His Excellency (HE) Dato’ Hidayat Abdul Hamid, the new High Commissioner of Malaysia to India arrived in New Delhi on 12 March 2017. HE Dato’ Hidayat subsequently presented his Letter of Credence to the President of India, HE Pranab Mukherjee on 29 March 2017. Prior to his appointment as High Commissioner of Malaysia to India, HE Dato’ Hidayat Abdul Hamid was the Ambassador of Malaysia to Kazakhstan since January 2014.
He was the Deputy Director General at the South East Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT) from 2011 to 2014. He has also served as the Consul General of Malaysia in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 2007 to 2011 and Counsellor at the High Commission of Malaysia in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei from 2005 to 2007, First Secretary at the Embassy of Malaysia in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 1999 to 2003 and as Second Secretary at the High Commission of Malaysia in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 1996 to 1999.
