Sarimah Akbar
Sarimah Akbar (born 1966) is a Malaysian career diplomat who serves as Malaysian ambassador to the Democratic republic of Timor-Leste.[1]
Career
[edit]Akbar started her diplomatic career in 1996 in the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an administrative and diplomatic service officer. She was transferred to the finance department of the ministry and later moved to the East Asia department where she served until 1999, when she received her first foreign post to Malaysian Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.[2] From 2003 to 2004, she was assistant secretary, Southeast Asia Department in the Malaysian Foreign Affairs Ministry. She served as a consultant at the Malaysian High Commission in London from 2009 to 2012. From 2017, she served as undersecretary at Malaysian embassies in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) and Oceania Division before being appointed Malaysian ambassador to East Timor-Leste.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "ePress : APPOINTMENT OF NEW HEADS OF MISSION OF MALAYSIA". epress.penerangan.gov.my. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ "King presents instruments of appointment to 10 envoys". www.thesundaily.my. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ "Meeting between H.E. Ambassador Rath Many and H.E. Sarimah Akbar, Undersecretary of the CLMV & Oceania, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation". www.mfaic.gov.kh. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ "COURTESY CALL BY H.E. SARIMAH AKBAR, AMBASSADOR OF MALAYSIA TO TIMOR-LESTE". May 18, 2020.
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