Haim Hilman Abdullah

Haim Hilman bin Abdullah is a Malaysian politician and academic. He served as Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor and Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Jitra since August 2023. He was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) in January 2022 to January 2023. He is a member of Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalitions.

Education
Haim Hilman received his early education at Selisek National Primary School, Hulu Selangor and Khir Johari Secondary School, Tanjung Malim before continuing his studies at the UiTM diploma level and then to Portsmouth University in the United Kingdom in 1996.

He has obtained a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. He also obtained a doctorate in Strategic Management in 2010 from Universiti Putra Malaysia.

Service period shortened
Haim Hilman has been appointed as Vice Chancellor of the Universiti Utara Malaysia with effect from 17 January 2022. His appointment was made to replace Ahmad Bashawir Abdul Ghani who has served for three years. In December 2022, the Ministry of Higher Education announced that his tenure would be shortened. Minister of Higher Education Mohamed Khaled Nordin explained the shortening of Haim Hilman's service period due to complaints involving him.

Honours

 * Kedah :
 * MY-KED Exalted Order of the Crown of Kedah - Member (AMK).svg Member of the Exalted Order of the Crown of Kedah (AMK) (2015)