Abdul Aziz Zainal

Abdul Aziz bin Zainal (born 26 August 1951) is a Malaysian diplomat who formerly took office as the 16th Chief of Defence Forces from 2007 to 2009, 12th Chief of Army from 2004 to 2007, and Ambassador of Malaysia to France from 2010 to 2013. Notably, he served as Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia's previous chairman, chairman of Heitech Defence System and Perbadanan Perwira Niaga.

Biography

Education Aziz has an honorary doctorate in leadership and management from the University of Tun Abdul Razak in 2007; honorary doctorate in management from the Malaysian University of Sabah in 2008; and a master's degree in management from the Asian Institute of Management, Manila in 1996. Later in his career, he would go on to attend the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) Staff College and MAF Defence College.

Personal life Aziz was born in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan on 26 August 1951.

Honours of Malaysia

Malaysian Armed Forces

Foreign honours