Yang Berbahagia Admiral (Rtd) Tan Sri Dato' Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar PGAT PSM PJN SSAP SPTS SPMS SPKK DGPN SPDK SMW PSAT DCSM DPMS DMSM PAT JSM KAT KMN AMN BCM PJM PPS PPA | |
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15th Chief of Navy | |
In office 1 April 2008 –6 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Ramlan Mohamed Ali |
Succeeded by | Ahmad Kamarulzaman Ahmad Badaruddin |
Personal details | |
Born | Abdul Aziz bin Haji Jaafar 7 May 1956 Sungai Udang,Malacca,Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
Nationality | Malaysia |
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.
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.[ citation needed ]
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]
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