Head of Mission
HIS EXCELLENCY AIYUB OMAR
High Commissioner of Malaysia
To Federal Republic of Nigeria
(With Concurrence Accreditations to Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Chad and Central African Republic)
H.E. Aiyub Omar is a career Malaysian diplomat with over 20 years of experience in international diplomacy, economic cooperation, and public diplomacy. He assumed his current role as High Commissioner of Malaysia to Nigeria in April 2024
BACKGROUND
Born in Perak, Malaysia, on 7 January 1975, H.E. Aiyub Omar is married and has six children
EDUCATION
- Diplomatic Studies, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
- Diploma in Public Management, INTAN, Malaysia
- Bachelor of Business Administration, International Islamic University Malaysia
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
- Consul General of Malaysia, Medan, Indonesia
- Director, Policy Planning and Coordination, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia
- Counsellor, Embassy of Malaysia in Pakistan
- Head of Centre, Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR)
- Second Secretary / Head of Chancery, Embassy of Malaysia in Spain
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE
Has represented Malaysia at the United Nations, D-8, TICAD, and APEC, and has been involved in development cooperation initiatives across Asia and Africa
KEY INTERESTS
Diplomacy | International Development Cooperation | Public Diplomacy | Development Partnerships | Capacity Building
LIST OF MALAYSIAN HIGH COMMISSIONERS TO NIGERIA
(PAST AND PRESENT)
1965 – 2024
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| 1. | HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS TUANKU JA’AFAR TUANKU ABDUL RAHMAN (1965 – 1966)
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| 2. | HIS EXCELLENCY YUSOF ARIFF (1974 – 1977)
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| 3. | HIS EXCELLENCY WALTER T. AYATHURY (1979 – 1982)
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| 4. | HIS EXCELLENCY G.K ALFRED KUMARASERI (1984 -1986)
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| 5. | HIS EXCELLENCY WAN HUSSEIN MUSTAPHA (1987 – 1989) |
| 6. | HIS EXCELLENCY ABDUL MAJID AHMAD KHAN (1990 – 1993)
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| 7. | HIS EXCELLENCY TENGKU IDRISS TENGKU IBRAHIM (1994 - 1996)
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| 8. | HIS EXCELLENCY MOHD ZAIN ABU BAKAR (2000 - 2003)
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| 9. | HIS EXCELLENCY IBRAHIM ABDULLAH (2003 – 2005)
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| 10. | HIS EXCELLENCY DATO’ NIK MUSTAFA KAMAL NIK AHMAD (2009 – 2012)
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| 11. | HIS EXCELLENCY DATUK LIM JUAY JIN (2014 – 2017)
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| 12. | HER EXCELLENCY GLORIA CORINA PETER TIWET (2018 – 2023) |
| 13. | HIS EXCELLENCY AIYUB OMAR (2024 – Present) |