List of commanders of the Order of Meritorious Service

Below is a list of commanders of the Order of Meritorious Service from the order's creation in 1995 to the present day.

Year Public service Local government / statutory bodies Private sector / association / voluntary / sports Military Police Political Honorary Total1995 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 101996 9 6 15 0 0 8 2 401997 6 5 25 0 0 0 2 381998 16 8 5 0 0 5 5 391999 1 492000 3 462001 11 7 15 1 2 5 3 442002 12 10 10 1 1 15 1 502003 10 8 22 1 1 12 9 632004 10 7 16 1 0 5 8 472005 8 6 14 3 1 8 5 452006 15 4 7 2 1 11 1 412007 10 7 19 2 3 19 6 662008 11 1 14 4 1 19 1 512009 7 8 10 5 2 8 3 432010 9 2 10 2 0 16 6 45 2011 14 6 22 4 0 18 7 712012 11 6 21 4 4 18 3 672013 12 2 17 5 2 21 1 602014 14 4 18 6 0 20 1 632015 11 8 15 1 4 17 0 562016 20 3 36 1 2 20 0 822017 8 1 8 2 2 28 2 512018 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02019 11 4 6 7 3 0 0 312020 10 1 7 7 4 0 0 292021

1990s

1995

Public Service Division Asmat Kamaludin, Abdullah Abdul Rahman Private Sector / Association / Voluntary / Sports Division Abdul Rahim Abdullah, S.C.E. Abraham, Abdul Kadir Jasin, Ismail Zakaria, Mohamed Razali Abdul Rahman, Nik Mohamed Nik Yaacob, Mohamed Zain Abdul Rashid, Leong Wye Keong

1996

Public Service Division Mazlan Ahmad, Ismail Mansor, Mohamad Khalil Mohamad Noor, Aris Othman, Baharun Azhar Raffiai, Hamid Bugo, Abdul Halim Ali, Tengku Mohd. Azzman Shariffadeen Tengku Ibrahim, Daniel Tajem, Eduardo Alberto Sadous (honorary) Local Government / Statutory Bodies Division Abdul Aziz Sheikh Abdul Kadir, Yusof Basiron, Ahmad Tajuddin Ali, Jaafar Ahmad, Othman Yusoff, Mustapha Kamal Abu Bakar Private Sector / Association / Voluntary / Sports Division Nor Azah Awin, Lim Thian Kiat, Raja Arshad Raja Tun Uda, Mohamed Mydin Mohd. Musa, C. Dwton, Khoo Eng Choo, Paddy Bowie, Yong Poh Kon, Syed Ahmad Syed Jamal, Maznah Abdul Hamid, Zainuddin Maidin, Lee Teck Yuen, V. V. Nathan, V. K. Chin, Abdullah Hussain, Lin Cheng Yuan (honorary) Political Organisations Division Tan Chai Ho, Yong Teck Lee, Mohd. Ali Hassan, Mohamad Aziz, Kim Kok Khin, K.S. Balakrishnan, Chang Boon Hoe, M. Kayveas

1997

Public Service Division Ahmad Zabri Ibrahim, Abdul Kadir Mohamad, Nik Mohamed Affandi Nik Yusoff, Hadi Hashim, Neo Tong Lee, Haron Siraj Local Government / Statutory Bodies Division Mazlan Othman, Muhammad Annas Mohd. Nor, Hod Parman, Abdul Jabar Kamin, Mohd. Sham Kasim Private Sector / Association / Voluntary / Sports Division Michael Bong Thiam Joon, Lim Si Cheng, Sabariah Ahmad, Mohd. Nor Abdul Hamid, Rajasingam Mayilganam, Nik Ibrahim Nik Abdullah, Zahari Omar, Abdul Rahman Omar, Nik Safiah Karim, Mohinder Singh @ Kaka Singh S. Sucha Singh, Hassan Abas, Johan Jaafar, Yeoh Poh Hong, Abu Bakar Abdul Hamid, Zakiah Hanum Abdul Hamid, Khatijah Ahmad, G. Gnanalingam Gunanathlingam, Abu Sahid Mohamed, Kamarudin Taib, Mohan Swami, Syed Mokhtar Shah Syed Nor, Juhar Mahiruddin, Ahmad Shahibuddin Mohd. Noor, Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman, Lau Hieng Ing, Takeshi Furuta (honorary), Yoichi Morishita (honorary)

1998

Public Service Division Zakaria Abdul Hamid, Steve Shim Lip Kiong, Abdullah Kuntom, Syed Alwi Syed Nordin, Jaafar Ismail, Ti Thiow Hee, Manikavasagam Jegathesan Vasagam, P. Venugopal @ Venugopalan V. K. Menon, Mohd. Zam Abdul Wahab, Matnor Daim, Ahmad Padzli Mohyiddin, Zainal Abidin Alias, Omar Mohamed Dan, Yahya Yaacob, Nuraizah Abdul Hamid, Umar Abu, Jean-Claude Paye (honorary) Local Government / Statutory Bodies Division Fong Weng Phak, Alexius Ernald Delilkan, Megat Zaharuddin Megat Mohd. Nor, Ann Abdul Majid, Paul Low Seng Kuan, Ruby Lee, Amirsham Abdul Aziz, Shahril Shamsuddin Private Sector / Association / Voluntary / Sports Division Mohamad Salleh Ismail, Lim Cheng Ean, Tengku Mahaleel Tengku Ariff, Abdul Rahman Ramli, Gerald Francis De Silva, Ting Tsung Chao (honorary), Mihaela Y. Smith (honorary), Norio Ohga (honorary), Yoshiko Y. Nakano (honorary) Political Organisations Division Ong Tee Keat, Vincent Lee Fook Long, Steven Tan Kok Hiang, Govindaraj Veradarajulu, Geoffrey Yee Lung Fook

1999

Mohamed Hashim Ahmad Makaruddin, Hilaliah Mohd. Yusof, Muhammad Rais Abdul Karim, Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin, Muhammad Kamil Awang, Ismail Adam, Sidek @ Abdul Aziz Muhammad, Fawzia Abdullah, Megat Burhainuddin Megat Abdul Rahman, Mohd. Zaini Abdul Rahman, Lum Weng Kee, Soh Chai Hock, Abdul Jamil Mohd. Ali, Abdul Shukor Abdullah, Mohamad Noor Abdul Rahim, Abdul Aziz Muhamad, Mohamed Adnan Ali, Wan Abdullah @ Wan Hashim Wan Daud, Shahrir Nasir, Abdul Habib Mansur, Maulub Maamin, Nawi Alias, Abdul Razak Hussain, Ahmad Zaharudin Idrus, Ahmad Zaidee Laidin, Anuwar Ali, Mohamed Fadzil Mohd. Yunus, Azmi Abdul Wahab, Tan Check Hong, Jaafar Abu Bakar, Ridwan Abu Bakar, Robaayah Zambahari, Lai Jaat Kong, Oh Siew Nam, Zainal Aznam Mohd. Yusof, Rajandram Chellappah, Zainal Abidin Abdul Hamid, Raj Abdul Karim, Tay Ah Lek, Ta Kin Yan, Prince Guneratnam S. E. Guneratnam, Abdul Rashid Ngah, Junus Wahid, Zaki Azmi, Hanafi Ramli, Sahadevan Baliah, Sambanthamurthi Subramaniam, Chua Swee Chung, Yugi Kawata (honorary)

2000s

2000

Abdul Wahab Adam, Zainul Ariff Hussain, Alias Ali, Khalid Husin, Syed Muhamad Syed Abdul Kadir, Hasmy Agam, Azizan Ayob, Fong Joo Chung, Abdul Aziz Hassan, Mohd. Ramly Abu Bakar, Suleiman Mahmud, Abdul Halil Abdul Mutalib, Abdul Karim Haron, Najirah Mohd. Tassaduk Khan, Mohd. Kassa Abdul Aziz, Zainun Aishah Ahmad, Osman Bakar, Ashari Che Mat, Abdullah Yusoff, Kisai Rahmat, Chong Wei Yoon, Desmond Lim Siew Choon, Wan Lokman Wan Ibrahim, Teh Kian An, Jagjit Singh G. S. Sambhi, Wan Kassim Ahmed, Ahmad Rejal Arbee Mohamed Isa Arbee, Abdul Sukor Shahar, Lim Chee Wah, Anthony Ratos Domingos Ratos, Hamad Kama Piah Che Othman, Mohd. Nasir Muda, Mohaiyani Shamsudin, Krishnan Packrisamy, Bernard Wang Tsun Hao, David Chua Kok Tee, Ian Chia Kay Meng, Mohd. Napi @ Nakhaie Ahmad, Omar Othman, Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, Ooi Tuan Heo, Nyanapandithan @ Gananapandythan Muthandi @ M. G. Pandithan, K. Ravindran C. Kutty Krishnan, Achmad Sutjipto (honorary), Md. Jaafar Abdul Aziz (honorary), Peter Jenkins (honorary)

2001

Public Service Division Zainun Ali, Mohamad Shaid Mohamad Taufek, Denis Ong Jiew Fook, Siti Hadzar Mohd. Ismail, Zul Mukhshar Mohamed Shaari, Abdul Razak Ramli, Abdul Rafie Mahat, Arshad Hashim, Ng Kam Chiu, Nik Mohd. Zain Nik Yusof, Anis Ahmad, Edgar E. Nordman (honorary) Local Government / Statutory Bodies Division Ali Abdul Kadir, Chua Soon Poh, Abdul Rahman Abdullah, Mohd. Zulkifli Mohd. Ghazali, Abdul Razak Dawood Sultan, Wan Awang Wan Yaacob, Burhanuddin Ahmad Tajudin Private Sector / Association / Voluntary / Sports Division Sim Peng Choon, Shuaib Lazim, K. John Kuruvilla Kuruvilla, Mohd. Yusof Mohd. Haslam, Ishak Imam Abas, Lee Chong Meng, Son Ting Kueh, Lim Kim Hong, Yim Khai Kee, Athimulam Nadason, Fong Chin Tuck, Shim Kong Yip, Roger Tan Kim Hock, Choot Ewe Seng, Tiong Su Kouk, John F. Coyne (honorary) Military Division Abdul Ghafir Abdul Hamid Police Division Yaacob Mohd. Amin, Abdul Hamid Mustapha, Narongvich Thaitong (honorary) Political Organisations Division Mansor Mohd. Jaafar, Abdullah Ali, Wan Hanafiah Wan Mohd. Saman, Wan Mohd. Mahyiddin Wan Nawang, Chong Tho Chin

2002

Public Service Division Sulong Matjeraie, Clement Allan Skinner, Mohd. Hashim Yahaya, Mohamad Shahir Abdullah, Hadenan Abdul Jalil, Zubir Ali, Siti Maslamah Osman, Sulaiman Mahbob, Abdullah Mohd. Tahir, Raja Malik Saripulazan Raja Kamaruzaman, Halim Shafie, Mahamad Zabri Min, Jeffery Sandragesan (honorary) Local Government / Statutory Bodies Division Abdul Manaf Ahmad, Salleh Mohd. Nor, Mohamed Arif Nun, Ahmed Tasir Lope Pihie, Abu Hassan Kendut, Saharan Anang, Mazlan Ahmad, Abdullah Jonid, Syed Tamim Ansari Syed Mohamed, Maruan Mohamad Said Private Sector / Association / Voluntary / Sports Division Joseph Maduranayagam M. Rajaratnam, Mohamed Zaini Amran, Ooi Han Eng, Yap Fung Kong, Oh Chong Peng, Mohamed Haniffa Abdullah, Ismail Mohd. Salleh, Chen Lok Loi, Johan Thambu Abdul Malek, Mohamad Omar Yaakob Military Division Abdul Hamid Ibrahim Police Division Mohd. Yusof Abdul Rahman Political Organisations Division Awang Jabar, Mohd. Ghazali Ahmad, Mustapha Taib, Abu Bakar Abdul Manap, Abdul Hamid Abdul Rahman, Haidar Ali Sheikh Fadzir, Yap Chik Dong, Khoo Lay Hin, Ampikaipakan S. Kandiah, Chandrasegar Suppiah, Justine Jinggot, Wong Yit Ming, Frederick Jinu, Low Pooi Chai, Khoo Che Wat

2003

Public Service Division Abdul Rahman Idris, Abdul Aziz Husain, Keizrul Abdullah, Zaitun Zawiyah Puteh, Rastam Mohd. Isa, Zulkipli Mat Noor, Mohd. Ismail Merican, Rohani Ramli, Iskandar Dzakurnain Badarudin, Sheikh Ghazali Abdul Rahman, Elihu Lauterpacht (honorary), James Richard Crawford (honorary), Nicolaas Jan Schrijver (honorary) Local Government / Statutory Bodies Division Abdul Monir Yaacob, Ng Teck, Mahmood Abdul Kadir, Syed Jamil Syed Jaafar, Ketheeswaran M. Kanagaratnam, Kamarulzaman Darus, Ahmad Ghazi Abdul Hamid, Anuar Ahmad Private Sector / Association / Voluntary / Sports Division Vaithilingam Ampalavanar, Abdullah Malim Baginda, Nordin Ibrahim, Abdul Ghani Abdullah, Abdul Samad Alias, Syarifah Aini Syed Jaafar, Karim Abu Bakar, Mohd. Hashim Hassan, Zainuddin Muhammad, Arumugam Ara Nachiappan, Lai Kuai Weng, Jemilah Mahmood, Baba Mohd. Deni, Ooi Chean See, Hii Yu Ho, Choo Keng Kit, Lakshmanan Krishnan, Khamil Jamil, Izhar Sulaiman, Syed Hussian Syed Junid, Mohd. Sidik Shaik Osman, Liew Poon Siak, Eiro Sakamoto (honorary), Timothy Garland (honorary), Yoshihiro Uehara (honorary), Yukio Shohtoku (honorary), Nicholas Zefferys (honorary), Peter Michael Wentworth (honorary) Military Division Adenan Mohamad Zain Police Division Salleh Mat Som Political Organisations Division Krishnasamy Shiman, Mastika Junaidah Husin, Halimah Mohamed Sadique, Muhamad Abdullah, Maglin Dennis D' Cruz, Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, Ho Yoon Ping, Sharifah Aminah Syed Ahmad, Abu Kamis, Wan Mohamad Najib Wan Mohamad, Syed Abdillah Syed Abbas Alhabshee, Ibrahim Thambychik

2004

Public Service Division Ahmad Tajudin Mohd. Jaafar, Khalid Ramli, Azman Abdul Rashid, Faizah Mohammed Tahir, Othman Abdul Razak, Abdul Majid Hussein, Zaharah Ibrahim, Abdul Rahim Abdul, Isahak Yeop Mohammad Shar, Marzuki Mohammad Noor, Thomas Anthonius Haziroglou (honorary), Ernest Ziegler Bower (honorary), Manuel Condeminas (honorary), Helmut Baur (honorary), Jurgen Heiderman (honorary), Omar Muhieddine Jundi (honorary) Local Government / Statutory Bodies Division Manogran @ Manoharan Paramasivam, K. Y . Mustafa, Azlan Mohd. Zainol, Abdul Hamid Sawal, Ibrahim Abu Shah, Abu Huraira Abu Yazid, Khamis Md. Som Private Sector / Association / Voluntary / Sports Division K. Anthony @ Merlyn Kasimir, Jaafar Hussin, Azzat Kamaludin, Mustafa Mansur, Che Yazid Che Seman @ Yazid Othman, Nik Sapeia Nik Yusof, Rashpal Singh Jeswant Singh, Lakshmanan Nachiappan, Abdul Sukor @ Shukor Mohd. Hassan, Mohamed Jin Samsudin, Mohd. Khalid Mohd., Rafiah Salim, Ahmad Khan Nawab Khan, Ahmad Abdul Talib, Kwong Tse Woon, Abdul Rahim Hashim, Kunio Nakamura (honorary), Nurset Arsel (honorary) Military Division Ilyas Din Political Organisations Division Sivalingam Munusamy, Michael Chong Ten Soo, Tan Teck Poh, Subrayan A. Sellapan, Othman Jais

2005

Public Service Division Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad, Fateh Chand Pars Ram, Kee Sue Sing, Mohamad Razali Mahusin, Nazariah Mohd. Khalid, Su Geok Yiam, Zaharah Shaari, Zaharaton Raja Zainal Abidin, A.K.M. Shahidul Islam (honorary), Husamettin Sinlak (honorary), Issei Nomura (honorary), Park Myung Jae (honorary) Local Government / Statutory Bodies Division Alim Ariffin, Hamzah Hasan, Mohammed Zabidi Dasuki, Raja Sharifuddin Hizan Raja Zainal Abidin, Abdul Razak Abdul Latiff, Ainon Marziah Wahi Private Sector / Association / Voluntary / Sports Division