List of high commissioners of Malaysia to Canada

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High Commissioner of Malaysia to Canada
Dr Shazelina Z Abidin.png
since 25 November 2024
Style Her Excellency
Seat Ottawa, Canada
Appointer Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Inaugural holder Omar Ong Yoke Lin as Chargé d'Affaires
FormationApril 1967
Website www.kln.gov.my/web/can_ottawa/home

The high Commissioner of Malaysia to Canada is the head of Malaysia's diplomatic mission to Canada. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is based in the High Commission of Malaysia, Ottawa.

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List of heads of mission

Chargé d'affaires to Canada

Chargé d'Affaires [1] Term startTerm end
Accredited from Washington, D.C.
Omar Ong Yoke Lin April 1967April 1968

High commissioners to Canada

High Commissioner [2] Term startTerm end
Mohd Ismail Yusof 11 April 19682 November 1969
Zakaria Mohd Ali 23 April 19706 November 1974
Albert S. Talalla 24 March 197514 April 1978
Ahmad Zainal Abidin Mohamed Yusof 16 May 197815 September 1980
Bakri Aiyub Ghazali 8 June 198125 April 1986
Thomas Jayasuria 18 June 19868 June 1990
Ahmad Faiz Abdul Hamid 28 September 199030 September 1994
Abdullah Zawawi Mohamed 6 December 1993December 1997
Omardin Abdul Wahab 5 May 199820 November 2001
Dennis J. Ignatius 13 December 200126 June 2008
Selwyn Das 11 February 200912 November 2010
Hayati Ismail 9 March 20119 September 2015
Aminahtun Karim Shaharudin 19 January 201618 July 2019
Nor'Aini Abd Hamid 18 July 201915 June 2021
Anizan @ Siti Hajjar Adnin15 June 2021November 2023
Shazelina Zainul Abidin 25 November 2024Incumbent

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