my.
  7. Web site: Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 2007. www.istiadat.gov.my.
  8. Web site: Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 2009. www.istiadat.gov.my.
  9. 〈Serving no less than 10 years〉
  10. 〈Serving no less than 18 years〉
  11. 〈a reward for the service of Malaysian soldiers, British and Commonwealth soldiers, sailors and aircraftmen who participated in the Malayan Emergency, Indonesian-Malaysian Confrontation and Second Malayan Emergency〉
  12. Web site: SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN BINTANG DAN PINGAT. www.istiadat.gov.my.
  13. Web site: DPMS 2007. awards.selangor.gov.my.
  14. Web site: SPMS 2011. awards.selangor.gov.my.
  15. Web site: Senarai Penerima Anugerah Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang Dan Pingat Wilayah Persekutuan Tahun 2009. www.jwp.gov.my.
  16. Web site: PANGLIMA TNI MENGANUGERAHKAN BINTANG JALASENA UTAMA KEPADA KASAL MALAYSIA . 2024-09-25 . tni.mil.id . en.

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