Administrative and Diplomatic Officer

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Notable officers include Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia; Johari Abdul, 11th Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat; Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak, 8th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang; Shahidan Kassim, 7th Menteri Besar of Perlis; Sarimah Akbar, 12th Ambassador of Malaysia to Sweden; Ramlan Ibrahim, Secretary-General of the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar, 16th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia; Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari, 5th Secretary General of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation; and Najwan Halimi, Member of the Selangor State Executive Council for the Youth, Sports and Entrepreneurship, and Disaster Management.

In Malaysia, the Administrative and Diplomatic officers (Malay: Pegawai Tadbir dan Diplomatik or PTD) are civil servants from the Management and Professional groups who hold a university degree and receive training at the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN). The PTD's (INTAN graduates) usually become frontline workers in Malaysia, such as district officers, embassy officers, ambassadors and so on. They are tasked with formulating and implementing national policies across various ministries and agencies in Malaysia. Graduates who hold at least a bachelor's degree, must obtain a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Management (Malay: Diploma Pascasiswazah Pengurusan Awam or DPA) from INTAN before becoming an officer.