The Director-General of Public Service (Malay: Ketua Pengarah Perkhidmatan Awam) is the head of the Public Service Department in Malaysia. Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz has been the 27th Director-General since 9 January 2024.
History The post "Director General Of Public Service" in Malaysia dates back to 1934, the title used by the Head of Administrative Service was Malayan Establishment Officer, the inaugural holder was Sir John Huggins. Subsequently, when A.J. Gracie held the position in 1954, the title was changed to Federation Establishment Officer. After H.G. Turner replaced Gracie in 1957 until Tan Sri Ahmad Husin assumed the position of Head of Public Sector Service in 1960, the title used was Principal Establishment Officer (P.E.O).
The title was changed to Ketua Pegawai Perjawatan in 1962 and remained in use until 1967, which was when Tunku Mohamed Tunku Besar Burhanuddin led the public service. In 1967, Pejabat Perjawatan Persekutuan was renamed as Establishment Office of Malaysia. When Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin helmed the leadership, the title was changed to Pengarah Perjawatan Malaysia in 1968 at the same year the name Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) was first used on 15 August 1968. Later, it was changed to the title of Ketua Pengarah Perkhidmatan Awam (KPPA) as used in Service Circular No. 2 Year 1968 dated 7 October 1968.
List of directors-general Since 1934, PSD (and its original department) has been led by 27 Directors-General, as shown below: No. Portrait Director-General of Public Service Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1.Sir John Huggins22 August 193419439 years 2.A.J. Gracie1 July 19547 September 1957 3.Harold Turner8 September 19571 July 1959 4.Ahmad Husin5 October 19591 March 1963 5.2 March 1963 6 November 1967 6.Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin 7 November 1967 31 October 1969 7. Syed Zahiruddin Syed Hassan 1 November 1969 29 June 1972 8.Abdullah Ayub 1 July 1972 31 July 1974 9. Abdullah Mohd Salleh 1 August 1974 30 September 1976 10. Abdul Aziz Zakaria 1 October 1976 17 June 1978 11. Hashim Aman 18 June 1978 30 November 1980 12. Osman S. Cassim 1 December 1980 31 July 1985 13. 1 August 1985 26 January 1987 14. 26 January 1987 15 April 1990 15. Mahmud Taib 16 April 1990 December 1995 5 years 16. Mazlan Ahmad 14 December 1995 14 December 1998 17. Samsudin Osman 15 December 1998 31 January 2001 18. Jamaluddin Ahmad Damanhuri 2001 2005 4 years 19. Ismail Adam 2005 30 June 2010 5 years 20. 1 July 2010 1 July 2012 21. Mohamad Zabidi Zainal 15 March 2013 31 December 2016 22. Zainal Rahim Seman 16 January 2017 31 May 2018 23. Borhan Dolah 13 July 2018 9 September 2019 24. Mohd Khairul Adib Abd Rahman 1 October 2019 16 January 2022 25. Mohd Shafiq Abdullah 10 February 2022 12 December 2022 26. Zulkapli Mohamed 27 February 2023 8 January 2024 27.Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz9 January 2024Incumbent
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