List of University of Malaya people

The following is a list of notable alumni and faculty of University of Malaya.

Notable alumni[edit]

Royalty[edit]

Raja Jaafar ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa – Crown Prince of Perak
Raja Nor Mahani binti Almarhum Raja Shahar Shah – Queen Consort of Perak

Government and politics[edit]

International and public service[edit]

International relations and foreign affairs[edit]

Razali Ismail – 51st President of the United Nations General Assembly
Ajit Singh – 9th Secretary General of the ASEAN
Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari – 5th Secretary General of the D-8
Dennis Ignatius – High Commissioner of Malaysia to Canada
Fauziah Mohd Taib – Ambassador of Malaysia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Tommy Koh – Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Singapore
Gopinath Pillai – High Commissioner of Singapore to Pakistan

Military, police and security[edit]

Norian Mai – 6th Inspector-General of Police
Mohamad Fuzi Harun – 11th Inspector-General of Police
Noor Rashid Ibrahim – 19th Deputy Inspector-General of Police
Amar Singh Ishar Singh – Kuala Lumpur Chief of Police
Mohd Asghar Khan Goriman Khan – 20th Chief of the Royal Malaysian Air Force
Azam Baki – 6th Chief Commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC)
Jeewaka Ruwan Kulatunga – 3rd Chief of the Sri Lankan National Intelligence

Civil service[edit]

Abdullah Mohd Salleh – 5th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia
Abdullah Ayub – 6th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia
Hashim Aman – 7th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia
Samsudin Osman – 11th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia
Mohd Sidek Hassan – 12th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia
Ali Hamsa – 13th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia
Ismail Bakar – 14th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia^[2]
Ahmad Kamil Jaafar – 8th Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Abdul Halim bin Ali – 9th Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Othman bin Hashim – 14th Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob – 16th Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Thong Yaw Hong – 6th Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance
Mohd. Sheriff Mohd. Kassim – 8th Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance
Clifford F. Herbert – 9th Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance
Aris Bin Othman @ Osman – 10th Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance
Samsudin B. Hitam – 12th Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance
Izzuddin Bin Dali – 13th Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance
Wan Abd Aziz bin Wan Abdullah – 14th Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance
Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah – 15th Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance
Asri bin Hamidon – 17th Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance
Ramon Navaratnam – 6th Secretary General of the Ministry of Transport
Othman B. Rijal – 9th Secretary General of the Ministry of Transport
Long See Wool – 13th Secretary General of the Ministry of Transport
Saripuddin Bin Hj. Kasim – 15th Secretary General of the Ministry of Transport
Zulkefli A. Hassan – former Secretary General of the Ministry of Higher Education
Murad Mohamed Noor – 5th Director-General of Education
Abdul Rahman Arshad – 6th Director-General of Education
Nor Zamani Abdol Hamid – 11th Director-General of Education
Pkharuddin Ghazali – 12th Director-General of Education
Husaini Omar – 8th Director-General of Higher Education
Sukarti Wakiman – 8th State Secretary of Sabah

Law[edit]

Mohamed Raus Sharif – 8th Chief Justice of Malaysia, 8th President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia
Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat – 10th Chief Justice of Malaysia
Ahmad Maarop – 10th President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia, 10th Chief Judge of Malaya
Rohana Yusuf – 11th President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia
Zaharah Ibrahim – 11th Chief Judge of Malaya
Azahar Mohamed – 12th Chief Judge of Malaya
Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim – 6th Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak
Abdul Rahman Sebli – 7th Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak
Abdul Gani Patail – 6th Attorney General of Malaysia
Idrus Harun – 9th Attorney General of Malaysia
Ahmad Terrirudin Salleh – 10th Attorney General of Malaysia
Ahmad Isa – 8th Attorney General of Brunei
Steven Thiru – 31st President of the Malaysian Bar Council
Muhammad Shafee Abdullah – Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia
Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal – Judge of the Federal Court of Malaysia
Mohd.Zawawi Salleh – Judge of the Federal Court of Malaysia
Abdul Rahman Sebli – Judge of the Federal Court of Malaysia
Rhozariah Bujang – Judge of the Federal Court of Malaysia
Hasnah Mohammed Hashim – Judge of the Federal Court of Malaysia
Zabariah Mohd. Yusof – Judge of the Federal Court of Malaysia
Zaleha Yusof – Judge of the Federal Court of Malaysia
Saldi Isra – Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia

Academia[edit]

Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, pioneered the concept of Islamisation of knowledge

Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas – Islamic scholar and philosopher
Kassim Ahmad – Islamic philosopher, writer, and educator
Shamsul Amri Baharuddin – anthropologist, Distinguished Professor of Social Anthropology, National University of Malaysia
Harith Ahmad – physicist, Distinguished Professor of Physics, University of Malaya
Khoo Kay Kim – historian, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Malaya
S. Singaravelu – lawyer, Emeritus Professor of Indian Studies, University of Malaya
Dame Margaret Clark – political scientist, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Victoria University of Wellington
Lee Poh Ping – political scientist, Professor of Politics, University of Malaya and a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun
Wong Chin Huat - political scientist, Professor of Governance Studies, Sunway University
Niyaz Ahmed - molecular epidemiologist, Professor of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad
Werry Darta Taifur – economist, Rector of Andalas University
Mohd Kamal Hassan – Islamic scholar, 3rd Rector of International Islamic University Malaysia
Syed Arabi Idid – journalist, 4th Rector of International Islamic University Malaysia
Zaleha Kamarudin – lawyer, 5th Rector of International Islamic University Malaysia
Ungku Aziz – economist, 3rd Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya
Mohd Taib Osman – author, 9th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya
Abdullah Sanusi Ahmad - economist, 10th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya
Anuar Zaini Md. Zain – endocrinologist, 11th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya
Mohd. Amin Jalaludin – otologist, 15th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya
Ariffin Ngah Marzuki - surgeon, 2nd Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Malaysia
Awang Had Salleh - sociologist, 5th Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Malaysia
Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin - surgeon, 10th Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Malaysia
Noor Azlan Ghazali - economist, 11th Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Malaysia
Rayson Huang – chemist, 10th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong
Wang Gungwu – historian, 11th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong
Chuah Hean Teik – President of the Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific (FEIAP), Former President and CEO of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
Mak Joon Wah – physician, Professor of Pathology and Vice President of International Medical University
Megat Burhainuddin – physician, former Vice-Chancellor of Nilai University
Tengku Rethwan – politician, Chairman of President College
Khasnor Johan – author and historian
Mohd Fadzilah Kamsah – lecturer and motivational speaker
Atta ur Rehman Khan – computer scientist

Business, corporate and economics[edit]

Ali Abul Hassan bin Sulaiman – 6th Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia
Zeti Akhtar Aziz – 7th Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia
Muhammad bin Ibrahim – 8th Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia
Shaik Abdul Rasheed Abdul Ghaffour – 10th Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia
Azizan Zainul Abidin – President and CEO of Petronas
Amirsham Abdul Aziz – President and CEO of Maybank
Pahamin Rajab – Chairman and Co-Founder of AirAsia
Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid – Chairman of Permodalan Nasional Berhad
Mohd Daud Bakar – Chairman of the Shariah Advisory Councils of Bank Negara Malaysia and the Securities Commission of Malaysia
Rozali Ismail – Founder and Executive Chairman of Puncak Niaga Holdings Berhad
Mustapha Kamal Abu Bakar – Founder of MK Land Holdings Berhad
Liew Kee Sin – Founder of SP Setia Berhad
Chen Lip Keong – Founder of NagaCorp Ltd
Teh Hong Piow – Founder and Chairman of Public Bank Berhad
Lim Wee-Chai – Founder and Chairman of Top Glove Corporation Bhd
G. Gnanalingam – Chairman of Westports Holdings
Hasni Harun – Chairman of Gas Malaysia
Abdul Aziz bin Husain – Chairman of Eksons Corporation Bhd
Wong Teek Son – CEO and Executive Chairman of Riverstone Holdings Limited
Oh Kuang Eng – Group CEO and Executive Chairman of Mi Technovation Berhad
Eng Piow Tan – Group Managing Director of Mitrajaya Holdings Berhad
Abdul Kadier Sahib – Member of the Board of Directors of Serba Dinamik Holdings Berhad
Alireza Yaghoubi – Co-Founder of AirGo Design
Syed Amin Aljeffri – Deputy President of the Malay Chamber of Commerce

Literature and the arts[edit]

Muhammad Haji Salleh – writer and critic, 6th Sasterawan Negara
Anwar Ridhwan – novelist, 10th Sasterawan Negara
Baha Zain – writer, 12th Sasterawan Negara
Zurinah Hassan – writer, 13th and first female Sasterawan Negara
Siti Zainon Ismail – novelist, 14th Sasterawan Negara
Faisal Tehrani – author and playwright, Anugerah Seni Negara winner
Ayman Rashdan Wong – writer and geopolitical analyst, Anugerah Buku Negara winner
Edwin Thumboo – poet and academician, 1979 Southeast Asian Writers Award winner
Adibah Amin – columnist, 1983 Southeast Asian Writers Award winner
Gopal Baratham – author and neurosurgeon, 1991 Southeast Asian Writers Award winner
Catherine Lim – author, 1999 Southeast Asian Writers Award winner
Rex Shelley – author and engineer, 2007 Southeast Asian Writers Award winner
Malim Ghozali PK – novelist, 2013 Southeast Asian Writers Award winner
Shirley Geok-lin Lim – poet, 1980 Commonwealth Poetry Prize winner
Chuah Guat Eng – novelist, Malaysia's first English-language woman novelist.
Dinsman – poet
Hilary Tham – poet
Anis Sabirin – writer
Uthaya Sankar SB – writer
Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof – writer
Daniel Dorall – sculptor

Science and medicine[edit]

Faiz Khaleed – dentist, Malaysian astronaut candidate
Siti Aisyah Alias – marine polar researcher, Deputy Director of the National Antarctic Research Centre (NARC)
Awang Bulgiba Awang Mahmud – epidemiologist, first Malaysian doctor to be awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Health Informatics
Salma Ismail – physician, first Malaysian Malay woman to qualify as a doctor
Chen Su Lan – physician, one of the first medical school graduates in Singapore
Mak Joon Wah – physician, director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Lymphatic Filariasis
T. A. Sinnathuray – obstetrician, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
Satwant Singh Dhaliwal – geneticist
Swee Lay Thein – hematologist
Susan Lim – parasitologist
Gloria Lim – mycologist, former director of Singapore's National Institute of Education
Malini Olivo – biotechnologist, Professor of Biophotonics at the National University of Ireland, Galway
Kalai Mathee – microbiologist, Professor of Microbiology at the Florida International University
Victor Lim – microbiologist, Pro Vice-Chancellor of International Medical University
Chua Kaw Bing – pediatrician, discoverer of Nipah virus
Mahaletchumy Arujanan – scientist, Global Director of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)
Augustine Ong – scientist, Fulbright Fellow

Sports[edit]

Djohar Arifin Husin – Indonesian footballer, 16th Chair of the Football Association of Indonesia
Shalin Zulkifli – Malaysian ten pin bowler, former World champion and ranked number one in Asia
Tan Aik Mong – Malaysian badminton player, former Asian single's champion
Yeoh Li Tian – Malaysian chess master and highest national rated player, Southeast Asian Games medalist
Irfan Shamsuddin – Malaysian discus thrower, Southeast Asian Games medalist
Jasmine Lai Pui Yee – Malaysian diver, Southeast Asian Games medalist
Ooi Tze Liang – Malaysian diver, Asian Games medalist
Bryan Nickson Lomas – Malaysian diver, Asian Games medalist
Woon Khe Wei – Malaysian badminton player, Asian Games medalist
Vivian Hoo Kah Mun – Malaysian badminton player, Asian Games medalist
Haziq Kamaruddin – Malaysian sport archer, Asian Games medalist
Pandelela Rinong – Malaysian diver, two-time Olympic Games medalist
M. Magendran – Malaysian mountain climber, first Malaysian to conquer Mount Everest

Media and entertainment[edit]

Dol Ramli – Founder of Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM)
Sudirman Arshad – singer and songwriter, Asia's Number One Performer at the Salem Music Award London, 1989
Vanida Imran – actress, model and television host
Ernie Zakri – singer and actress
Azwan Ali – media personality
Najwa Latif - singer
Rynn Lim – singer
Victor Gu – newscaster
Gary Yap – Malaysian television personality
Aznil Nawawi – TV host and media personality
Lee Han Jiet – stand-up comedian
Uyaina Arshad – Actress, TV host and media personality
Larissa Ping - model, fashion blogger and Miss World Malaysia 2018

Religion and activism[edit]

Luqman Abdullah – 8th Mufti of the Federal Territories
Sujiva – Buddhist monk and teacher of Vipassanā
Siti Hasmah – Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
Anwar Fazal – social activist, 1982 Right Livelihood Award recipient
Murugesan Sinnandavar - social activist and lawyer
Charles Hector Fernandez – human rights advocate and lawyer
Kem Ley – Cambodian activist and political commentator
Sukumari Sekhar – women's rights advocate, Founder and Deputy President of the National Council of Women's Organizations, Malaysia
Nalla Tan – women's rights advocate
Janet Yee – child's rights activist
Amani Williams Hunt Abdullah – social activist and Indigenous Malaysian lawyer

Notable faculty[edit]

Pendeta Za'aba – Father of the Modern Malay Language
Ch'ien Mu – One of the "Four Greatest Historians" of Modern China
C. Northcote Parkinson – Founder of Parkinson's Law
Malcolm MacDonald – 1st Governor-General of Kenya, Chancellor of the University of Malaya
Sultan Nazrin Shah of Perak – Chancellor of the University of Malaya
Yeoh Ghim Seng – 5th Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore, Professor of Surgery, University of Malaya
Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim – 1st Attorney General of Singapore, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya
Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof – 9th Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat
Ramli Ngah Talib – 8th Menteri Besar of Perak, 7th Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat
Abdul Ghani Othman – 14th Menteri Besar of Johor, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, University of Malaya
Fong Chan Onn – 2nd Minister of Human Resource, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, University of Malaya
Syed Hussein Alatas – 1st President of the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia, 4th Vice-Chancellor of University of Malaya
Md Hashim Yahaya – 4th Mufti of the Federal Territories, Director of the Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya
Cheong Choong Kong – Chairman of OCBC Bank and Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Airlines, Head of the Mathematics Department, University of Malaya
Robert Holzmann – Governor of the Austrian Central Bank, Distinguished Research Fellow, University of Malaya
Jeffrey Sachs – Royal Professor Ungku Aziz Chair in Poverty Studies at the Centre for Poverty and Development Studies, University of Malaya
Jomo Kwame Sundaram – Ranking Member of the Council of Eminent Persons, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Malaya
Chin Fung Kee – Emeritus Professor of Engineering, University of Malaya
Asmah Haji Omar – Emeritus Professor of Malay Studies, University of Malaya
Khairuddin Mohamed Yusof – Emeritus Professor of Medicine, former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of University of Malaya
Lam Sai Kit – Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Malaya, prominent researcher of the Nipah virus
Shad Saleem Faruqi – Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Malaya
Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah – Emeritus Professor of Law, National University of Singapore
Paul Wheatley – Emeritus Professor of History and Geography, University of Chicago
Anthony Reid Stanhope Reid – Emeritus Professor of History, Australian National University, Fukuoka Prize winner
Michael Northcott – Emeritus Professor of Ethics, University of Edinburgh
S. Arasaratnam – Emeritus Professor of History, University of New England (UNE)
Klaus Rohde – Emeritus Professor of Zoology, University of New England (UNE), Clarke Medalist
Amitav Acharya – Distinguished Professor of International Relations, American University
Swapan Kumar Chakravorty – Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Presidency University, Kolkata
Rajah Rasiah – Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of Malaya
Kamal Salih – Professor of Economics, University of Malaya, Member of Parliament for Wangsa Maju
Ajit Singh – Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge
Farish A. Noor – Professor of History, University of Malaya
Lloyd Fernando – Professor of English, University of Malaya
Sutan Takdir Alisyahbana – Professor and Director of the Academy of Malay Studies, University of Malaya
Leonard Andaya – Professor of Southeast Asian History, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Lee Ellis – Professor of Sociology, Minot State University
Syed Farid al-Attas – Professor of Sociology, National University of Singapore
Saw Swee Hock – Professor of Statistics, National University of Singapore
Kenelm Burridge – Professor of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
James Danandjaja – Professor of Anthropology, University of Indonesia
Hans Ras – Professor of Javanese Language and Literature, Leiden University
Hans Köchler – Professor of Philosophy, University of Innsbruck, President of the International Progress Organization
Sid Gray – Professor of International Business, University of Sydney Business School
Keith Lewin – Professor of International Education and Development, University of Sussex
Leonard Swidler – Professor of Catholic Thought and Interreligious Dialogue, Temple University
Stanley Kalpage – Professor of Soil Science, University of Malaya, Ceylonese Senator
Phang Siew Moi – Professor of Biological Science, University of Malaya
Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof – Professor of Theatre Studies, University of Malaya
Arifin Bey – Visiting Professor of Japanese History, University of Malaya
Hector Kinloch – Fulbright Professor of US History, University of Malaya
Andrew Sheng – Adjunct Professor of Economics, University of Malaya, Chairman of Securities and Futures Commission
Wolfgang Drechsler – Honorary Professor at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP), University College London
Benjamin Clemens Stone – Honorary Professor of Botany, University of Malaya
Azmi Sharom – Associate Professor of Law, University of Malaya, Deputy Chairman of the Election Commission
Rustam Sani – Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Malaya
Hans H. Indorf – Associate Professor of Political Science, East Carolina University
The Reverend Xavier Thaninayagam – Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Science and Head of the Tamil Studies Department, University of Malaya
Nik Safiah Karim – Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Science, University of Malaya
Mary Turnbull – Head of the History Department, University of Hong Kong
Nurmazilah Mahzan – Director of the Graduate Business School, University of Malaya and Chief Executive Officer of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
Sheikh Zaki Badawi – Director of the Islamic Cultural Centre (ICC) and Chief Imam of the London Central Mosque
François Pachet – Director of the Spotify Creator Technology Research Lab
Mahadev Shankar – Judge of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia
K. P. Ratnam – Member of the Ceylonese Parliament for Kilinochchi and Kayts
Jonathan Marks, Baron Marks of Henley-on-Thames – Member of the House of Lords
Tony Skyrme – physicist, Hughes Medalist
Rupert Sheldrake – parapsychologist

Honorary graduates[edit]

Queen Rania Al Abdullah – the Queen of Jordan, Honorary Doctorate in International Relations
Sultanah Hajah Bahiyah binti Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman – the Queen of Malaysia and Sultanah of Kedah, Honorary Doctorate in Education
Irina Bokova – Director General of UNESCO and Minister of Foreign Affairs for Bulgaria, Honorary Doctorate in Humanities
Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim – Lord President of the Federal Court, Honorary Doctorate of Letters
Jeffrey Cheah – Chairman and Founder of the Sunway Group, Honorary Doctorate of Education
Lee Boon Chim – Chairman of the Malaysia Derivatives Exchange and Malaysian Senator, Honorary Doctorate of Law
Lee Kong Chian – Philanthropist and Founder of the Lee Foundation, Honorary Doctorate of Law
Harussani Zakaria – Mufti of Perak, Honorary Doctorate in Shariah
Richard Olaf Winstedt – President of Raffles College, Honorary Doctorate of Law
Just Faaland – Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute and formulator of the Malaysian New Economic Policy (NEP), Honorary Doctorate of Economics
Philip Manson-Bahr – Director of the Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Honorary Doctorate in Medicine
Rafael M. Salas – Head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Honorary Doctorate

References[edit]

^ Arnold Loh (26 June 2018). "Three Penang MPs lying low until official Cabinet announcement". The Star. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
^ "Ismail Bakar appointed new Chief Secretary". 28 August 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-08-28. Retrieved 30 August 2018.

[1] Arnold Loh (26 June 2018). "Three Penang MPs lying low until official Cabinet announcement". The Star. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

[ismailappointedKSN-2] "Ismail Bakar appointed new Chief Secretary". 28 August 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-08-28. Retrieved 30 August 2018.

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Notable alumni[edit]

Royalty[edit]

Government and politics[edit]

Heads of state and government[edit]

Deputy prime ministers, senior ministers and leaders of the opposition[edit]

Governors, chief ministers, and mayors[edit]

Federal ministers[edit]

Speakers and deputy speakers[edit]

Elected representatives[edit]

International politicians[edit]

International and public service[edit]

International relations and foreign affairs[edit]

Military, police and security[edit]

Civil service[edit]

Law[edit]

Academia[edit]

Business, corporate and economics[edit]

Literature and the arts[edit]

Science and medicine[edit]

Sports[edit]

Media and entertainment[edit]

Religion and activism[edit]

Notable faculty[edit]

Honorary graduates[edit]

References[edit]