The current Malaysian Director General of Education is Azman Adnan, since 20 February 2024.

List of Director General of Education

The following is a list of former and current Director General of Education.

No.Director General of EducationTerm of office Portrait Name(Birth–Death) Took office Left office 1 Joseph Norman Davies(Unknown) 1959 1959 2 D.H. Christie(Unknown) 1960 1960 3 Aminuddin Baki(1926–1965) 1961 1965 4 Hamdan Sheikh Tahir(1921–2005) 1966 1976 5 Murad Mohamed Noor(1930–2008) 1976 1985 6 Abdul Rahman Arshad(1936–2020) 1985 1991 7 Asiah Abu Samah(b. 1937) 1991 1993 8 Wan Mohd Zahid Mohd Noordin(1940–2022) 1993 1997 9 Matnor Daim(b. Unknown) April 1997 April 1998 10 Abdul Shukor Abdullah(1944–2011) April 1998 February 2001 11 Abdul Rafie Mahat(1946–2007) February 2001 January 2005 12 Ahmad Sipon(b. 1951) February 2005 July 2007 13 Alimuddin Mat Dom(b. Unknown) 16 July 2007 6 November 2010 14 Abdul Ghafar Mahmud(b. 1953) 8 November 2010 6 December 2013 15 Khair Mohamad Yusof(b. 1956) 8 December 2013 17 October 2017 16 Amin Senin(b. Unknown) 19 October 2017 21 December 2019 17 Habibah Abdul Rahim(b. Unknown) 10 January 2020 5 April 2021 18 Nor Zamani Abdol Hamid(b. Unknown) 22 June 2021 29 July 2022 19 Pkharuddin Ghazali (b. 1963) 23 September 2022 6 November 202320Azman Adnan (b. 1966)20 February 2024Incumbent

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