Yang Berbahagia Admiral (Retired) Tan Sri Dato' Seri Abu Bakar Abdul Jamal PGAT PSM SSAT SPMJ SPMS SPTS DPMJ DIMP DPTS PAT JMN SMJ KMN | |
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10th Chief of Navy | |
In office 15 October 1998 –12 August 2001 | |
Preceded by | Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor |
Succeeded by | Mohd Ramly Abu Bakar |
Personal details | |
Born | Johor,Malayan Union | 13 November 1946
Awards | Panglima Mangku Negara (PMN) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Malaysia |
Branch/service | Royal Malaysian Navy |
Years of service | 1965–2002 |
Rank | Admiral (Malay:Laksamana) |
Commands | Chief of Royal Malaysian Navy |
service number | N400230 |
Abu Bakar bin Abdul Jamal was the tenth Chief and the first four-star Admiral of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). [1] [2]
Abu Bakar served for nearly 40 years in the RMN and held various positions and ranks. He was commanding officer of several RMN ship including patrol ship,destroyers (missile) and corvettes. Between 1981 and 1984,bu Bakar was made senior officer for the Corvette Project Team in Kiel,Germany. He later held the position of Assistant Chief of Navy (Human Resource) and Deputy Chief of Navy in 1996. Admiral Abu Bakar became the Chief of Navy on 15 October 1998 and was elevated to the rank of admiral on 1 June 2000. He retired in 2002.
Besides the various Malaysian awards and medals,Abu Bakar was also awarded the Bintang Jalasena Utama by Indonesia and the Legion of Merit (degree of commander) by the United States of America. [3]
He was born on 13 November 1946 in Johor,Malaysia and received his early education at the Royal Military College in Sungai Besi,Kuala Lumpur. Abu Bakar joined the naval service in 1965 and commenced training as a cadet at the Britannia Royal Naval College,United Kingdom. Abu Bakar was trained in weapons engineering at HMS Excellent School of Weapons Engineering,United Kingdom. He was also trained in Training Technology by the Royal Australian Navy. Abu Bakar is also a graduate of the Royal Naval College,Greenwich,United Kingdom and the Naval Postgraduate School,Monterey,California,where he studied Defence Management. He went on to enrol in a fellowship programme at the Wolfson College,Cambridge and later studied at the Royal College of Defence Studies,United Kingdom.
Abu Bakar is married to Kamariyah binti Buang and they have three children.[ citation needed ]
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