Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari

Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari
كو جعفر كو شعري
Ku Jaafar in 2010
5th Secretary General of the
D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation
In office
1 January 2018  1 January 2021
Preceded bySeyed Ali Mohammad Mousavi
Succeeded byIsiaka Abdulqadir Imam
17th Ambassador of Malaysia
to Egypt
In office
September 2013  March 2017
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
Preceded byMohd Fakhrudin Abdul Mukti
Succeeded byMohd Haniff Abd Rahman
11th High Commissioner of Malaysia
to Brunei
In office
8 August 2007  23 September 2010
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Najib Razak
Preceded byAli Abdullah
Succeeded byAbdullah Sani Omar
1st Ambassador of Malaysia
to Qatar
In office
August 2004  July 2007
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMuhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob
Personal details
Born
Ku Jaafar bin Ku Shaari

(1957-03-01) 1 March 1957
Kedah, Malaysia
Alma materUniversity of Malaya (BA)
ProfessionDiplomat
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Ku Jaafar bin Ku Shaari (Jawi: كو جعفر كو شعري, Malay pronunciation: [ku jaafar]; born 1 March 1957) is a Malaysian diplomat who last served as the 5th Secretary-General of the D-8 between 2018 and 2021. Apart from that, Ku Jaafar has served as the Ambassador of Malaysia to Egypt and Qatar, and the High Commissioner of Malaysia to Brunei.