Tan Sri Amirsham bin Abdul Aziz ( Jawi: أميرشام بن عبدالعزيز) is the former president and chief executive officer of

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. His parents A. Aziz Podo and Marsinah Djamil, migrated from Silungkang,

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. He was recently named as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of the Economic Planning Unit. Prime Minister Datuk Seri

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Tun Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi ( Jawi: عبد الله بن احمد بدوي; born 26 November 1939) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia from October 2003 to April 2009. He was also the sixth president of ...

's move in appointing him as a minister was seen as an attempt in including specialists in fields of economics and law to help stimulate the Malaysian economy. Amirsham's credentials have been exemplary since starting his career in

in 1977. In 1994, he became the

's managing director – taking over from Tan Sri Ahmad Don, who became

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governor. Amirsham subsequently became president and CEO in 2002. On 18 March 2008, he was sworn in as senator at

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, his first foray into politics.

Honour

Honour of Malaysia

* : Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (P.S.M.) (2008)

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