Eusoff Agaki bin Ismail (born 26 March 1949) is a retired Brunei politician who was appointed as the deputy minister at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) from 2005 to 2010.

Education

Eusoff Agaki graduated from

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in class 1964, together with

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Hassanal Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III ( Jawi: ; born 15 July 1946) is the 29th and current Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei since 1967 and the Prime Minister of Brunei since independence from the United Kingdom in 1984. He is one ...

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and Goh King Chin. Additionally, he has a

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from the

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in the

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, a

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from the same institution, as well as a

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from

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Career

As Royal Customs and Excise's deputy controller, Eusoff Agaki began working for the Government of Brunei in 1974 and remained there until 1992. Following this, he worked for the Ministry of Finance before being named director of special duties on 1 November 1994, a position he maintained until 15 November 1995. He would then be named director of the

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European Commission Management Center (AEMC). From roughly three and a half years until 25 May 1999, he served in this capacity. On that date, he was named acting special duty officer at the PMO. He rejoined the Royal Customs and Excise on 2 April 2000, and worked there as a controller for around five years. Eusoff Agaki was appointed as Deputy Minister at the PMO on 24 May 2005, the day the

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revealed Brunei's fourth

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. He co-currently serves as the director of the Internal Security Department (ISD). At the Centre for Strategic and Policy Studies (CSPS) in Gadong on 24 January 2008, the inaugural

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Leadership Forum (EGLF) of 2008 was held where he attended as the 'Executive owner' and the project's

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in Brunei. From 25 to 27 February 2009, he attended the 3rd ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) in

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. Ministers met informally with their colleagues outside of the gathering to discuss the state of their respective countries' defense cooperation and other matters of concern. He had separate bilateral discussions with

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and

Phùng Quang Thanh Phùng Quang Thanh (2 February 1949 – 11 September 2021) was Vietnam's Minister of Defense from 2006 to 2016. Phùng Quang Thanh was an officer of the Vietnam People's Army and a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Enli ...

Books

Honours

Eusoff Agaki has earned the following honours; * BRU_Order_of_the_Crown_of_Brunei

Order of Seri Paduka Mahkota Brunei The Most Honourable Order of Seri Paduka Mahkota Brunei ( ms, Darjah Seri Paduka Mahkota Brunei Yang Amat Mulia), also translated as The Most Honourable Order of the Crown of Brunei, is an order of Brunei. It was established on 1 March 1954 by Su ...

First Class (SPMB; 15 July 2006) – ''Dato Seri Paduka'' * Sultan_Hassanal_Bolkiah_Medal

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(PHBS; 15 July 2006)

References

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