| Director General of Education | |
|---|---|
| Ketua Pengarah Pendidikan Malaysia | |
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Incumbent Azman Adnan since 20 February 2024 | |
| Ministry of Education | |
| Style | Yang Berbahagia (The Honourable) |
| Reports to | Ministry of Education (Malaysia) |
| Seat | Putrajaya |
| Appointer | Minister of Education (Malaysia) |
| Formation | 1959 |
| First holder | Joseph Norman Davies |
| Website | www |
The current Malaysian Director General of Education is Azman Adnan, since 20 February 2024 [1] .
The following is a list of former and current Director General of Education. [2]
| No. | Director General of Education | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | |
| 1 | Joseph Norman Davies (Unknown) | 1959 | 1959 | |
| 2 | D.H. Christie (Unknown) | 1960 | 1960 | |
| 3 | Aminuddin Baki (1926–1965) | 1961 | 1965 | |
| 4 | Hamdan Sheikh Tahir (1921–2005) | 1966 | 1976 | |
| 5 | Murad Mohamed Noor (1930–2008) | 1976 | 1985 | |
| 6 | Abdul Rahman Arshad (1936–2020) | 1985 | 1991 | |
| 7 | Asiah Abu Samah (b. 1937) | 1991 | 1993 | |
| 8 | Wan Mohd Zahid Mohd Noordin (1940–2022) | 1993 | 1997 | |
| 9 | Matnor Daim (b. Unknown) | April 1997 | April 1998 | |
| 10 | Abdul Shukor Abdullah (1944–2011) | April 1998 | February 2001 | |
| 11 | Abdul Rafie Mahat (1946–2007) | February 2001 | January 2005 | |
| 12 | Ahmad Sipon (b. 1951) | February 2005 | July 2007 | |
| 13 |  | Alimuddin Mat Dom (b. Unknown) | 16 July 2007 | 6 November 2010 |
| 14 | Abdul Ghafar Mahmud (b. 1953) | 8 November 2010 | 6 December 2013 | |
| 15 | Khair Mohamad Yusof (b. 1956) | 8 December 2013 | 17 October 2017 | |
| 16 | Amin Senin (b. Unknown) | 19 October 2017 | 21 December 2019 | |
| 17 | Habibah Abdul Rahim (b. Unknown) | 10 January 2020 | 5 April 2021 | |
| 18 | Nor Zamani Abdol Hamid (b. Unknown) | 22 June 2021 | 29 July 2022 | |
| 19 | Pkharuddin Ghazali (b. 1963) | 23 September 2022 | 6 September 2023 | |
| 20 | Azman Adnan (b. 1966) | 20 February 2024 | Incumbent | |
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