General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Panglima Mohd Azumi bin Mohamed (Rtd)

Malaysian

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Chairman

General Dato' Seri Panglima Azumi (Rtd) holds a Master of Science in National Resources Strategy from the National Defense University Washington DC US. He received his early military training at the Officer Cadet School Port sea Australia in 1968 and continued to receive advanced military training at the Australian Army Infantry Centre, the United States Army Infantry Centre Fort Benning and the Australian Joint Services Staff College.

General Dato' Seri Panglima Mohd Azumi (rtd) joined the private sector on 10 Dec 2004 following his retirement as Chief of the Malaysian Army after an illustrious military career of 37 years. Highlights of his military career includes command of the elite 10 Parachute Brigade, the Army’s response to the Malaysian Armed Forces Rapid Deployment Force, as the General Officer Commanding in Chief of the First Infantry Division responsible for the security of Sabah and Sarawak. He was also responsible for the strong working relationship on defence and security bilateral matters with the Phillipines Armed Forces and the Indonesian Armed Forces. General Dato' Seri Panglima Azumi also served with the United Nations Observation Mission Kuwait/Iraq following the First Gulf War where he assisted the Foran Commission in the return of war property and the policing plan of the demilitarized zone. Following the exposure, General Dato' Seri Panglima Azumi later was given the responsibility for the deployment of Malaysia’s observers and peacekeeping troops to Somalia, Cambodia and Bosnia Herzegovina. He also represented Malaysia at the UN Troop Contributing Nations Meeting at Zagreb.

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