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Volume 4 2013 DIPLOMATIC VOICE ISSN 2289-1277 New Director General of IDFR Ministry of Foreign Afairs from 1996 to 1998. In 1998, Dato’ Hussin Nayan was appointed as Ambassador of Malaysia to Bosnia Herzegovina and thereafter as Under Secretary for Territorial and Maritime Afairs, Ministry of Foreign Afairs in 2000. From June 2003 to July 2005, he was the High Commissioner of Malaysia to Australia and was the Director General of the Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter- Terrorism (SEARCCT), Ministry of Foreign Afairs Malaysia from 2005 to 2009. The Director General was appointed the High Commissioner of Malaysia to Singapore in 2009 and was also appointed the ASEF Governor for Malaysia in October 2011. On 1 October 2013, IDFR warmly D.C., from 1980 to 1984 and First welcomed its new Director General, Secretary, High Commission of Dato’ Hussin Nayan was also its ninth Director General since the Malaysia, Dhaka, Bangladesh from awarded the Kesatria Mangku Negara Institute’s establishment in 1991. 1984 to 1986. He was then appointed (The Most Esteemed Order of the Dato’ Hussin Nayan succeeded as Director (ASEAN II), Ministry of Defender of the Realm) and the Darjah Dato’ Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari who was Foreign Afairs from 1986 to 1989. Setia Pangkuan Negeri (DSPN). appointed as Malaysia’s Ambassador He also served as Counselor at the to Egypt. Embassy of Malaysia in Austria and His knowledge and experience has Deputy Permanent Representative to been a great added value to IDFR to Dato’ Hussin Nayan started his the United Nations Ofce in Vienna stay ahead and further develop its diplomatic career with the Ministry of (UNOV) in 1989. He was subsequently reputation as a prominent diplomatic Foreign Afairs, Malaysia as Assistant assigned as Principal Assistant training institute. Secretary of South East Asia Division Secretary for Policy Planning, Ministry in 1976 and later served in various of Foreign Afairs from 1993 to 1996 postings including Second Secretary, and was appointed Under Secretary Embassy of Malaysia Washington for International Organisations at the CONTENTS Find us on 1 New Director General of IDFR Facebook 2 Profle of Prominent Person 3-10 Forum 11-13 News 14-19 In and Around IDFR 20-32 News DIPLOMATIC VOICE