Ramlan Ibrahim named new Tourism Malaysia chairman

Seri Ramlan Ibrahim has been appointed as the chairman of Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board, effective August 3, 2020.

Ramlan entered the Administrative and Diplomatic Service of Malaysia in 1983. His first posting was as second secretary to the Embassy of Malaysia in Jakarta in 1988. Two years later, he was reassigned to the Embassy of Malaysia in the Netherlands, but as first secretary.

In 1994, Ramlan returned to the headquarters and was assigned to the Europe Division. Shortly after, he was posted to the Embassy of Malaysia in Zagreb, Croatia, to take on the role of the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim.

He returned three years later, in 2000, to become the principal assistant secretary at the Division of South-east Asia. The following year, Ramlan was appointed as deputy high commissioner to Singapore.

His first posting as ambassador was to Bosnia Herzegovina, in 2004. In 2009, Ramlan was again appointed ambassador of Malaysia – this time to the Republic of Korea. His return from Korea in 2013 saw him heading the Bilateral Department, the second-highest post in the Malaysian foreign service. In April 2015, Ramlan was appointed as Malaysia’s permanent representative to the United Nations in New York.

In 2017, Ramlan was elected as the secretary general of Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In February 2019, he was elected as the member of Election Commission of Malaysia until July 2020.

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