Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel Forces Lt Gen Datuk Mohd Nizam Jaffar has been appointed as the 23rd Armed Forces chief effective Friday (Jan 31).
Mohd Nizam, 59, took over the position from Gen Tan Sri Mohammad Ab Rahman, who completed his service on Friday at a handover ceremony officiated by Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin at Wisma Pertahanan in Kuala Lumpur.
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Mohd Nizam, 59, took over the position from Gen Tan Sri Mohammad Ab Rahman, who completed his service on Friday at a handover ceremony officiated by Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin at Wisma Pertahanan in Kuala Lumpur.
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00:00Malaysian Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Personal Forces, Lieutenant General Datuk
00:08Mohamad Nizam Jafar, has been appointed as the 23rd Defence Force Chief.
00:13At a handover ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, he took over the position from General Tan Sri
00:18Mohamad Abdul Rahman, who completed his service on Friday.
00:23Defence Minister Datuk Sri Mohamad Khaled Nordin officiated the event.
00:2759-year-old Mohamad Nizam, who was also promoted to General at the ceremony, is an Army officer
00:34who rose to Lieutenant General on February 23 last year.
00:38He has held many key positions, including National Defence College Commandant, Malaysian
00:43Army Training and Doctrine Command Training Management Director and 2nd Malaysian Army
00:48Infantry Brigade Commander.
00:51A Johor Bahru native, Mohamad Nizam began as a platoon leader in the 19th Royal Malay
00:56Regiment, mechanised, and later served as Ida de Kamp to the Deputy Chief of Army, then
01:02to the Chief of Defence Force and to the 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
01:07The graduate of the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, England, has also attended various
01:12career courses locally and internationally.
01:15He also completed his studies at the National Defence College and earned the National Resilience
01:20College Award.
01:22Mohamad Nizam made history as the first senior Army officer selected for the Global Peace
01:28Operations Initiative Peace Support Operations Contingent commander course in the US, before
01:34becoming commander of the Malaysian Battalion 2 peacekeeping force in Lebanon.
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