SHAH ALAM: AS reported a few days ago, General Nizam Jaafar,59, was appointed as the 23rd Panglima Angkatan Tentera/Chief of Defence Forces today. Nizam who was the Malaysian Armed Forces Headquarters Assistant Chief of Staff Personnel Services was also promoted as a four-star general prior to his ascension as the country’s top soldier.
He replaces TS General Mohammad Ab Rahman, 61, who is retiring.
The release from the Defence Ministry:
𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐊𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐀𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐊𝐀𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐓 𝐊𝐄-𝟐𝟑
KUALA LUMPUR, 31 Januari 2025 – Menteri Pertahanan, YB Dato’ Seri Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin menyempurnakan pemakaian pangkat Panglima Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) Ke-23 kepada Jeneral Datuk Haji Mohd Nizam bin Haji Jaffar di Auditorium Wisma Pertahanan, Kementerian Pertahanan Malaysia.
Majlis ini turut menyaksikan acara Serah Terima Tugas daripada Jeneral Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Mohammad bin Ab. Rahman kepada Jeneral Datuk Haji Mohd Nizam bin Haji Jaffar.
Jeneral Datuk Haji Mohd Nizam bin Haji Jaffar merupakan graduan Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, England dan memiliki pengalaman luas dalam bidang ketenteraan termasuk kursus kerjaya di dalam dan luar negara antaranya di Bangladesh, Pakistan, Amerika Syarikat dan Perancis. Beliau juga memiliki Sarjana Pentadbiran Perniagaan dari University of Nottingham dan merupakan Fellow Scholar di Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM).
Sebelum ini, beliau pernah menjawat jawatan Panglima Briged Kedua Infantri Malaysia, Asisten Ketua Staf Perkhidmatan Anggota (AKS PA) di Bahagian Perkhidmatan Anggota, dan Komandan Maktab Ketahanan Nasional (MKN), PUSPAHANAS.
Turut hadir, Timbalan Menteri Pertahanan, YB Adly Zahari; Ketua Setiausaha, Datuk Lokman Hakim bin Ali; Panglima Tentera Darat, Jeneral Tan Sri Dato’ Wira Muhammad Hafizuddeain bin Jantan; Panglima Tentera Laut, Laksamana Datuk Zulhelmy bin Ithnain; Panglima Tentera Udara, Jeneral Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Mohd Asghar Khan bin Goriman Khan TUDM serta pegawai kanan ATM.
I will post the full biodata of the new CDF once the Defence Ministry published it on its website.
— Malaysian Defence
If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment
Ehh, left field yes. But not as left as PAT 20 was. PAT 23 was still an up & coming member, perhaps irking the respective chiefs that they werent selected. But understandable if the goal is to select a younger head and not keep changing every year or so. PAT 20 was literally brought back from dead(end) place.