Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak | |
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أحمد فوزي عبدالرزاق | |
8th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang | |
Assumed office 1 May 2021 | |
Chief Minister | Chow Kon Yeow |
Preceded by | Abdul Rahman Abbas |
Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 4 July 2001 –7 January 2006 | |
Preceded by | Abdul Kadir Mohamad |
Succeeded by | Rastam Mohd Isa |
7th High Commissioner of Malaysia to Bangladesh | |
In office 10 June 1992 –December 1994 | |
Preceded by | Tunku Nazihah Tunku Mohd Rus |
Succeeded by | Mahyuddin Abdul Rahman |
Personal details | |
Born | Ahmad Fuzi bin Abdul Razak 8 January 1949 Sungai Bakap,Penang,Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
Spouse | Khadijah Mohd Nor |
Children | 2 |
Education | High School Bukit Mertajam |
Alma mater | University of Malaya |
Ahmad Fuzi bin Abdul Razak (born 8 January 1949) is a Malaysian diplomat who has served as the 8th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang since 1 May 2021.
Ahmad Fuzi attended primary and secondary education in Penang. He obtained a degree of Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) from the University of Malaya in 1972 and a Certificate in Diplomacy from the University of Oxford in 1974.
Tun Fuzi had his primary education at King Edward VII School in Taiping and Stowell School Bukit Mertajam,secondary education at the Bukit Mertajam High School,higher secondary education at the Anderson School Ipoh before graduating from the University of Malaya in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons). He also attended the UK Foreign Service Programme at Oxford University where he obtained a Certificate in Diplomacy in 1974. Source:Official Govt. of Penang website:https://www.penang.gov.my/index.php/en/tyt
Ahmad Fuzi joined Malaysian Administrative and Diplomatic Service in 1972 as an assistant secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Throughout the years,he served as a diplomat in Moscow,The Hague,Canberra and Washington,D.C. He headed the Malaysian High Commission in Dhaka from 1992 to 1994. He served as Deputy Secretary-General from 1997 to 2001,as Secretary-General until 2006 and as Ambassador-at-Large until 2009.
As Secretary-General,he played a prominent role in organizing the NAM Summit and the OIC Summit,both in 2003,and the ASEAN Summit and related summits in 2005. [1] He also led Malaysian delegation to the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting and the Senior Officials Meeting of the bilateral Joint Commissions between Malaysia and the relevant countries.
After leaving public service,Ahmad Fuzi has served as chairman and director in various companies,including ACE Holdings Berhad, [2] ACE Investment Bank Limited, [2] Takaful Malaysia Berhad,asiaEP Resources Berhad,Seremban Engineering Berhad,Puncak Niaga Holdings Berhad and Maybank Islamic Berhad. [1]
Ahmad Fuzi has also been Secretary-General of WIEF from 2008. As such,he was known for the success of WIEF forums all over the world such as London,Dubai,Islamabad,Kuwait,Astana,Jakarta,with the last WIEF Forum held in Kuching in 2017 and the only WIEF Roundtable Series held in Kota Kinabalu in 2020.
Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow,on His Majesty's behalf,declared Ahmad Fuzi's appointment as the next Governor on 12 April 2021. [3] [4] He took the governorship from his predecessor,Abdul Rahman Abbas,upon his swearing in on 1 May 2021.
Ahmad Fuzi is married to Khadijah Mohd. Nor and has two children.
Ahmad Fuzi was bestowed with the following honours:
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