
Nizam, 59, takes over the position from Gen Mohammad Ab Rahman, who completed his service today and handed over his duties in a ceremony officiated by defence minister Khaled Nordin, Bernama reported.
Nizam, who was promoted from lieutenant general to general today, previously served as commandant of the National Defence College, training management director of the Malaysian Army Training and Doctrine Command, and commander of the 2nd Malaysian Army Infantry Brigade.
Hailing from Johor Bahru, he started as a platoon leader in the 19th Royal Malay Regiment (mechanised).
He was then appointed as the aide-de-camp to the army’s deputy chief from 1989 to 1990, the armed forces chief from 1990 to 1992, and then to the 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 2011 to 2016.
Nizam is a graduate of the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy in England and also attended various courses, including at the Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, US, and Le Collège Interarmées de Défense in France.
He also has a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Nottingham and is a fellow scholar at the National Defence University.
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