Abu Bakar Abdul Jamal

Abu Bakar bin Abdul Jamal was the tenth Chief and the first four-star Admiral of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN).

Abu Bakar served for nearly 40 years in the RMN and held various positions and ranks. He was commanding officer of several RMN ship including patrol ship, destroyers (missile) and corvettes. Between 1981 and 1984, bu Bakar was made senior officer for the Corvette Project Team in Kiel, Germany. He later held the position of Assistant Chief of Navy (Human Resource) and Deputy Chief of Navy in 1996. Admiral Abu Bakar became the Chief of Navy on 15 October 1998 and was elevated to the rank of admiral on 1 June 2000. He retired in 2002.

Besides the various Malaysian awards and medals, Abu Bakar was also awarded the Bintang Jalasena Utama by Indonesia and the Legion of Merit (degree of commander) by the United States of America.

Early life
He was born on 13 November 1946 in Johor, Malaysia and received his early education at the Royal Military College in Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur. Abu Bakar joined the naval service in 1965 and commenced training as a cadet at the Britannia Royal Naval College, United Kingdom. Abu Bakar was trained in weapons engineering at HMS Excellent School of Weapons Engineering, United Kingdom. He was also trained in Training Technology by the Royal Australian Navy. Abu Bakar is also a graduate of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, United Kingdom and the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, where he studied Defence Management. He went on to enrol in a fellowship programme at the Wolfson College, Cambridge and later studied at the Royal College of Defence Studies, United Kingdom.

Family
Abu Bakar is married to Kamariyah binti Buang and they have three children.

Honours

 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia :
 * MY_Darjah_Yang_Mulia_Pangkuan_Negara_(Defender_of_the_Realm)_-_SMN.svg Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (A.M.N.) (1977)
 * Kesatria Mangku Negara.png Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (K.M.N.) (1982)
 * MY_Darjah_Yang_Mulia_Pangkuan_Negara_(Defender_of_the_Realm)_-_SMN.svg Companion of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (J.M.N.) (1996)
 * Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia - PSM.svg Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (P.S.M.) – Tan Sri (2001)
 * Pahang
 * MY-PAH_Order_of_the_Crown_of_Pahang_-_Knight_Companion_-_DIMP.svg Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (D.I.M.P.) – Dato' (1991)
 * Perak
 * MY-PERA_Order_of_Taming_Sari_-_lower_classes.svg Knight Commander of the Order of Taming Sari (D.P.T.S.) – Dato' Pahlawan (1997)
 * MY-PERA_Order_of_Taming_Sari_-_SPTS.svg Knight Grand Commander of the Order of Taming Sari (S.P.T.S.) – Dato' Seri Panglima (1999)
 * Malaysian Armed Forces :
 * Courageous Commander of the Most Gallant Order of Military Service (P.G.A.T.) (1999)
 * Johor :
 * Most_Honourable_Order_of_the_Crown_of_Johor_-_ribbon_bar.png Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Johor (D.P.M.J.) – Dato' (1998)
 * Most_Honourable_Order_of_the_Crown_of_Johor_-_ribbon_bar.png Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Johor (S.P.M.J.) – Dato' (2000)

Foreign honour

 * 🇺🇸 United States :
 * US Legion of Merit Commander ribbon.png Commander of the Legion of Merit (LOM)
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand :
 * Order of the Crown of Thailand - 1st Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Thailand (PM)