Appointment of Ambassador of Malaysia to the United States of America

His Majesty Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim presenting the Letter of Appointment for Malaysia's Ambassador to the United States at Istana Negara to Tan Sri Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob. - FB/Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar
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.
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.
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