Appointment of Ambassador of Malaysia to the United States of America

PUTRAJAYA: His Majesty Seri Paduka Baginda The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Ibrahim presented the Letter of Credence to Tan Sri Muhammad Shahrul Ikram bin Yaakob as the new Ambassador of Malaysia to the United States of America during a ceremony held at Istana Negara today. The ceremony was attended by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Datuk Mohamad bin Haji Alamin, and the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dato’ Sri Amran bin Mohamed Zin.

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Tan Sri Muhammad Shahrul Ikram served 35 years in public service, including as Malaysia's UN envoy and Foreign Ministry Secretary-General.
Held diplomatic posts in Qatar, Austria, the US, and China, with major roles in ASEAN and multilateral affairs.
Holds a degree in Ecology from Universiti Malaya and completed an advanced management program at Harvard.

Tan Sri Muhammad Shahrul Ikram bin Yaakob was born in Pahang and holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Ecology from Universiti Malaya. He also attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School in 2009. He was appointed as an Administrative and Diplomatic Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988 and held the position of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 6 January 2019 until 31 May 2022. Over his 35 years of experience in the public service, Tan Sri Muhammad Shahrul Ikram was accredited as Ambassador of Malaysia to the State of Qatar, Ambassador of Malaysia to Austria and Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations in New York, United States of America.

Throughout his service at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he held the positions of Deputy Secretary General of Bilateral Affairs, Director General of ASEAN-Malaysia National Secretariat (during Malaysia’s Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2015) and Undersecretary of Multilateral Political Division. His previous diplomatic assignments included at Malaysia’s diplomatic missions in Vienna, Austria; Washington D.C., United States of America; and Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

The press statement is issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia