Abdul Halim Mohd Hanifah

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First Admiral (Retired) Dato Seri Pahlawan
Abdul Halim Mohd Hanifah
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عبدالحاليم محمد حنيفه
Dato Seri Pahlawan Haji Abdul Halim bin Haji Mohd Hanifah (cropped).jpg
First admiral Abdul Halim in 2013
8th Commander of the Royal Brunei Navy
In office
16 May 2008 –28 February 2014
Children5
ProfessionMilitary officer
Military service
AllegianceFlag of Brunei.svg  Brunei
Branch/serviceNaval Ensign of Brunei.svg  Royal Brunei Navy
Years of service1983–2014
Rank 15.RBrN-BG.svg First Admiral
Unit KDB Pejuang (P-03)
KDB Seteria (P-04)
Commands Royal Brunei Navy
Naval Training

Abdul Halim bin Haji Mohd Hanifah (born 24 January 1965) is a retired Bruneian military officer who served as the 8th commander of the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) from 2008 to 2013.

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Early life and education

Abdul Halim was born on 24 January 1965. Throughout his career, he attended several institutes and training overseas including the International Cadet Fund Accounting Services, Maritime Surveillance, International Long Navigation, Advance Military Command and Staff Course, completed Britannia Royal Naval College, Devon, United Kingdom in 1985, obtained Master of Arts (MA) and Master of Science (MS) in Defence Studies and Strategic Studies. [3]

Military career

On 24 July 1982, he enlisted into the RBAF and commissioned as an officer cadet in 1983. Abdul Halim advanced in rank starting from Sub-lieutenant in 1985, Junior Lieutenant in 1987, Lieutenant in 1990, Lieutenant Commander in 1994, Commander in 2004, Captain in 2007. The Commander-in-chief, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah appointed him as the 8th commander of the Royal Brunei Navy in 2008. [4] The handover ceremony from his predecessor, Joharie Matussin, was held at Muara Naval Base, Muara on 16 May 2008. [5] Prior to the commencing of the annual naval bilateral exercise, Exercise Pelican 2010, the opening ceremony was held at Changi Naval Base and Abdul Halim commented on the relationship between Singapore and Brunei,

The warm and friendly defence relations between the two navies reaffirm the commitment of both nations towards strengthening defence cooperation for peace and stability in the region. We highly value the long-standing and excellent cooperation between the two navies, and look forward to maintaining and expanding traditions of trusted and mutually advantageous cooperation between the Republic of Singapore and Brunei Darussalam.

— Abdul Halim Mohd Hanifah, MINDEF Singapore, 21 June 2010

Commander Abdul Halim received a call from Rear Admiral Orwen J. Cortez, Philippines Ambassador Nestor Z. Ochoa, Commander Leofilo G. Pulmano to commence the bilateral naval exercise between Brunei and Philippines, named Maritime Training Activity (MTA) SEAGULL 05/12, which would last from 19 to 25 November 2012 and involved four ships; KDB Syafaat (19) and KDB Afiat (20), BRP Artemio Ricarte (PS-37) and BRP Mariano Alvarez (PS-38). [6] Brunei hosted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief and Military Medicine Exercise which lasted from 17 to 20 June 2013, he welcomed the crew and captain of the recently arrived USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE-9) at Muara Port on 18 June. [7] During BRIDEX 2013, he signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Commander of the Vietnam People's Navy, Admiral Nguyễn Văn Hiến. [8]

Personal life

Abdul Halim is married to Umiyati binti Mohammad Noor and they have five children together. In addition, he enjoys playing association football and golf. [4] His brothers, Hisham and Azmi are also high-ranking government officials. His nephews Afi Aminuddin and Wafi Aminuddin are Brunei international footballers.

Honours

National

Foreign

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