| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Professor Dato' Dr. |
| Husaini Omar | |
| Birth Date: | 1963 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kelantan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Office: | 8th Director-General of Higher Education |
| Term Start: | 1 February 2021 |
| Term End: | 9 March 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Mohamed Mustafa Ishak |
| Successor: | Azlinda Azman |
| Office2: | 4th Vice-Chancellor of the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan |
| Chancellor2: | Tengku Muhammad Fa-iz Petra |
| Term Start2: | 1 January 2018 |
| Term End2: | 6 January 2019 |
| Predecessor2: | Mortaza Mohamed |
| Successor2: | Noor Azizi Ismail |
| Office3: | Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) of Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| Term Start3: | 15 February 2017 |
| Term End3: | 1 January 2018 |
| Chancellor3: | Sharafuddin |
| Predecessor3: | Mohd. Azmi Mohd Lila |
| Successor3: | Zulkifli Idrus |
| Alma Mater: | University of Malaya (BSc) University of Leeds (MEng) Universiti Putra Malaysia (PhD) |
| Spouse: | Norwati Mustapha |
Husaini bin Omar (born 10 March 1963) is a Malaysian academic, geologist, researcher, engineer and former Director-General of Higher Education from 1 February 2021 until 9 March 2023.
Husaini holds a Bachelor of Science with Honors (Geology) from the University of Malaya in 1988 and a Master of Geological Engineering from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom in 1994. He subsequently obtained a Doctor of Engineering (System Engineering) from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2002.[1] [2]
Husaini has eight years of industry experience as a geological engineer before starting his career as a lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering Universiti Putra Malaysia in 1996. He enjoyed academic and administrative success until he was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation) of UPM on 15 February 2017 before assuming the position of Vice Chancellor of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan on 1 January 2018 until 6 January 2019. He subsequently assumed the duties of chief executive officer of the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) from 1 June 2020 until 31 January 2021.[3] [4]