Habibah binti Abdul Rahim (born 1961) is a

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

n educator and the former Director-General of Education from January 2020 to March 2021 (but took compulsory retirement as she turned 60 years of age in April the same year).

Education

Habibah graduated with a Bachelor of Philosophy with Honors in Biology from the University of Salford in 1985. She then went on to study for a master's degree in education at the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

in 1993. Habibah earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in education from

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

in 2001.

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

* : **

MY Darjah Jasa Negara - Order of Meritorious Service - PJN

Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) - Datuk (2020) * : ** MY-SEL Order of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah - Knight Grand Companion - SSIS

Knight Grand Companion of the

Order of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah The Order of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (Bahasa Melayu: ''Darjah Kebesaran Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah'') is an order awarded by Sultan of Selangor as a reward for general services to the sultan and state of Selangor. It was founded on 14 De ...

(SSIS) - Datin Paduka Setia (2020)

References

1961 births Living people Malaysian Muslims Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian women academics Malaysian educators Stanford University alumni Commanders of the Order of Meritorious Service {{Malaysia-bio-stub